Tag: Data Breaches
Marriott, British Airways, and EasyJet Websites are Vulnerable to Attacks
A new investigation from the consumer advocacy organization Which? has uncovered hundreds of critical security vulnerabilities on the websites of popular airlines, hospitality chains,...
“Psychology of Human Error” Could Help Businesses Prevent Security Breaches
Several organizations are concerned about human errors that cause accidental exposure of a company’s critical data. A joint study from Stanford University Professor Jeff...
Whistle-Blower Reports to ICO Increase by 34% in the Last Year
Ever since the GDPR was introduced, disclosure of security incidents via whistle-blower reports has increased significantly. According to a report from RPC, a legal...
Publicly Reported Data Breaches Stand at its Lowest Point in 5 Years
A research from Risk Based Security highlighted that the number of publicly reported data breaches declined in the last five years, while the number...
Repository Blunder! GitHub Data Leak Incidents Impact Over 200,000 U.S. Patients
Netherlands-based ethical hacker Jelle Ursem, in association with Databreaches.net, uncovered nine data breach incidents at multiple health care providers. The data breach exposed medical...
E-Learning Platforms Continue to Suffer Data Breaches; 1 Mn Records Exposed
Security researchers from WizCase discovered unprotected databases belonging to multiple e-learning platforms that were exposed online without password protection. The unencrypted databases leaked personally...