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MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. Any data that is held in mainland China is wide open to access by Chinese authorities, confirming US Senators’ recent fears of American data falling into Chinese or Russian hands.

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MARCH 6, 2020

The world’s largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses a data breach that took place last year and which exposed the personal information of its customers. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

DoJ sentenced Zhukov to 10 years of jail in the U.S. Komitee to 10 years’ imprisonment for perpetrating a digital advertising fraud scheme through which the defendant and his co-conspirators stole more than $7 million from U.S. 3ve has been active since at least 2014 and experts observed a peak in its activity in 2017. .

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DECEMBER 29, 2019

The leak was reported to Wyze on December 26th at around 10:00 AM and the company immediately secured the database and launched an investigation. “Today, we are confirming that some Wyze user data was not properly secured and left exposed from December 4th to December 26th.” ” continues Song.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Norway’s parliament announced Tuesday that it was the target of a major cyber-attack that allowed hackers to access emails and data of a small number of parliamentary representatives and employees. The Stortinget has already started notifying impacted representatives and employees about the security breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

CISA has added to the catalog of vulnerabilities another 15 security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added fifteen more flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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MAY 1, 2020

Oracle warns of attacks against recently patched WebLogic security bug. IT giant Oracle published a security alert to warn organizations running WebLogic servers of ongoing attacks that exploit the CVE-2020-2883 vulnerability. The company is urging its customers to install the latest security updates released on April 14.

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JUNE 7, 2019

million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 30, 2020

API Security – There is a considerable demand for data-centric projects, that is why companies have quickly opened their data to their ecosystem through REST or SOAP APIs. APIs work as doors for a company – closely guarding data of an organization. Here are the simple tips for API security, let’s have a look!

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MARCH 18, 2020

The online guitar tutoring website TrueFire was compromised by hackers in a classic Magecart style attack that exposed customers’ payment card data. The websites were informed by some affected TrueFire customers which shared details the data breach notification they received from the company.

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MARCH 22, 2020

Expert discovered an Elasticsearch instance belonging to a security firm containing over 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last. ” concludes the expert.

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JULY 10, 2020

Two security researchers have found undocumented Telnet admin account accounts in 29 FTTH devices from Chinese vendor C-Data. Two security researchers have discovered undocumented Telnet admin account accounts in 29 Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) devices from Chinese vendor C-Data. ” continues the experts.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The authenticity of the data was confirmed by the software firm Infowatch, which speculate the data was leaked online in late 2019, while Gorka9 claims data was valid as of March 2020. According to the Russian newspaper, some users of the dark web forum are attempting to monetize the leaked data reporting them to the U.S.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. Some key provisions in the draft personal data protection law are: Personal Data. General personal data v. Data controllers v.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Carbanak malware has been active since at least 2014 and has been used by ransomware gangs to infiltrate financial systems. Imposters in November included the CRM platform HubSpot, data management software Veeam, and account tool Xero.” The top targeted regions are North America (50%), Europe (30%), and Asia (10%).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The company filed a 10-Q form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mattel disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack on July 28th, 2020. ” reads the 10-Q form. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Another interesting data shared by Google is that 63% of the threats blocked by Google differ from day to day, for this reason the company rolled out a new generation of document scanners that leveraged deep learning.The company also revealed that malicious documents represent 58% of the malware targeting Gmail users. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. This was based on a survey by the magazine Telerama revealing the sale in March 2014 of surveillance equipment, called Cerebro, that was used against the Muslim Brotherhood. The contract was signed in March 2014.

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JULY 9, 2020

A report published by security firm Digital Shadows r evealed the availability of more than 15 billion credentials shared on cybercrime marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing services, and code sharing websites. Crooks could use the credentials to launch credential stuffing attacks leveraging the data available in the black marketplaces.

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MAY 17, 2019

The popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow announced on Thursday that is has suffered a data breach. The news of a data breach makes the headlines, this time the victim is the popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow. SecurityAffairs – data breach, hacking).

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MARCH 23, 2023

On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed three rules related to cybersecurity and the protection of consumer information. The SEC also proposed Rule 10 , which would require certain entities that perform critical services to support the U.S. The SEC’s first proposal would amend Regulation S-P.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

“The volume of data traffic in the attack was 10 times higher than the amount usually seen in DDoS events, the company said.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

Most of the services used by customers of the company rely on the Garmin Connect service to sync data about runs and bike rides with its servers. Some employees later told BleepingComputer that the ransom demand was $10 million. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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MAY 17, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JULY 15, 2020

CyberNews reported the discovery of an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket containing users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data. Both Vadix and CyberNews attempted to contact LPM Property Management to secure their database. The database is now secured. What data is in the bucket.

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JUNE 2, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” [link]. News aggregator Flipboard disclosed a data breach. Your data can be hacked easily!

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, hackers stole cryptocurrency funds worth $5.4 Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, the hackers stole Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO, Ripple, Tezos, and TRON assets worth $5.4 ” reads the data breach notification published by the company.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Microsoft released security updates to fix a recently disclosed CVE-2020-0796 vulnerability in SMBv3 protocol that could be abused by wormable malware. Microsoft has released security updates to address the CVE-2020-0796 vulnerability in SMBv3 protocol that could be exploited by vxers to implement “ wormable ” malware.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android address over 70 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that affects the media framework. . Google’s March 2020 security updates for Android include the fix for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0032, that affects the media framework as part of the 2020-03-01 security patch level.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

According to a statement published by the company, the attack took place on October 10, 2020. “On October 10, 2020, Seyfarth was the victim of a sophisticated and aggressive malware attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. At this time, our email system remains down.”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

million installs are misconfigured, leaving their data exposed to unauthorized parties. million installs are misconfigured, leaving their data exposed to unauthorized parties. Nine out of 14 popular Android apps are still potentially leaking the data of more than 30.5 How we collected and analyzed the data. million users.

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AUGUST 18, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. 10-year-old vulnerability in Avaya VoIP Phones finally fixed. Once again thank you! Crooks demanded ransom.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Crooks sometimes damage their mobile devices to destroy evidence, NIST tests forensic methods for getting data from damaged mobile phones. A damaged phone might not power on, and the data port might not work, so experts use hardware and software tools to directly access the phone’s memory chips.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Google released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix 10 security vulnerabilities, including an RCE zero-day exploited in the wild. Below the remaining high severity security vulnerabilities addressed with the release of Chrome 86.0.4240.183: [$15000][ 1138911 ] High CVE-2020-16004: Use after free in user interface.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

North Korea-linked APT Lazarus targets security researchers using a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software. ESET researchers reported that the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting cyber security community with a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

On October 24, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it intends to impose a $10 million fine on TerraCom, Inc. YourTel”) for violating privacy laws relating to their customers’ personal information. TerraCom”) and YourTel America, Inc.

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