Collaborate Disseminate
At its developer conference held earlier this week in New York, the MongoDB team announced the latest version of its database management software that includes a variety of advanced features, including Field Level Encryption, Distributed Transactions, … Continue reading MongoDB 4.2 Introduces End-to-End Field Level Encryption for Databases
Exclusive — A security researcher has identified an unsecured server that was leaking detailed personal details of nearly half a million Indian citizens… thanks to another MongoDB database instance that company left unprotected on the Internet access… Continue reading Almost Half A Million Delhi Citizens’ Personal Data Exposed Online
Cybersecurity researcher has discovered online a massive database containing records of more than 202 million Chinese citizens that remained accessible to anyone on the Internet without authentication until last week.
The unprotected 854.8 gigabytes o… Continue reading Over 202 Million Chinese Job Seekers’ Details Exposed On the Internet
In the digital age, one of the most popular sayings is—if you’re not paying, then you’re not the customer, you’re the product.
While downloading apps on their smartphones, most users may not realize how much data they collect on you.
Believe me; it’s… Continue reading Massive Breach Exposes Keyboard App that Collects Personal Data On Its 31 Million Users
Nothing in this world is fully secure, from our borders to cyberspace. I know vulnerabilities are bad, but the worst part comes in when people just don’t care to apply patches on time.
Late last year, Cisco’s Talos intelligence and research group disc… Continue reading Over 70,000 Memcached Servers Still Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Until last year, cyber criminals were only targeting computers of individuals and organisations with ransomware and holding them for ransom, but then they started targeting unprotected online databases and servers around the globe for ransom as well.
… Continue reading Insecure Hadoop Clusters Expose Over 5,000 Terabytes of Data
The ransomware attacks on poorly secured MongoDB installations have doubled in just a day.
A hacker going by the handle Harak1r1 is accessing, copying and deleting unpatched or badly-configured MongoDB databases and then threatening administrators to … Continue reading Over 27,000 MongoDB Databases Held For Ransom Within A Week
The ransomware attacks on poorly secured MongoDB installations have doubled in just a day.
A hacker going by the handle Harak1r1 is accessing, copying and deleting unpatched or badly-configured MongoDB databases and then threatening administrators to … Continue reading Over 27,000 MongoDB Databases Held For Ransom Within A Week
Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes (TB) – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking.
These MongoDB instances weren’t exposed due to any flaw in its software, but due to a misconfiguration (bad security practice) that let any remote attacker access MongoDB
Continue reading Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom
Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes (TB) – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking.
These MongoDB instances weren’t exposed due to any flaw in its software, but due to a misconfiguration (bad security practice) that let any remote attacker access MongoDB
Continue reading Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom