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Amazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black FridayAmazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black Friday

Amazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black Friday

Many readers of the Register shared with the media outlet an email sent from the Amazon UK branch that is…

6 years ago
Instagram glitch exposed some user passwordsInstagram glitch exposed some user passwords

Instagram glitch exposed some user passwords

Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user's passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some…

6 years ago
Million password resets and 2FA codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DBMillion password resets and 2FA codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB

Million password resets and 2FA codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB

Million of password resets and two-factor authentication codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB. Sébastien Kaul, a security researcher based in Berlin,…

6 years ago
Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengersCathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, had suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4…

6 years ago
Trustwave expert found 2 credential leak issues in Windows PureVPN ClientTrustwave expert found 2 credential leak issues in Windows PureVPN Client

Trustwave expert found 2 credential leak issues in Windows PureVPN Client

Trustwave expert discovered that the PureVPN client for Windows is affected by two vulnerabilities that could result in the credential leak.…

7 years ago
Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky LeakFormer NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government…

7 years ago
A bug in Twitter Account Activity API exposed users messages to wrong developersA bug in Twitter Account Activity API exposed users messages to wrong developers

A bug in Twitter Account Activity API exposed users messages to wrong developers

An issue in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users' direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to wrong developers. A…

7 years ago
Amazon is investigating allegations that its staff is selling customer dataAmazon is investigating allegations that its staff is selling customer data

Amazon is investigating allegations that its staff is selling customer data

Amazon confirmed an ongoing investigation of the allegations that some of its personnel sold confidential customer data to third party…

7 years ago
Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user dataTrend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro have been removed from the Mac App Store because they were harvesting users'…

7 years ago
International clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breachInternational clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach

International clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach

The clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a cyber attack on its gift card/exchange system last week, hackers leaked data…

7 years ago