Tag: data breach
Digital Point’s Unsecured Database Exposed Records of Over 800,000 Users
An unprotected database belonging to a webmaster forum, Digital Point, exposed more than 800,000 users’ records. Security firm WebsitePlanet and security researcher Jeremiah Fowler...
Warner Music Group Suffered Skimming Attack for Three Months
Popular music recording firm Warner Music Group disclosed a security incident in which unknown threat actors compromised a number of its U.S.-based e-commerce websites...
Massive Data Breach! View Media’s Unsecured Database Exposes 38 Mn User...
Online marketing company View Media’s unsecured database, which held 38 million U.S. users’ data, was recently exposed online. According to researchers from CyberNews, the...
4 in 10 Companies Expose Unsafe Network Services Online
A joint research by cyber risk management firm RiskRecon and the cybersecurity research firm Cyentia Institute revealed that a large number of organizations leave...
$5 Million Data Breach Suit Filed Against Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley, a financial services provider, finds itself stuck in a data breach suit filed by one of its customers, Timothy Smith. The suit...
Customized Automation: How to Optimize VRM
Vendor risk management (VRM) is a big problem. Vendors are cybercriminals’ favorite avenue of attack. 61% of the U.S. organizations experienced data breaches caused...
Unsecured Database Exposes 5.5 Mn Records of Multiple Organizations
Inadvertent database exposure continues to be a major risk for organizations. Security professionals are concerned about their database security as employees are now working...
UberEATS Suffers Data Breach; Personal Records of Users Leaked on Dark...
The U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform UberEATS is the latest victim of a data breach. Security researchers from cybersecurity firm Cyble came...
Promo.com Data Breach Exposes Gaps in Third-Party Risk Management, Yet Again!
Promo.com, which is popularly known for its social media ads creation platform, went on record to disclose a data breach incident that compromised nearly...
54% of Universities in the U.K. Suffered a Data Breach Last...
A survey on the state of cybersecurity in the higher education sector, conducted by managed threat detection provider Redscan, revealed that nearly 54% of...
