Breaches

BREACHES

Ransomware attack hits Swissport International causing delays in flights

14 weeks ago

Swissport International Ltd. is an aviation services company with its headquarters in Opfikon, Switzerland. It provides ground, cargo handling, and lounge services at airports. Annually, Swissport handles up to 280 million passengers and 4.8 million tonnes of cargo. It operates across 50 countries at over 300 locations and has a... Read more

Swissport International Ltd. is an aviation services company with its headquarters in Opfikon, Switzerland. It... Read more

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Hackers Exploited MSHTML Flaw to Spy on Government and Defense Targets

15 weeks ago

On Tuesday, 25th January 2022, cybersecurity researchers Tuesday took the wraps off a multi-stage espionage campaign targeting high-ranking government officials overseeing national security policy and individuals in the defense industry in Western Asia. Trellix, a new company created following the merger of security firms McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, said that... Read more

On Tuesday, 25th January 2022, cybersecurity researchers Tuesday took the wraps off a multi-stage espionage... Read more

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Unexplained PII compromised by Ripta Data Breach

19 weeks ago

Data breach compromising Peronsal Identifiable Information (PII) including the names, social security numbers, addresses, birthdates, Medicare information, health insurance member identification numbers, and claims information of a disputed number of individuals, was disclosed by The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). It was first detected on August 5, 2021. The... Read more

Data breach compromising Peronsal Identifiable Information (PII) including the names, social security numbers, addresses, birthdates,... Read more

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Half-Billion Compromised Credentials Lurking on Open Cloud Server

20 weeks ago

Around 586 million sets of credentials had been collected in a compromised cloud storage facility, free for the taking by any cybercrime yahoo who happened to stop by, according to the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) National Cyber Crime Unit in the U.K. The NCA tapped Troy Hunt, creator of the... Read more

Around 586 million sets of credentials had been collected in a compromised cloud storage facility,... Read more

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Android apps affected by the Joker malware

20 weeks ago

The Joker malware has infected at least 14 Android apps, as founded by an analyst at Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky named Tatyana Shishkova. It was first discovered in 2017 and had been a major challenge for Google to tackle it back. An alert has been issued by the mobile security solutions... Read more

The Joker malware has infected at least 14 Android apps, as founded by an analyst... Read more

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GoDaddy security breach exposes 1.2 million WordPress users' data

24 weeks ago

The web hosting company Go Daddy recently submitted a filing to the securities and exchange commission on November 22, revealing that an unauthorized third party accessed the email addresses of almost 1.2 million WordPress customers. The Chief Information Security Officer, Demetrius Comes, said that they identified suspicious activity in their... Read more

The web hosting company Go Daddy recently submitted a filing to the securities and exchange... Read more

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Vestas IT Systems shut down following Cyber Security Breach

24 weeks ago

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers, announced the shutdown of IT systems across numerous business divisions and locales to tackle a cyber security concern. According to a statement issued by Vestas on Saturday, the event happened on November 19, and the firm is trying... Read more

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers, announced the shutdown... Read more

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Amazon-owned Twitch breached by hackers

31 weeks ago

Twitch, Amazon's massively popular video-game streaming service, has been hacked resulting in a major data leak. The data appeared to include Twitch's internal code and documents, as well as the payments made to thousands of top streamers. An anonymous poster on the 4chan messaging board released a 125GB torrent earlier... Read more

Twitch, Amazon's massively popular video-game streaming service, has been hacked resulting in a major data... Read more

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Five year-long breach disclosed by largest mobile SMS routing firm

32 weeks ago

Syniverse, a telecom company that helps carriers like Vodafone, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, America Movil, Telefonica, and China Mobile, route messages between each other and other carriers abroad, disclosed last week that it was the subject of a possible five-year-long hack. According to the company, its infrastructure processes more than 740... Read more

Syniverse, a telecom company that helps carriers like Vodafone, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, America Movil, Telefonica,... Read more