Sun.Mar 19, 2023

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NBA is warning fans of a data breach after a third-party newsletter service hack

Security Affairs

The NBA (National Basketball Association) disclosed a data breach after a third-party firm providing a newsletter service was breached. The NBA (National Basketball Association) is notifying followers of a data breach after a third-party company providing a newsletter service was breached. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in Northern America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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Online Sleuths Untangle the Mystery of the Nord Stream Sabotage

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Open source intelligence researchers are verifying and debunking opaque claims about who ruptured the gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

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Play ransomware gang hit Dutch shipping firm Royal Dirkzwager

Security Affairs

Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager suffered a ransomware attack, the company was hit by the Play ransomware gang. The Play ransomware group hit the Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager. Royal Dirkzwager is specialized in optimizing shipping processes and managing maritime and logistic information flows. The ransomware group added the company to its Tor data leak site and announced the theft of stolen private and personal confidential data, employee IDs, passports, con

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I Got Investigated by the Secret Service. Here's How to Not Be Me

WIRED Threat Level

Don't drink and tweet.

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Beware of Pixels & Trackers: A Client-Side Security Report

At the beginning of 2023, concern grew over pixels and trackers, which load into the browser as a part of the software supply chain, being used by data harvesting platforms to collect user data. The data is then transferred to the servers of the companies owning the pixels/trackers as a part of their advertising and marketing business. Aggressive data harvesting practices increase the likelihood and/or actual transfer of sensitive data, which may cause unintended consequences, including expensiv

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Lowe’s Market chain leaves client data up for grabs

Security Affairs

A misconfiguration on a website owned by the US-based Lowe’s Market grocery store chain could have allowed threat actors to gain control of its systems. On February 7, the Cybernews research team discovered a misconfiguration on the Lowe’s Market website. The supermarket chain’s website was leaking a treasure trove of private credentials, which left the company vulnerable to potential attacks by cybercriminals.