IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed. TB Paysign, Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing Taiwan Yes 4,715,133 Mustafa Centre Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Retail Singapore Yes >3,5000,000 TRAXERO Source (New) Software USA Yes 2,634,753 Piping Rock Health Products Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 2,103,100 FBCS, Inc.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For those who are unfamiliar, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was created in 2013 as an attempt to standardize practices and give guidance on common, high-level security and privacy risks. The proliferation of connected devices offers enormous business benefit, across industries as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare and automotive.

IoT 98

IoT Cybersecurity Security Authentication 98

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Here, Motherboard talks about personal data being sold for less than $10 a pop in a case that sounds eerily similar to the previously mentioned Medicare one. We are rapidly approaching a "secure by default" web and the green padlock is becoming the norm ( about two thirds of all browser traffic is now encrypted ).

Security 111

Security Government Encryption Risk 111

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. One of the, the, potentially morbid jokes that I sometimes make is I love my privacy but I want to be alive to enjoy it. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. I don't know.

IoT 52

IoT Communications Security IT 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. One of the, the, potentially morbid jokes that I sometimes make is I love my privacy but I want to be alive to enjoy it. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. I don't know.

IoT 52

IoT Communications Security IT 52