Well, it appears that 2019 has been officially nominated as the hacking year. This time is our lovable and handy Evernote or, as I like to call it, the best thing that ever happened to the taking down notes business. Earlier this week, a company spokesperson revealed that due to …
Read More »Evite ‘Invites’ Hacker into Unsecured Data Locker
And this week’s how-not-to-secure-your-endpoints goes to stationary and online invites Evite, whose database was auctioned on the dark web for 0.2419 Bitcoins. With peer pressure on the rise, the company has decided to disclose the details of the incident earlier this week. Interestingly enough, the incident took place on or …
Read More »Amazon Slapped with Lawsuit for Unlawfully Recording Children
It would appear that Amazon is going through yet another “oh-oh! I did it again” phase; earlier this week, a Seattle couple declared that it intends to seek legal action against the company which, allegedly, has unlawfully been recording the voice of their 10-year-old daughter. In at least 8 US …
Read More »2019 in Cyber Attacks – The Bad, the Ugly, and the Worst
The year is far from over, yet it seems that cyber-attacks just keep coming. What’s worse is that no countermeasures appear to make any difference. According to estimates, ransomware attacks produced $11.5 billion worth of damage. And that’s not the worst part – vpnMentor, the cybersecurity company who discovered the …
Read More »Crypto Startup Hijacks Own Accounts to Patch Zero-Day Vulnerability
How would you feel if you were to receive an email from the company that manages your crypto wallet, saying that your account has been hacked? I would totally lose it, and so would you if your account was loaded. Still, that’s not the worst part. Try this one for …
Read More »Tech Data Leaks 260GB of Data Stored on Unsecured Server
Tech Data, a Fortune 500 company and one of the biggest supplies of IT solutions, recently came under fire after receiving an email from two cybersecurity experts. According to the inflammatory email, the company leaked at least 260GB of sensitive data. Inside sources reveal that that data was stored on …
Read More »Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Face Recognition Experiment After FT Investigation
At the beginning of this week, Microsoft pulled the plug on MS Celeb, a facial recognition database containing more than 10 million images. The decision came after the Financial Times’ investigation concluded that Microsoft’s picture-gathering methods infringed upon the General Data Protection Regulation. Microsoft denied any legal implication and stated …
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