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Data analytics firm Polecat data breach – 30TB of data exposed
Polecat exposed an Elasticsearch server that wasn't protected with any authentication measures or any form of encryption.
March 2, 2021
Botnet Abusing Bitcoin Blockchain To Evade Detection
Cybercriminals are abusing Bitcoin transactions to carry out illegal crypto mining operations while staying under the radar.
February 24, 2021
Hundred thousand Spotify accounts leaked in credential stuffing attack
Spotify has suffered its second credential stuffing attack in three months.
February 8, 2021
BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records
According to researchers, BYKEA's 200 GB worth of database was exposed on an Elasticsearch server.
January 28, 2021
Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data
The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
January 12, 2021
Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways
Researchers have discovered a hard-coded admin-level backdoor account as a Zyxel firmware binary revealing username and password.
January 2, 2021
Database leak exposed mass credential stuffing against Spotify users
Researchers helped Spotify detect and address a severe credential stuffing operation affecting hundreds of millions of its users.
November 25, 2020
Leaked database exposed login data of 100k hacked Facebook accounts
The leaked database was owned by cybercriminals who hacked Facebook accounts and used them for credit card and Bitcoin scams.
November 17, 2020
Fashion retailer BrandBQ exposes 1 TB of customers, contractors data
The database was hosted on a misconfigured Elasticsearch server.
September 28, 2020
Microsoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data
Microsoft Bing server logged some horrific search terms including searchers for murder and child abuse content.
September 22, 2020