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Hashed Passwords and Password Reset Codes Have Been Leaked in a Massive Tokopedia Data Breach
Last week, data breach monitoring service Under the Breach noticed an interesting post on a popular hacking forum. The author was offering 15 million user records stolen from Tokopedia, one of Indonesia's biggest... Read more
A Robert Dyas Data Breach Exposed Customers' Payment Card Details
It's interesting to think about the numerous different effects social distancing has on the things we do every day. For example, many people are stuck at home with nothing to do because of the coronavirus pandemic,... Read more
GDPR.EU Was Meant to Give Advice on Virtual Privacy but It Exposed Passwords Instead
On Monday, Vangelis Stykas and Joe Durbin from Pen Test Partners wrote about 'the irony' of finding a data leak in GDPR.EU. As you can see, the leak (which has since been secured) was done by a website dedicated to... Read more
Paay Exposed Millions of Credit Card Transactions. What Should Users Do?
Online service providers simply can't keep up with the large volumes of data they need to process. Configuration mistakes are all too common and they lead to the exposure of information on a daily basis. Security... Read more
Facebook Reveals a Coronavirus Heatmap to Help Scientists Fight the Disease
The privacy issues Facebook has gone through over the years have led some people to believe that the social network is nothing more than a tool for exposing your most intimate secrets to the whole world. Of course,... Read more
Could Hackers Take Over Ford and Volkswagen Cars and Also Threaten Owners' Privacy?
We'll be stating the obvious if we say that cars have come a long way, but the changes automobiles went through over the last few decades have really been astonishing. Some of you might remember, for example, what... Read more
Chegg Disappoints Again: A Third Data Breach in Three Years
On April 28, US education technology company Chegg admitted that it had suffered a data breach. In a letter sent to affected individuals, Dana Jewell, Chegg's Vice President, announced that on April 9, a hacker... Read more
Watch out for Fake Zoom Meeting Emails That Were Set up to Steal Your Password
There are so many active phishing campaigns at any given time, that covering all of them is physically impossible. And even if it was, most of the scams are either too small or not very well executed, and they don't... Read more
About 3,000 UniCredit Workers' Data Is Put Up for Sale After a Hacking Attack
On April 19, a hacking forum user hiding behind the c0C0linoz moniker offered for sale personal and work-related information of UniCredit employees. UniCredit is the largest bank in Italy, and it's one of the biggest... Read more
NIH, WHO, and the Gates Foundation Under Attack After 25,000 Email Addresses and Passwords Got Leaked
The world is facing an unprecedented pandemic. If we ever want to get our lives back to normal, we must work together and ensure that we defeat COVID-19 as quickly as possible. There are organizations and experts in... Read more
Here's How the #Classof2020 Facebook Challenge Can Threaten Your Virtual Security
For years, graduating from school has been something to be celebrated. For students, it's a big thing that involves fancy suits and dresses, lots of selfies, and in some cases, stories that could form the plot for a... Read more
Quidd Users Are Warned That 4 Million Login Details Were Leaked on an Underground Forum
Just like any other business, the trading of stolen data is impacted by a number of different factors. Many different people make up the supply chain, and everyone has a specific role. The nature of the data and its... Read more
COVIDSafe App Hoax Message Spread in Australia
Governments all over the world are trying to find new ways of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and they often find solutions in modern technology. Australia, for example, recently introduced COVIDSafe, a mobile... Read more
SMS-Based Tweets Are Dead, but SMS-Based Password Verification Is Not...Yet
You might think that tweeting without an internet connection is impossible, and you'd be right. Up until very recently, however, this wasn't the case. Years ago, Twitter introduced a feature called Twitter via SMS.... Read more
Kinomap Is the Latest App to Leak Information Due to Terrible Database Management
Living through the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown it has forced upon us is not easy, but everyone who feels tempted to start complaining about it shouldn't forget that it could have been much worse. Thanks to... Read more
Hackers Exposed the Identities of 267 Million Facebook Users in the Latest Data Leak
You can only imagine how difficult running a huge online empire like Facebook is, and it must be said that lately, Mark Zuckerberg and his team have been having an especially hard time. They're currently trying to use... Read more
Woman Who Forgets to Turn Off Camera Gets Caught Using Toilet During Work Video Conference Call
Let this be a warning to everyone; it’s essential to ensure that your camera on your computer or smartphone is not on if you choose to take it with you to the bathroom! In today’s vastly changed world due to the... Read more
San Francisco International Airport Warns About Potential Login Credential Leaks
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit a wide range of industries, but it's fair to say that few business sectors have suffered as much as air travel. The number of passengers has understandably plummeted, and airlines and... Read more
