Italy’s Antitrust Regulator Fines Google and Apple for Poor Data Practices
Sensitive data is a goldmine for adversaries. Recently, the Italian Antitrust Authority fined Google Ireland Ltd. and Apple Distribution International Ltd. €10 million ($11.26...
GoDaddy Discloses Security Breach; Data of 1.2 Mn WordPress Users Exposed
GoDaddy, a domain name registrar and web hosting company, disclosed a data breach incident which exposed the data of 1.2 million customers.
A disclosure published...
Phishers Leverage Bait Attacks to Harvest Personal Data
Adversaries constantly look for new techniques to make their phishing attacks more effective; bait attacks are one of those techniques. Most phishers leverage bait attacks to...
Costco Store Payment Terminal Breached by Data Skimmer
Costco Wholesale Corporation, a big-box retail store company, discovered a breach at one of its retail store terminals where a card skimming device was...
Stolen Access Key Exposes Customer Data Stored in the Aruba Central Environment
HPE-owned Aruba has disclosed that an access key to the data repositories for their Aruba Central network monitoring platform was compromised, allowing an unauthorized...
CDSL Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Details of 44 Mn Indian Investors
India’s popular securities depository services provider - the Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) - is making headlines for an alleged data breach at its...
Why Data Science is Key to Delivering Continuous Authentication
Back when security threats were relatively unsophisticated, understanding threats was easier. Attackers often gained access by generating or guessing passwords. Passwords were drilled into...
Unsecured Server Exposes Scraped Data of 2.6 Mn Social Media Users
Security researchers from Safety Detectives discovered an unsecured ElasticSearch server containing scraped social media profiles taken from Instagram and TikTok. The leaky database, which belonged...
Desorden Hacks Acer’s India and Taiwan Servers; 60GB Customer Data Stolen
Computer manufacturer Acer suffered two security incidents on its servers in Taiwan and India in less than a week. Threat actor group Desorden reportedly announced that...
Conti Ransomware Group Reportedly Stole 1.5TB Of Data from JVCKenwood
Multinational electronics firm JVCKenwood admitted that it had been hit by a security incident that affected some of its operations in Europe. The company...
