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2020-07-03 14:18:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Fitness firm V Shred exposes 606 GB worth of sensitive customer data

By Waqas

V Shred was launched in 2016.

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Security Breach LEAKS Privacy Security V-Shred
2020-07-03 14:12:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
DuckDuckGo CEO clarifies favicon script use, seeks to dispel privacy worries

Privacy-focused search engine makes changes to favicon handling, per user request

2020-07-03 13:00:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Ring Doorbell’s Police Partnerships Questioned Over Racial Bias

Amazon has placed a moratorium on police use of its facial recognition platform - but a congressman asked if that extends to its Ring smart doorbell in a new inquiry.

Government IoT Privacy Web Security Amazon Congressional Inquiry Facial Recognition Krishnamoorthi Police Department Racial Bias Rekognition Ring Ring Police Partnerships Smart Doorbell
2020-07-03 12:35:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
What is smishing? How to protect against text message phishing scams

A portmanteau of ‘SMS’ and ‘phishing’, this rather clunky term describes a cyber-telecoms scam many of us have encountered

2020-07-03 11:56:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Hole-y Guacamole: Flaws in Apache remote desktop tech exposed by new research

Combined security vulnerabilities create remote code execution risk

2020-07-03 10:36:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Google buys AR smart-glasses company North

They're not surveillance spectacles, says Google, just a piece in the jigsaw of "ambient computing", where helpfulness is all around you.

Google Mobile Privacy Uncategorized Focals Glass Google Glass North Wearables
2020-07-02 21:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
BG-IP Vulnerabilities Could be Big Trouble for Customers

Left unpatched, pair of vulnerabilities could give attackers wide access to a victim's application delivery network.

2020-07-02 21:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
BIG-IP Vulnerabilities Could be Big Trouble for Customers

Left unpatched, pair of vulnerabilities could give attackers wide access to a victim's application delivery network.

2020-07-02 18:41:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Facebook exposed user data to thousands of app developers

By Zara Khan

Facebook 'Privacy Matters' reveals 5000 app developers accessed user data.

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Security Social Network News Breach Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Privacy
2020-07-02 17:30:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
22,900 MongoDB Databases Affected in Ransomware Attack

An attacker scanned for databases misconfigured to expose information and wiped the data, leaving a ransom note behind.

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April 2024
By SUE DENIM
Cyber Warfare: Breaches, Alerts, and Cybersecurity Policy
In cyber warfare, it seems no sector is safe from the relentless clutches of threat actors. Take, for instance, a Russian food manufacturing giant finding itself in the crosshairs of a Ukrainian hacker collective. With a flair for the dramatic, the group proudly proclaimed their conquest in a channel dedicated to airing their digital conquests. Their loot? A whopping 6TB of sensitive data, includi...

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13 May 2024
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A total of 35 breaches were found and analysed resulting in 4,063,408 leaked accounts containing a total of 26 different data types. The breaches found publicly and freely available included ESN, Stealer Log 0456, SVR Labs, Kuchenland and Stealer Log 0455