Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases

Mobile security researchers have discovered unprotected Firebase databases of thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications that are exposing over 100 million data records, including plain text passwords, user IDs, location, and in some cases, finan… Continue reading Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases

Viacom Left Sensitive Data And Secret Access Key On Unsecured Amazon Server

Viacom—the popular entertainment and media company that owns Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV, and hundreds of other properties—has exposed the keys to its kingdom on an unsecured Amazon S3 server.

A security researcher working for California-based cyber resiliency firm UpGuard has recently discovered a wide-open, public-facing misconfigured Amazon Web Server S3 cloud storage bucket

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How Top Companies Accidentally Leaking Terabytes of Sensitive Data Online

An anti-malware detection service provider and premium security firm has been accused of leaking terabytes of confidential data from several Fortune 1000 companies, including customer credentials, financial records, network intelligence and other sensi… Continue reading How Top Companies Accidentally Leaking Terabytes of Sensitive Data Online

Sweden Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly All Citizens

Another day, Another data breach!

This time sensitive and personal data of millions of transporters in Sweden, along with the nation’s military secrets, have been exposed, putting every individual’s as well as national security at risk.

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Over 14 Million Verizon Customers’ Data Exposed On Unprotected AWS Server

Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers’ personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party vendor, mistakenly left the sensitive users’ details open on a server.

Chris Vickery, researcher and director of cyber risk research at security firm UpGuard, discovered the exposed data on an

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Turkey Blocks GitHub, Google Drive and Dropbox to Censor RedHack Leaks

Turkey is again in the news for banning online services, and this time, it’s a bunch of sites and services offered by big technology giants.

Turkey government has reportedly blocked access to cloud storage services including Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbo… Continue reading Turkey Blocks GitHub, Google Drive and Dropbox to Censor RedHack Leaks

WikiLeaks Promises to Publish Leaks on US Election, Arms Trade and Google

Wikileaks completed its 10 years today, and within this timespan, the whistleblower site has published over 10 million documents, and there’s more to come.

In the name of celebration of its 10th Anniversary, Wikileaks promises to leak documents pertaining to Google, United States presidential election and more over the next ten weeks.
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Guccifer 2.0 Leaks Personal Info of Nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

The hacker, who recently claimed responsibility for the high-profile hack of Democratic National Committee (DNC), has now taken credit for hacking into the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as well.

To prove his claims, the hacker, go… Continue reading Guccifer 2.0 Leaks Personal Info of Nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign also Hacked in Attack on Democratic Party

There’s a lot more to come from the DNC Hack.

The Associated Press confirmed yesterday that the computer systems used by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign were hacked as part of the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC) hack.

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