Tag: hackers
Facebook Users Tricked in a Massive Phishing and Credit Card Scam
Cybersecurity researchers from vpnMentor uncovered a global hacking operation targeting Facebook users after discovering an unsecured Elasticsearch database obtained by the threat actors. The...
Surge in Online Shopping is a Special Offer for Cybercriminals: McAfee
Despite the awareness on increased risks and scams in the e-commerce sector, customers still plan to shop more online with a whopping 36% of...
Cybercriminals Move to Cloud! Hackers Selling Credentials via “Cloud of Logs”
A new research from Trend Micro revealed that cybercriminals are using cloud services to accelerate their attacks, in turn decreasing the amount of time...
ICO’s Ticket for Data Breach! Ticketmaster Fined £1.25 Mn Over 2018...
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) recently penalized Ticketing website Ticketmaster for £1.25 million ($1.65 million) following a data breach in 2018. The privacy...
Gamers on Target! Malicious Fleeceware Apps Affect Minecraft Gamers
Avast, a provider of digital security and privacy products, disclosed a wave of malicious mobile applications in the Google Play Store targeting mobile gamers....
WordPress Ultimate Member Plugin Vulnerability Can Lead to Three Severe Exploits
The Threat Intelligence team from Wordfence discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. Wordfence stated that the...
RedMart Suffers Data Breach; Details of 1.1 Mn Accounts Exposed
RedMart, a Singapore-based online grocery platform, is the latest victim of a data breach incident that allegedly exposed personal data and records of about...
India’s E-Commerce Platform BigBasket Allegedly Suffers Massive Data Breach
BigBasket, an India-based grocery e-commerce platform, suffered a potential data breach incident that could have exposed personal details of over two crore customers. According...
Old Unpatched Vulnerabilities Could Invoke Cyberattacks and Malware
The “new normal” business operations left most organizations vulnerable to new attack vectors. From database misconfigurations to unpatched vulnerabilities, organizations suffered several challenges in...
Hackers Target Loyalty Programs to Obtain Users’ Sensitive Data
A new research from security solutions provider Akamai revealed that cybercriminals launched credential stuffing campaign to target loyalty programs. Attackers took advantage of the...
