Two Ukranian men sued for scraping data on Facebook from 63k users
Facebook is suing two Ukrainians who used quick apps to illegally harvest private data of 63k users for advertisement purposes Andrey Gorbachov and Gleb
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The first million from Bug Bounty awards earned by a 19-year-old
A teen self-taught hacker made his first million dollars thanks to legal hacking It seems that nowadays legal hacking can be a really
TikTok pays $5.7M penalty for collecting children’s private data
TikTok failed to protect children's private data and agrees to pay $5.7M as a monetary fee The well-known TikTok application (also called Musical.ly) is
FIDO2 certification allows password-less logins for Android users
Devices running Android 7 and above will be able to use more secure online account login methods rather than passwords Google and Fido Alliance
Stanford data breach: students access each others’ personal details
Students can view their colleagues' sensitive information due to a data breach at Stanford University Private student data that includes admission files and other
6.7 Million Aadhaar card numbers leaked by Indane gas endpoint
LPG Gas company leaked names and addresses of 6 700 000 Indian customers Thanks to the research by a security researcher Elliot Alderson (also
Polished Facebook phishing attack seeks to steal users’ credentials
Facebook users beware: a new phishing campaign might trick even the most observant Cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered a cyber attack that can trick even
Hacker selling another 127 million user accounts from 8 companies
The hacker who previously sold 620 million accounts from 16 companies came back with another 127 million records and put them up for sale
VFEmail system hacked: all data erased with no possibility of recovery
VFEmail.net cyber attack results in removal of data which was accumulated throughout 20 years VFEmail, the well-known United States email provider, has experienced a
Xiaomi electric scooter can be controlled remotely due to the bug
Electric scooters can be stopped or accelerated remotely because of security vulnerability As a recent report by Zimperium is stating, Xiaomi M365 electric
Password Checkup extension on Chrome takes care of password safety
Google released a new feature which allows protecting sensitive data and passwords Not so long ago Google together with Stanford University researchers presented a
Airbus experiences a data breach after a “cyber incident”
Airbus announces about the cyber incident related to Airbus information systems One of the largest's airplane companies – Airbus – has recently announced about experiencing
Hacked server marketplace xDedic seized in the international operation
xDedic, the illegal site that sold credentials for server access, was shut down in Ukraine by the FBI, Europol and other bodies European authorities
Nets.eu phishing attack is aimed at Danish online shoppers
E-shoppers are attacked by hackers pretending to be from the famous Nets company Another malicious campaign that is using Nets was found spreading online.
Collection #1 – massive data breach that contains 773 million records
A security researcher found a massive amount of users' email addresses and unhashed passwords on MEGA cloud service Troy Hunt, a security researcher, Microsoft Regional