Tag: data leak
Yandex allegedly attacked by Western intelligence as part of cyber espionage
Russian search platform, Yandex, also a competitor of Google was hacked by Western intelligence, according to a report on Reuters. The alleged hack occurred...
FDA issues warning over security of Medtronic insulin pumps
Medical IoT device maker Medtronic has initiated for a recall for several units of its insulin pumps after it was discovered that the devices...
DDoS-for-hire websites make a comeback despite FBI crackdown: Nexusguard report
DDoS attacks “for hire” made a comeback in the beginning of the year, with booter-originated attacks rebounding to more than double their amounts in...
Hillary Clinton to deliver a keynote speech at cyber defense summit
Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is going to serve as a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Cyber Defense Summit,...
‘Wellbeing’ budget in jeopardy after New Zealand Treasury office got hacked
The New Zealand Treasury office is the latest government organization to be hit with a cybersecurity scandal. It is reported that hackers tried to...
Flipboard exposed sensitive user data for nine months, data of 145...
For nearly nine months, popular news aggregator, Flipboard, exposed sensitive user data to hackers in what has been called as a glaring security breach....
Hackers took the Baltimore city government hostage!
Several of the Baltimore city services were halted after a ransomware attack hit city computers. According to the news portal Baltimore Sun, hackers infected...
Security, Quality & Agility: Maintaining a balance!
Contributed by Rajesh Laskary
Cybersecurity threats are evolving by every passing day and so the level of sophistication with which an attack can be planned,...
Instagram data breach! 49 million users’ sensitive data exposed online
Another data leak in Facebook’s timeline. This time it's the Facebook-owned photo-sharing application Instagram. An unprotected server containing personal information of millions of Instagram...
OneDrive vs iCloud Data Security: Which One is Better?
Contributed by Devin Smith
The use of cloud storage was made a reality when individuals and corporations urgently needed for instant real-time storage. Cloud storage...
