Data
China has stolen 80% of data belonging to US Adults
In one of the astonishing revelations made in the 60 minutes report aired on an American Television channel CBS, china seems to have stolen data of almost 80% of US Adults. No wait, there is more! Recently, china based BGI Group has approached 6 of the different states with a proposal to construct R&D labs […]
Deleted X rated photos of college pupils exposed by hackers
Fleek app that was started in 2015 on Georgetown University and now defunct has become the talk among many sophomores of some major universities across America. Reason, a cloud configuration error committed on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket is said to have exposed over 377,000 files- 32GB information and that includes X rated deleted […]
Bitglass Security Spotlight: Popular Messaging App Exposes Users’ Private Data.
This post was originally published by Will Houcheime. Go SMS Pro, a popular Android messaging app, had it’s photos, videos and other files exposed due to a bug. Security researchers discovered that when a user sends a file to a non-user, the app uploads the file to its servers and generates a web address so […]
How Google protects its customer data from Cyber Threats
Almost every human being in this materialistic world who uses online services is familiar with Google and its products; as in the past few years the tech giant has evolved into a massive data centric business. Last month, the company sent an automated email to some of its long-time customers saying how it protects their […]
Apple sues recycling firm for reselling iPhones without data wipe
Apple Inc has sued recycling firm GEEP Canada for reselling iPhones, iPads and Watches that were meant to be disassembled after a data wipe. This was confirmed after an audit in 2018, when Apple learnt that over 11,766 pounds of old devices have left the premises without the data on them wiped efficiently. In what […]
Most businesses are failing to protect user data
Over 46% of those whose email addresses get hacked are sure that they would experience cyber fraud at some point of time in the future. As consumer group Which? has discovered that most companies are still not taking information security on a serious note. Although most companies are holding humongous amounts of critical info like […]
Survey finds 4 in 6 drivers are selling cars without wiping data
When the drivers are selling cars in the UK they are doing it without wiping their data synced from their mobile devices and this was revealed in a survey conducted by UK’s testing and research firm ‘Which?’. Therefore all this leaked personal information can act as a treasure trove allowing hackers to download the private […]
United States conducting ‘Mass Surveillance’ through Google
According to a survey conducted by an email firm ProtonMail, the government of the United States is reported to be using technology firms like Google and Facebook to conduct mass surveillance from the last decade or so. Now evidence is out that the data requests put forward by the government to Google are said to […]
Hackers selling stolen data on Facebook and Twitter
Which?, the UK based consumer group has discovered in its recent survey that hackers and scammers are seen selling stolen digital personal & financial details on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The data which is being sold includes credit card details, compromised credentials of Netflix, and Uber eats user accounts, […]
DNA data become a soft target for hackers who are stealing it via Cyber Attacks
A team of security experts from Israel has warned that hackers are seen sweetly preying on DNA Research repositories these days as it proving lucrative to them. Researchers from Ben Gurion University (BGU) have released a white paper on the issue and published the same in their recent Journal Eurosurveillance. Speaking about the dangers unfolding […]
