Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cybernews investigated a data sample available for sale containing up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. On November 16, an actor posted an ad on a well-known hacking community forum, claiming they were selling a 2022 database of 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers.

Sales 98

Sales Archiving Phishing Marketing 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Days after a massive Facebook data leak made the headlines, 500 million LinkedIn users are being sold online, seller leaked 2 million records as proof. The author of the post claims that the data was scraped from LinkedIn. An example of leaked data: What’s the impact of the leak?

Passwords 118

Passwords Phishing Personal data Libraries 118

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

A hacker who recently offered 700 million LinkedIn records for sale alarmed LinkedIn users and security specialists, but the company insists the data is linked to previously reported scraped data and wasn’t hacked. LinkedIn API, Other Sources.

Authentication 114

Authentication Data breaches Passwords Access 114

IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. In case you missed it, you may also be interested in our first quarterly review of data breaches and cyber attacks. The report takes the information collected in these lists and summarises our findings.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 115