AmazingCo, a company based in Melbourne, Australia had an unprotected Elasticsearch database that contained sensitive details of customers and possible leads. The publicly accessible database was discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler. According to Fowler, a large portion of data was related to children’s entertainment. AmazingCo provides services such asRead More…
HCL Technologies has inadvertently exposed passwords, sensitive project reports and other private data of thousands of customers and internal employees on various public HCL subdomains, a report by Threatpost said.Read More…
Cybersecurity experts and researchers have identified a significant rise in breaches and attacks related to the internet of things, a report titled ‘The Third Annual Study on Third Party IoT risk: Companies Don’t Know What They Don’t Know” by Ponemon Institute, said. The study, released by Santa Fe Group, reportedRead More…
A French online shop named “Kook King Shop”, which sells Burger King products focused on kids, was maintaining an unprotected database that includes sensitive information of thousand of customers. According to reports, the unprotected cluster contained all of the exposed information in a plain-text form, so there was no encryptionRead More…
Docker, the company behind the virtualization tool of the same name, announced that it has suffered a security breach. However, instead of making an official announcement, the company sent an alert to affected customers advising them them to change their passwords check their security logs. The company said: “During a briefRead More…
Marriott confirmed a data breach to Starwood guest reservation database that resulted in the theft for the details of 500 million guests. On November 19, 2018, the investigation determined that there was unauthorized access to the database,Read More…
Protecting your organization comes down to knowing where your attacks are coming from. This Tripwire infographic shows the five most significant threats from Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigation Report to help you ensure you aren’t among next year’s cyberattack victims. Read More…
IBM Security announced the results of a Middle East study examining the full financial impact of a data breach on businesses located in Saudi Arabia and UAE. Overall, the study found that the average total cost of a data breach in these 2 countries combined is $5.31 million, a 7.1%Read More…
