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Samsung Acknowledges Data Breach that Leaked Information About Some US Customers

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This is the second time this year that South Korean chaebol Samsung has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that led to the unlawful access of certain customer information. Samsung stated in a notice that “in late July 2022, an unauthorized third-party obtained information from several of Samsung’s U.S. networks.” We discovered through our continuing investigation that […]

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Robinhood Trading App Suffers Data Breach of over 7 Million Users’ Account

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Robinhood has disclosed a security breach incidence which took place “late in the evening of November 3” and affected over 7 million customers eventually resulting in unauthorized access of personal information by an unidentified threat actor. They have however stated that the attack has been contained and no Social Security, bank account numbers or debit

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Cyber Crime Group ShinyHunters Modus Operandi Detailed by Researchers

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ShinyHunters, a notorious cybercriminal underground group that’s been on a data breach spree since last year, has been observed searching companies’ GitHub repository source code for vulnerabilities that can be abused to stage larger scale attacks, an analysis of the hackers’ modus operandi has revealed. The revelation comes as the average cost of a data

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UK MoD Suffers Another Data Breach as More Afghan Citizens Data gets Exposed

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The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) reportedly suffers another data breach that has exposing details of more Afghan citizens who may be at risk of reprisals from Taliban forces. The government department was forced to apologize earlier this week for sending an email which exposed the data of more than 250 Afghan interpreters who worked

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100,000 Windows Domain Credentials Leaked due to Microsoft Exchange Bug

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100,000 login names and passwords for Windows domains worldwide has been leaked as a result of an unpatched design flaw in the implementation of Microsoft Exchange’s Autodiscover protocol. “This is a severe security issue, since if an attacker can control such domains or has the ability to ‘sniff’ traffic in the same network, they can

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