Carnival Corp. this week confirmed that the data breach that took place in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, and Princess Cruises. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world’s largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across […]

Source: Bleepingcomputer Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following the hack of Passenger Service System provider SITA in February 2021. The Indian national carrier first informed passengers that SITA was the victim of a cyberattack on March 19. “This is to inform […]

List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached – It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data […]

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February. The issue is that in far more cases than we’d […]

The hackers’ methods were unsophisticated: they gained access to Verkada through a “Super Admin” account, allowing them to peer into the cameras of all of its customers. Kottmann says they found a user name and password for an administrator account publicly exposed on the internet. News outlet Bloomberg has gone public with a dramatic cybersecurity news […]

Singapore telco says it has pulled back all use of Accellion’s file-sharing system FTA and is investigating the impact of a cybersecurity attack, having ascertained on February 9 that “files were taken” and customer data “may have” been compromised. Singtel says it is investigating the impact of a cybersecurity breach that may have compromised customer […]

The cybersecurity company said the attack compromised its software tools used to test the defenses of its thousands of customers. “I’ve concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” Kevin Mandia, the chief executive at FireEye and a former Air Force officer, said in a blog post published Tuesday. “The […]

PickPoint says this is the world’s first targeted cyberattack against a post-gateway network. The attack, which took place on Friday afternoon, December 4, targeted the network of PickPoint, a local delivery service that maintains a network of more than 8,000 package lockers across Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Russians can order products online and choose to […]

We recorded 103 data breaches and cyber attacks in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. ITG recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can […]

Nook, line and sinker: Servers restored from backups, punters unable to download purchased e-books Source: Confirmed: Barnes & Noble hacked, systems taken offline for days, miscreants may have swiped personal info

In a recent attack, cybercrime group TeamTNT relied on a legitimate tool to avoid deploying malicious code on compromised cloud infrastructure and still have a good grip on it. Source: Hackers use legit tool to take over Docker, Kubernetes platforms Misusing tool of the trade Analyzing the attack, researchers at Intezer discovered that TeamTNT installed […]

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. Source: Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers

EXCLUSIVE: The MGM Resorts 2019 data breach is much larger than initially reported. Source: A hacker is selling details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web | ZDNet According to the ad, the hacker is selling the details of 142,479,937 MGM hotel guests for a price just over $2,900. The hacker claims […]

3somes, Gay Daddy Bear, and Herpes Dating are among the nine services that leaked the data of hundreds of thousands of users. Researchers find a developer running multiple dating services left 845GB of explicit photos, chats, and more exposed in AWS buckets Source: Dating Apps Exposed 845 GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More Download […]

More than two dozen SQL databases stolen from online shops in various countries are being offered for sale on a public website. In total, the seller provides over 1.5 million rows of records but the damage is likely much larger. Source: Hacker extorts online shops, sells databases if ransom not paid More than two dozen […]

Researchers discovered two vulnerabilities in Alaris Gateway Workstations that are used to deliver fluid medication. One of them is critical and an attacker could leverage it to take full control of the medical devices connecting to it. Source: Critical Bug in Infusion System Allows Changing Drug Dose in Medical Pumps Healthcare privacy and security Enter […]

Cybercriminal group Carbanak has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions. Here’s a detailed analysis by Bitdefender of an attack on one bank. Source: From phish to network compromise in two hours: How Carbanak operates

Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months. Source: Flipboard says hackers stole user details | ZDNet Flipboard confirms database hack, resets all user passwords InfoSec Breaches  Subscribe in a reader

Perceptics confirms intrusion and theft, stays quiet on details Source: Maker of US border’s license-plate scanning tech ransacked by hacker, blueprints and files dumped online Car Security Security Breach   Digital License Plates: Convenience or Privacy Risk?  Subscribe in a reader