- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 13th, 2017
US Military Security Clearance Files Leak Due to Unsecured Drive
The drive contains everything from personnel files to security clearances and ongoing investigations
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 1st, 2017
CloudPets Nightmare Part 2: Toys Can Be Hacked via Bluetooth
The toys can be turned into spying gear quite easily
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 25th, 2017
Cloudbleed: How to Protect Yourself After the Data Leak
As private messages, passwords, crypto keys and more surfaced on the Internet from Cloudflare site, you need to reset
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- January 30th, 2017
Telemarketer Leaks 400K Records, 17K Phone Calls, Most with Credit Card Data
Florida marketing company VICI at the heart of the problem
- Data Breaches
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 5th, 2017
11 Gigabytes of Sensitive Data Belonging to US DoD Staff Exposed
Expert discovers flaw in Pentagon subcontractor server
- Data Breaches
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 30th, 2016
Europol Terrorism Files Exposed Online After Employee Takes Them Home
Hundreds of names and phone numbers at risk
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 28th, 2016
Red Cross Blood Donors Info Leaked in Australia's Biggest Data Breach
Red Cross left database backups exposed online
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 25th, 2016
Security Firm Tries Desperate Solution to Alert Company of Data Leak
Here's another case of a company leaving user data exposed online due to its improper MongoDB configuration
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 23rd, 2016
iOS Apps Leak More User Data than Android Apps
Larger number of iOS devices found in enterprise networks
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 17th, 2016
Leaky Rsync Server Exposes New Evidence into Inmate's Suicide
... or when a data breach exposes crucial information
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 4th, 2016
Misconfigured Dating Site Database Exposed Details of 1.5 Million "Cheaters"
Parent company denies blunder, says exposed data was fake
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 25th, 2016
97 Percent of Top 1000 Orgs Have Lost Sensitive Credentials in Recent Hacks
Employees using enterprise credentials to register accounts on other sites put their companies at risk
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 9th, 2016
Misconfigured Database Exposes Hollywood's Movie Screener System
Passwords for MPAA members exposed online
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 3rd, 2016
Pro-Ukraine Hackers Leak Personal Details of Ukrainian and Foreign Journalists
Only the journalists reporting from the pro-Russia regions of Ukraine were included in the data dump
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 1st, 2016
Data of 43 Million Users Stolen in 2012 Last.fm Data Breach
Company had already asked users to reset passwords in 2012
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28th, 2016
Shad0wS3C Leaks Data from Paraguay's Government
Hackers breach Paraguay's Secretary of National Emergency
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 26th, 2016
Dropbox Asking Pre-2012 Users to Reset Their Passwords
2012 data resurfaces online, forces Dropbox to take action