DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records

By Habiba Rashid
The database belonged to DreamHost’s DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any security authentication.
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Baby clothing giant Carter’s exposed trove of shoppers data

By Waqas
Carter’s failure to implement proper authentication protocols on the store’s parcel tracking pages exposed data and shoppers to scams.
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Logistics giant exposes customer data, Lolz at researchers when alerted

By Habiba Rashid
At the time of publishing this article; the data belonging to Bergen Logistics was available for public access without any security authentication.
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23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users

By Deeba Ahmed
The massive data leak occurred due to misconfigured cloud services used by Android apps with millions of downloads.
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Meroxa raises $15M Series A for its real-time data platform

Meroxa, a startup that makes it easier for businesses to build the data pipelines to power both their analytics and operational workflows, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Drive Capital. Existing investors Root, Amplify and Hustle Fund also participated in this round, which together with the […] Continue reading Meroxa raises $15M Series A for its real-time data platform

2 scraped LinkedIn databases with 500m and 827m records sold online

By Waqas
None of the databases contain LinkedIn users’ passwords; the data in the records is enough for cybercriminals to carry out a number of attacks.
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