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Ashley Madison agrees to pay $11.2 million as Cyber Attack settlement
Toronto based Ashley Madison has officially agreed to pay $11.2 million as cyber attack settlement in response to an American Class Action lawsuit which stemmed from a massive security breach which took place 2 years ago. However, the proposed settlement is yet to get the approval of United States District Court for the Eastern District […]
Cyber Attack leaks credit card numbers of Trump Hotel Customers
Trump International Hotels Management LLC issued a public statement on its website yesterday that a data breach which occurred at its IT service providers has compromised card payment details of customers at 14 of its properties, including hotels in Washington, New York, and Vancouver. The details forwarded to the press on Thursday say that the […]
Poor cloud security practices led to the leak of RNC Voter Database
Cloud Security practiced carelessly is said to have led to the leak of RNC Voter database. A researcher from the UpGuard Cyber Risk team confirmed this news and also stated that the leak could have been prevented if proper cyber security skills were practiced. UpGuard research discovered that Republican National Committee’s voter database info which […]
Cyber Attack on password manager ‘OneLogin’ makes data compromised
All those who are using the OneLogin password manager for your web services needs are hereby informed that the said service experienced a cyber attack recently and the data of more than 2K+ enterprise customers in more than 44 countries has been compromised. The password manager company has already pressed its security staff onto duty […]
Wannacry hackers issue a new ransomware warning
Hackers who targeted more than 200,000 computers operating globally with Wannacry Ransomware early this month have issued the latest warning which says that they are ready to sell on secret NSA cyber weapons for $21,000 monthly subscription. The mysterious hacking group called Shadow Brokers which might be secretly funded by North Korea is ready to […]
How to protect your business from Cyber Attacks!
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has recently issued an advice to all companies who want to keep themselves isolated from cyber attacks. CERT says that the best way to guard your business against hackers is to take the following precautions which will automatically boost your organization’s cyber security. 1.) Beware of emails- […]
Cyber attack on Wonga Database affects 250,000 customer bank details
British Payday loan offering company Wonga has made it official that a data breach occurred on its database leaking critical info of more than 250,000 of its customers. The UK-based payday loan lender added that the stolen details could include addresses, names, bank account numbers, and sort codes. Officials from Wonga said that around 245,000 […]
Capgemini Leaks Data of Recruitment Firm PageGroup
Eduard Kovacs wrote an interesting post about Capgemini Leaks Data of Recruitment Firm PageGroup that I would like to share. “Job-related information belonging to hundreds of thousands of individuals was exposed online after Capgemini inadvertently made public a database of Michael Page, a brand of UK-based global recruitment company PageGroup. France-based Capgemini, which last year had […]
