A team of six researchers from Ruhr-University Bouchum and Munster University, in Germany, have discovered a critical flaw in the way that popular PDF viewers display data. This makes it possible for an attacker to exfiltrate data from encrypted PDF files. The researchers tested twenty-seven different desktop and web-based PDF viewer apps … [Read more...] about Hackers Now Can Access Data In Secure PDF Files
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DoorDash Leaks Personal Data Of Users And Drivers
Another week, another high-profile data breach. This time, DoorDash confirmed on a recent blog post that data on nearly five million of its users had been accessed by an unauthorized (and at this point unknown) third party. According to information released by the company, the breach occurred on May 4th, 2019. The unknown parties accessed … [Read more...] about DoorDash Leaks Personal Data Of Users And Drivers
Payment Forms Cause Large Amount Of Online Data Breaches
When surveying the state of your company's security, it's important to understand what your biggest risks are. According to the 2019 Application Report published by F5 Labs, the answer is simple. Fully 71 percent of all web-related data breaches in 2018 specifically targeted customers' financial information. The single biggest culprit? … [Read more...] about Payment Forms Cause Large Amount Of Online Data Breaches
Choice Hotel Data Breach Affects up To 700,000 Customers
Recently, an independent researcher named Bob Diachenko worked collaboratively with Comparitech. They discovered an unsecured database containing nearly 700,000 hotel records belonging to Choice Hotels. Unfortunately, although Diachenko reported his finding to the company, hackers had beaten him to the punch and had already downloaded the file. … [Read more...] about Choice Hotel Data Breach Affects up To 700,000 Customers
Some Android Apps To Receive Your Data Without Permission
When it works, Android's app permissions are awesome. They're straightforward and easy to understand. When you install a new app on your phone, you'll get a popup box that gives you a summary of what permissions the app says it needs. Then, you have the option to either accept or deny it that permission. Sometimes, the app winds up working … [Read more...] about Some Android Apps To Receive Your Data Without Permission
MySpace Permanently Lost Large Amounts Of User Data
Are you or were you a MySpace user? If so, we have bad news. The struggling company recently announced that when they attempted to migrate all user data to new servers, something in the process went wrong. As a result, massive amounts of user data was lost. The only way to describe the loss is catastrophic, with the company reporting … [Read more...] about MySpace Permanently Lost Large Amounts Of User Data
