Cybercriminals are buying and selling access to hacked RDP servers to conduct fraud and launch cyberattacks, Comparitech researchers found.
From private conversations through the likes of WhatsApp to confidential browsing histories through VPNs, encryption plays an integral role in our freedom of expression and privacy. Yet, with ongoing government attempts to create “backdoors” into encryption services/products, many countries face severe restrictions when it comes to using apps and tools that utilize cryptography. To find […]
350 million records containing personal details of Broadvoice clients’ customers were exposed online with no password required to access.
In 2019, every interception order issued on a state and federal level was authorized. And over the past 10 years, only a handful of interception orders haven’t been authorized. 48 jurisdictions (44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the federal government) have laws that give courts the power to issue […]
Personal details of 2.7 million Friendemic consumers in the US were exposed on a publicly accessible database without a password.
We set up a honeypot by publishing AWS credentials in public GitHub repositories to find out how attackers find and abuse them.
Gym and fitness club chain Town Sports left 600,000 customers’ data unprotected on the web for months, researchers report.
131 of 2,064 scanned Google Cloud buckets were vulnerable to unauthorized access by users who could list, download, and/or upload files.
In the United States, each state government holds records on its voters. The type of information that’s deemed “non-confidential” and who has access to this data differs by state. Some only distribute names and addresses to political parties on a strict non-commercial basis. Others publish voter lists online so anyone (even those outside the US) […]
Comparitech researchers analyzed the underground mass hacking and website defacement market and uncovered 89 zero-day vulnerabilities affecting more than 100,000 sites.