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Can a CASB Thwart the Uber Hack?
This post was originally published here by Rich Campagna. Another day, another massive data breach, this one involving Uber and the theft of data on more than 57 million drivers and customers. Like the recent high profile AWS S3 misconfigurations leading to unwanted exposure of sensitive data, the Uber hack could have been prevented with basic Cloud Access […]
Cyber Attack on UBER leaks 57 million Customer and Driver details!
Hackers launched a Cyber Attack on UBER in October 2016 to steal data from more than 57 million customers and drivers. And what’s astonishing in this attack saga is that the IT team of UBER paid the hackers $100,000 to make the hackers delete the information from their servers and to conceal the massive breach […]
More than 700000 UK customer details were leaked in Equifax Cyber Attack
Equifax in its fresh public statement has admitted that personal details of more than 700,000 UK customers’ were leaked in the cyber attack which took place in 2Q of this year. And the details include credit card details (partial info), phone numbers, driving licenses, and other details. The credit monitoring company which is based in […]
Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly phone hacked by Foreign Government
In a major concern to the United States cybersecurity, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s phone is said to have been hacked by some state-funded actors in December last year. The official was unaware of this cyber activity until September of 2017 when he turned out for help to White House tech support for […]
Cyber Attacks become a big hurdle for the development of Autonomous Cars
As hackers are becoming more sophisticated in launching cyber attacks, they are mostly aiming companies hailing from the tech sector. The reason, these companies have the potential to obey any/all sorts of demands put forward by the hackers. One such tech sector which is predicted to be adversely affected is the self-driving cars. By 2020, […]
Cyber Attack on SEC helps hackers make profits through illegal trade
United States market regulator ‘The Security and Exchanges Commission’ has disclosed that hackers could have hacked its corporate disclosure database in 2016 to obtain critical info which could have been used to make profits by illegal trading. The financial regulator of US added in its statement that the incident could have taken place at some […]
Hackers launch new wave of Ransomware attack on 26,000 unsecured MongoDB Databases
Last weekend, which was literally long due to labor day witnessed hackers launch a new wave of ransomware attack on unsecured 26,000 MongoDB Databases. And as per the details available to the media, the cyber crooks not only succeeded in encrypting the unsecured instances but also asked for a 0.15 BTC ransom to restore the […]
Selena Gomez Instagram account gets hacked!
American Singer turned Actress Selena Gomez’s Instagram account was hacked by cyber crooks on Monday who then posted N$%E pics of her Ex Boyfriend Justin Bieber on the home page. But by the evening on the same day, the singer’s team regained control of her social media account and deleted all the content which was […]
HBO Twitter Accounts hacked after Cyber Attack!
In July this year, cyber crooks launched a cyber attack on the database of Hollywood Box Office(HBO) to steal 1.5 terabytes of proprietary data which includes few episodes of “Game of Thorns- Season 7”. After getting hold of the data, the hacker named “Mr. Smith” demanded a ransom of several million dollars worth in bitcoins […]
Cyber Attack on Robots can bring entire Robotics Industry to a halt!
Imagine a robot working as a kitchen chef is cyber attacked by hackers sitting remotely. Just think about if someone hacks the robot chef- its wielding knives and god know what happens next…. Dr. Nicholas Patterson, a cyber security lecturer at Deakin University said that a single or a couple of hacks could bring the […]
