Security News

Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks
2019-09-13 12:43

Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.

Mystery database left open turns out to be massive Groupon fraud ticket fraud ring
2019-09-12 09:10

Yes, turns out people still use this voucher biz – who knew? We have a new twist on the "researchers find unprotected public-facing cloud-hosted database" story, as one recently uncovered archive...

AWS launches Amazon Quantum Ledger Database
2019-09-12 04:00

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB), a fully managed service that provides a high-performance, immutable,...

Major Groupon, Ticketmaster Fraud Scheme Exposed By Insecure Database
2019-09-11 18:01

An exposed database containing 17 million email addresses exposed a massive fraud scheme impacting vendors like Groupon and Ticketmaster.

Apricorn launches Central Database version of the Aegis Configurator
2019-09-10 02:00

Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB storage devices, announced the release of the Central Database version of the Aegis Configurator for both PostgreSQL...

Report: S. Korean Company's Database Leaking Business Data
2019-09-06 18:03

Industrial Supplier DK-Lok's Unsecured Database Accesible Via Internet, Researchers SayIndependent security researchers have found yet another unsecured database accessible via the internet. This...

Database exposed 133 million US Facebook users’ phone numbers
2019-09-06 12:46

Facebook confirmed the breach, claiming that the total number of users in the database was 210 million.

Baffle is now an AWS Database Ready Technology Partner
2019-09-05 00:30

Baffle, an advanced data protection company, announced it has been certified for the Amazon AWS Database Ready Program, which delivers an easy-to-operate, scaled database platform-as-a-service (DB...

US Waged Cyberattack on Database Used by Iran to Target Tankers: NY Times
2019-08-29 14:19

The United States staged a secret cyberattack in June against a database used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plot attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf, The New York Times reported....

Massive MoviePass database found exposed on public server
2019-08-22 10:53

Tens of thousands of records with financial data were left in plaintext in a database that wasn't protected with a password.