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LiveAuctioneers Revealed a Data Breach of Millions of Passwords, Email Addresses, and Phone Numbers
On Saturday, LiveAuctioneers, an online platform that lets users participate in real-life antique, art, and jewelry auctions, announced that some of its customers' personal data may have been compromised. The... Read more
Dunzo Users Need to Be Careful After Their Phone Numbers and Email IDs Got Leaked
On Saturday, Mukund Jha, the CTO of an Indian delivery service called Dunzo, was faced with the unenviable task of telling users that some of their data had been exposed. In a blog post, Jha apologized profusely and... Read more
The Usernames and Passwords of 15 Billion Accounts Have Been Exposed
Your login credentials can get compromised. You can fall victim to a phishing scam, the service provider you're using may suffer a data breach, and if your passwords are not strong enough, cybercriminals could have no... Read more
RDP Password Attacks Are on the Rise During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During their scams, cybercriminals often try to trick victims into thinking that there's an emergency that needs to be addressed quickly. By doing this, the targets are much more likely to be in a hurry to act, and... Read more
Kerala Cyber Warriors Hack an Indian Government Server and Expose 80,000 Coronavirus Patients' Data
If you've tested positive for coronavirus, the safety of your personal data probably isn't that high on your priority list right now. You shouldn't forget, however, that the theft of personal information can have very... Read more
Hackers Leveraging Coronavirus Outbreak to Shift Focus and Target Education Sector
Coronavirus doesn't show signs of slowing down as the number of infected keeps growing. While some countries are getting better with the response to COVID-19, others are not as fortunate. It's a time of great turmoil... Read more
A Data Viper Hack Has Allowed Cybercriminals to Leak Private Records From More Than 8,000 Breached Websites
On Wednesday, Vinny Troia, the founder of a cybersecurity company called Night Lion Security and a data leak alert service by the name of Data Viper, is set to deliver a keynote speech at the Secure World security... Read more
A New Study Revealed That 41% of Participants Reused the Same Password on All Accounts
Cybersecurity professionals often assume that users simply don't know enough about the threats they can encounter online. This may not necessarily be true, though. According to TechAdvisor, a recent survey conducted... Read more
The University of Michigan Blames Password Leaks on Third-Party Data Breaches
On Friday, students at the University of Michigan (UM) were alerted about a list of login credentials that was floating around. The file was freely distributed, and it did indeed contain tens of thousands of pairs of... Read more
One Hacker Wiped Data From Nearly Half of All MongoDB Databases and Left Ransom Notes Behind
According to a report from ZDNet, if the owners of around 23 thousand MongoDB databases try to access the information inside them, they won't find it. Instead, all they'll see is a ransom note filled with, on the face... Read more
Microsoft Edge Will Soon Warn Users When Passwords Are Leaked With the New Password Monitor
Last year, Microsoft overhauled its Edge browser and based it on Chromium – the same open-source platform that powers Google Chrome as well as a few other popular browsers. This not only improved the browser's... Read more
Android Ransomware Called CryCryptor Is Concealed Using a Fake COVID-19 Tracing App in Canada
On Tuesday, an independent reverse engineer going by the Twitter handle Re-ind stumbled upon a couple of recently registered domains trying to push a malicious Android application. Re-ind's initial investigation... Read more
LimeRoad Denied the Data Leak of 1.29 MN Customer but Confirmed by Us-Based Cybersecurity Firm Cyble
Early July 2020 saw US-based cybersecurity firm Cyble add LimeRoad to their database of breaches. Cyble claims to have discovered the details of nearly 1.3 million of LimeRoad’s clients being sold on the dark web, as... Read more
Microsoft Took Over 6 Domains That Used COVID-19 Scams to Hijack Office 365 Accounts
In December 2019, a group of cybercriminals started a clever phishing campaign targeting organizations in 62 countries around the world. Their goal was to hijack some Office 365 accounts and gain access to anything... Read more
Dating Apps Fail to Protect Their Clients Again: 6 Apps Leak Millions of Records
One of the things we love about the internet the most is the fact that we can find so much information on it. Curiously, one of the things we hate about the internet the most is also the fact that we can find so much... Read more
5,000 App Developers Had Access to User Data Thanks to a Facebook Bug
There's been a privacy-related incident at Facebook. For many, this isn't really much of a surprise. Mark Zuckerberg's social media has been involved in so many scandals, that nowadays, when people hear about the... Read more
The Personal Data of 350,000 Social Media Influencers and Users Is at Risk After a Preen.me Data Breach
Despite evidence to the contrary, social media influencers are a lot more than a bunch of selfie enthusiasts with plenty of time on their hands. These people usually have a large following on social media platforms,... Read more
Researchers Are Urging Organizations to Strengthen Passwords to Defend Systems Against the Self-Propagating Lucifer Malware
The self-propagating malware we're about to discuss was supposed to be called Satan, but because there's already a ransomware family going by the same name, Palo Alto Networks' researchers decided to call it Lucifer.... Read more
