privacy

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Experts discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing personally identifiable and tax information of Russian citizens exposed online. Security experts from Comparitech along with security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens exposed online in clear text and without protection. The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2019
Heyyo dating app left its users’ data exposed online

Another day, another embarrassing data leak made the headlines, the online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet. The online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet without protection, data were stored on an Elasticsearch instance. The exposed data included personal details, images, location data, phone numbers, and dating […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2019
Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps from hundreds of developers

Facebook announced it has suspended tens of thousands of apps as a result of a review of privacy practices launched following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In April 2018, Facebook revealed that 87 million users have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica case, much more than 50 million users initially thought. The company allowed to access to the personal data of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2019
More than 737 million medical radiological images found on open PACS servers

Researchers at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 400 Million medical radiological images exposed online via unsecured PACS servers. The experts at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 600 unprotected servers exposed online that contained medical radiological images. The research was conducted between mid-July 2019 and early September 2019. The unprotected […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
Tor Project’s Bug Smash Fund raises $86K in August

The Tor Project has raised $86,000 for a Bug Smash fund that it will use to pay developers that will address critical flaws in the popular anonymizing network. The Tor Project has raised $86,000 for a Bug Smash fund that was created to pay developers that will address critical security and privacy issues in the popular anonymizing […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2019
Delaler Leads, a car dealer marketing firm exposed 198 Million records online

Researcher discovered an unsecured database exposed online, belonging to car dealership marketing firm Dealer Leads, containing 198 million records. The researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database exposed online that belong to car dealership marketing firm Dealer Leads. The archive containing 198 million records for a total of 413GB of data containing information of potential […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2019
Telegram Privacy Fails Again

Security expert discovered that busing a well-known feature of deleting messages it is possible to threate the users’ privacy. This is not a security vulnerability its a privacy issue. As I understand Telegram a messaging app focuses on privacy which has over 10,00,00,000+  downloads in Playstore. In this case, we are abusing a well-known feature of deleting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2019
Over 600k GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’

600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’ Avast researchers found at least 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese vendor that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.” Researchers from Avast discovered at least 600,000 GPS trackers that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.” The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2019
Zao app went viral but raised serious privacy concerns

The Chinese face-swapping ZAO app that allows users to create photos starring along their favorite characters is raising privacy concerns. The ZAO app is one of the most downloaded applications, but it made the headlines due to privacy concerns. The AI-based iPhone app was released on august 30, 2019, it allows its users to create […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2019
Flight booking platform Option Way exposes customer and internal data

Researchers from vpnMentor security firm have recently discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way.  Researchers at vpnMentor discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way as part of a web-mapping project.  Option Way service allows its users to find flight deals to and from destinations around the world.  The research […]