An UpGuard research team recently discovered several unsecured Amazon S3 buckets belonging to the Israeli IT Services firm Attunity. The company left the buckets unsecured, exposing more than a terabyte of sensitive information belonging to a number of prominent companies, including Ford, TD Bank, and Netflix. To provide a sense of scale, … [Read more...] about Unsecured Database May Have Exposed Some Big Companies
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SmartHome Device Vendor Data Leak Includes User Information
Orvibo is a Chinese manufacturer of smart home solutions. These are devices that allow owners to manage connected smart appliances in their home, remotely control lighting, security, HVAC, and home entertainment devices, as well as monitor energy usage. Data from those operations are hosted on the company's Smart Home cloud platform. Orvibo … [Read more...] about SmartHome Device Vendor Data Leak Includes User Information
RSVP Site Evite Suffers Data Breach
The hacker who calls himself 'Gnosticplayers' has been busy and prolific. Over the years, he's sold more than one billion user accounts on the Dark Web. His most recent product is more than ten million user records for the social planning and e-invitations service, Evite. ZDNet researchers first discovered the data for sale on the Dark Web back in … [Read more...] about RSVP Site Evite Suffers Data Breach
AMCA Suffers A Medical Patient Information Breach
The recent hack of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) is having ripple effects around the world. Recently it was reported that as a direct consequence of that hack, Quest Diagnostics (one of the largest diagnostic testing laboratory services in the United States) was breached. This resulted in the exposure of millions of patient … [Read more...] about AMCA Suffers A Medical Patient Information Breach
Undelivered Mail Notification Could Be A Phishing Scam
Hackers are always on the lookout for new ways to freshen up time-tested techniques. Where time-tested techniques are concerned, few are older than the humble phishing email. In one form or another, it seeks to trick an unsuspecting user to innocently hand over sensitive information, like usernames and passwords that the hacker can then use later … [Read more...] about Undelivered Mail Notification Could Be A Phishing Scam
