Indian government hack exposes 80,000 coronavirus patients’ data
Indian hackers claim to have accessed more than 80,000 coronavirus patients' healthcare records that were insecurely stored on government servers.
Attacks & Breaches
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South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole the master key
The Sunday Times of South Africa, which revealed the story, said the incident took place in December 2018 when someone printed the bank's master key on a
Malware Opens RDP Ports for Future Access
The Sarwent malware is a lesser-known backdoor trojan that has been around since 2018. In a recent campaign it received two critical updates.
Hackers Threaten to Reveal “Dirty Laundry” on Donald Trump
Mr. Trump, if you want to stay president, poke a sharp stick at the guys, otherwise, you may forget this ambition forever. And to you voters, we can let you know that after such a publication, you certainly don't want to see him as president. The deadline is one week.
“Thunderspy” Attack Impacts Millions of Apple, Windows, Linux Machines
A researcher discovered a security flaw in Intel's Thunderbolt ports, common to many laptops produced before 2019.
Law Firm Representing Madonna, Lady Gaga and Others Suffer Data Breach
The stolen data include sensitive information like contracts, phone numbers, email addresses, personal correspondence.
Unacademy Hacked, 22Mil User Information for Sale
Unacademy is one of the largest online learning platforms in India. According to security firm Cyble Inc, a hacker is offering the user database which contains 21,909,707 records, for $2,000.
Critical Vulnerability Gives Remote Command Execution as Root!
Two critical vulnerabilities in the software of the open-source Salt project have been awarded the highest possible CVSS score of 10!
40 Million(!) Class Action Complaint for Personal Data Disclosure
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has launched a class action complaint against Optus which claims that Optus disclosed the personal data of 50,000 customers in a privacy breach.
Sophos XG Firewall Hacked. Hotfix Available
Hackers were spotted exploiting a vulnerability on Sophos XG firewalls which lead to the abuse of the firewall configuration, exposing information such as usernames and passwords.
160,000 Nintendo Player Accounts Hacked
Recently 160,000 Nintendo player accounts got hacked. The hackers exploited a weakness and gained access to player data.
iPhones Crashing From Simple Text Messages
The latest Apple mobile OS version iOS 13.4.1 has a text bomb bug that forces iPhones Crashing From Simple Text Messages.
Warning to Apple Users! Possible Device Hack by Just Sending Email
Bugs were found in the Apple mail app which can allow RCE (Remote Code Execution), due to an out-of-bounds write bug and a heap overflow issue.
Personal Data of 267 Million Users Sold by Hackers
Hackers have sold personal data from 267 Million Facebook users causing another major reputation blow on the tech giant.
All Data Breaches in 2019 & 2020
Many organizations, big and small, have suffered data breaches in 2019 and 2020. The breach details are shown in the table below.
Zoom Usernames and Passwords Compromised and Listed on Dark Web Forum
The Coronavirus crisis has forced many organizations to embrace "work from home". Zoom platform has become increasingly famous due to this, but also for its
Microsoft Exchange Servers Still Unpatched, Leaves them open to Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Based on a Rapid7 survey more than 357 thousand Exchange Servers are vulnerable to a latest RCE vulnerability which allows an attacker to use an Exchange user