Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2024
Data of 750 million Indian mobile subscribers was offered for sale on dark web hacker forums earlier in January. CloudSEK researchers warned that a database containing data of 750 million Indian mobile subscribers was offered for sale on dark web hacker forums earlier in January. According to the researchers, at least two cybercrime gangs, CYBO […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2023
By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The Cybernews research team has discovered that the Bengaluru branch of BMW Kun Exclusive, a BMW dealership in India, has exposed sensitive data to the public. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2023
Data leaks containing Aadhaar IDs in India were caused by the insecurity of 3rd parties while aggregating such information for KYC. According to Resecurity, a global cybersecurity provider protecting Fortune 500 companies and governments globally, one of the key issues leading to data leaks containing Aadhaar IDs in India is the insecurity of 3rd parties […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2023
The National Logistics Portal (NLP), a newly launched platform to manage all port operations in India, left public access to sensitive data, posing the risk of a potential takeover by threat actors. On September 24th, researchers discovered that the NLP platform was exposing sensitive credentials, secrets, and encryption keys via publicly available JS files. In […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2022
The Cybernews research team reported that India’s government platform Global Pravasi Rishta Portal was leaking sensitive user data. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/indias-foreign-ministry-leaks-passport-details/ The Global Pravasi Rishta Portal, India’s government platform for connecting with its overseas population, leaked sensitive data, including names and passport details. The Cybernews research team has been alerted that the Global Pravasi […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2021
China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after it was exposed at the end of February by security researchers. China-linked APT group RedEcho has taken down its attack infrastructure after security experts have exposed it. At the end of February, experts at Recorded Future have uncovered a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
CloudSEK has discovered a post on a well-known database sharing forum advertising the PII of 500,000 Indian citizens. While the threat actor does not mention the name of an organization, the data provided in the sample is clearly associated with a police exam conducted on 22 Dec 2019. Discovery of the leak CloudSEK’s proprietary risk […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2020
Authorities in India believe that a major power outage that occurred in October in Mumbai may have been caused by hackers. On October 13, a major power outage occurred in the metropolitan area of Mumbai causing the partial disruption of the traffic management systems and the paralysis of the rail traffic and also impacted work […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2020
The Twitter account of the Indian Prime Minister Modi was hacked, attackers sent a series of tweets asking followers to donate cryptocurrency to a relief fund. The Twitter account for the personal website of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi_in) has been hacked. The hackers have sent a series of tweets asking the followers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2020
Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. The Indian Government announced to have fixed a critical vulnerability in its secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed a remote attacker […]
