Security News

Hacker Leaks More Than 500K Telnet Credentials for IoT Devices
2020-01-21 11:57

Bad actor obtained passwords for servers, home routers, and smart devices by scanning internet for devices open to the Telnet port. A hacker has published a list of credentials for more than 515,000 servers, home routers and other Internet of Things devices online on a popular hacking forum in what's being touted as the biggest leak of Telnet passwords to date, according to a published report.

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, possible data leak
2020-01-21 11:40

Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric has admitted that it had suffered a data breach some six months ago, and that "Personal information and corporate confidential information may have been leaked." According to several reports from Japanese daily newspapers, the company discovered the data breach in late June, when they detected suspicious activities on a server at its Information Technology R&D Center in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Unprotected Database Leaks Data of Wyze Users
2020-01-02 17:05

An unprotected database was found to have exposed the data of all Wyze users who created an account before December 26, 2019. Following a report last week of an exposed database containing a great deal of information on Wyze users, the company stepped forward and confirmed the leak, while also revealing that it had launched an investigation into the matter.

IoT Company Wyze Leaks Emails, Device Data of 2.4M
2019-12-30 16:53

The Internet of Things vendor confirmed that customer data was left unsecured on an Elasticsearch database.

Honda Leaks Data of 26K North American Customers
2019-12-19 15:45

The leaky database was online for about a week, exposing customers' vehicles information and personal identifiable information.

You leak our secrets? We'll leak your book sales, speech fees – into our coffers: Uncle Sam wins royalties fight against Edward Snowden
2019-12-18 20:33

Merry Christmas! A federal judge has ruled that the US government can collect royalties from the sale of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record and any fees from related public...

Valuable personal info leaks from Facebook – not Zuck selling it, someone stealing hard drive of staff data
2019-12-13 20:39

Car smash-and-grab ends with loss of payroll details for 20,000 employees Facebook has lost a copy of the personal details of more than 20,000 of its employees after a hard drive containing...

GE, Dunkin’, Forever 21 Caught Up in Broad Internal Document Leak
2019-12-09 15:28

A PR and marketing provider exposed sensitive data for a raft of big-name companies.

Key security priorities for financial services: Preventing fraud and data leaks
2019-12-09 05:30

The banking and financial services sector is struggling with a skills shortage along with the sheer volume of threats and alerts as it continues its ongoing battle against cybercrime, according to...