Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2017
Voter registration data for more than 19 million California residents stored in an unsecured MongoDB instance has been deleted and held for ransom. Voter registration data for more than 19 million California residents that was stored in an unsecured MongoDB database has been deleted and held for ransom by attackers. The incident was discovered by researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2017
The databases of the Republican polling firm Victory Phones were hacked just after the 2016 election, exposing donor records. Victory Phones, an automated phone research, and data compilation firm was hacked in January exposing data on hundreds of thousands of Americans who submitted donations to Republican political campaigns. Victory Phones carries out polling on behalf of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2017
MongoDB company implements new data security features in response to the recent wave of ransom attacks that hit installations worldwide. You have to admit that the bad actors are very good at leveraging a vulnerability into a lucrative opportunity. The latest example comes from MongoDB, a popular, open source database commonly deployed for big data applications on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2017
According to Shodan search, unprotected Hadoop Distributed File System installations expose 5 PB of data. Hadoop servers that are not securely configured expose vast amounts of data, according to an analysis conducted using the Internet search engine Shodan. A study conducted by Shodan revealed that nearly 4,500 servers with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The Hello Kitty MongoDB database leaked online one year ago recently surface on the web, it includes 3.3 million records belonging to Hello Kitty fans. The security researcher Chris Vickery discovered a Sanrio database that was misconfigured and exposed to the public in 2015. On December 2015, Vickery reported the discovery to Databreaches.net and Salted Hash. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2017
According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority Antipodes the number of hacked MongoDB databases more than double to 27,000 in just a day. MongoDB ransom attacks soar, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority Antipodes the number of hacked systems more than double to 27,000 in just a day. According to the experts, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2017
The popular security expert Chris Vickery discovered a 11GB archive of Top Secret US SOCOM data that was accidentally leaked. A subcontractor of the Pentagon has exposed top-secret information of the US Military Special Operations Command (SOCOM) medics. Exposed records include names, locations, Social Security Numbers, and salaries of the Military SOCOM personnel, the database […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2017
A mysterious hacker is breaking into unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing their content, and asking for a ransom to return the data. Co-founder of the GDI Foundation Victor Gevers is warning of poor security for MongoDB installations in the wild. The security expert has discovered 196 instances of MongoDB that were wiped by crooks and being held for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2016
The Thomson Reuters terrorist database World-Check used by banks and intelligence agencies worldwide was leaked online, 2.2 million records exposed. There is a terrorist database used by banks and intelligence agencies worldwide, it is called World-Check and unfortunately, it was leaked online. The leaked database is dated back 2014 and contains some 2.2 million records. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A security expert discovered a misconfigured MongoDB installation behind a Microsoft’s career portal that exposed visitors to attacks. The security expert Chris Vickery has discovered a new misconfigured MongoDB installation used by a Microsoft’s career portal. The misconfigured MongoDB installation exposed some information and enabled read/write access to the website. The database also included information on other […]
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