Security News

Personal Data Compromised in Ticketfly Hack
2018-06-01 09:36

Eventbrite-owned ticket distribution service Ticketfly shut down its website on Thursday after it was defaced by a hacker who calls himself “IsHaKdZ.” read more

How to request your personal data under GDPR
2018-04-24 16:51

A subject access request will require any company to turn over data it has collected on you, and it's pretty simple to do.

LinkedIn AutoFill bug could leak personal data to third parties and attackers
2018-04-20 20:08

LinkedIn's AutoFill button is supposed to only work on approved websites, but any website could have tricked users into providing personal data with just one click anywhere on their screen.

Walmart Jewelry Partner Exposes Personal Data Of 1.3M Customers
2018-03-15 21:47

A Walmart jewelry partners' misconfigured AWS S3 bucket left personal details and contact information of 1.3 million customers in plain sight.

German court says Facebook use of personal data is illegal
2018-02-13 15:13

Facebook’s default privacy settings and some of its terms of service fall afoul of the German Federal Data Protection Act, the Berlin Regional Court has found. By not adequately securing the...

Insurance Customers’ Personal Data Exposed Due to Misconfigured NAS Server
2018-02-08 19:51

The vulnerability also exposed login credentials for a massive national insurance claims database, Upguard says.

Leaky Amazon S3 Bucket Exposes Personal Data of 12,000 Social Media Influencers
2018-02-06 21:15

Octoly's incident response was sorely lacking, says the Upguard researcher who found the exposed repository.

Massive Breach Exposes Keyboard App that Collects Personal Data On Its 31 Million Users
2017-12-05 16:18

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...

Instagram Hacker Puts 6 Million Celebrities Personal Data Up For Sale On DoxaGram (The Hackers News)
2017-09-01 12:09

It's now official, Instagram has suffered a massive data breach, and reportedly an unknown hacker has stolen personal details of more than 6 million Instagram accounts. Just yesterday, we reported...

Novel Attack Tricks Servers to Cache, Expose Personal Data (Threatpost)
2017-07-25 15:00

Researchers have a devised a way to trick a web server into caching pages and exposing personal data to attackers.