Covve
May 15, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
Covve, the popular address book app, is identified as the source of a data breach that exposed the details of nearly 23 million individuals.
ESET
May 12, 2020
•[ ddos, malware, technology ]
ESET fends off a DDoS attack facilitated by "Updates for Android", a malicious news app hosted in the Google Play Store and downloaded 50,000 times.
Diebold Nixdorf
May 11, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Diebold Nixdorf, a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, suffers a ProLock ransomware attack that disrupts some operations.
Pitney Bowes
May 11, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Pitney Bowes suffers a cyber attack for the second time in few months. The attackers are detected but manage to steal some files.
WeLeakData
May 11, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
The database for the defunct hacker forum and data breach marketplace WeLeakData.com is being sold on the dark web and exposes the private conversations of hackers who used the site.
Ggumim
May 9, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
Ggumim has 2 million records leaked by ShinyHunters.
Zoosk
May 9, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
The ShinyHunters leak 30 million accounts from Zoosk.
Styleshare
May 9, 2020
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
Styleshare, an online platform that allows users to share and receive updates on fashion and beauty, is breached by ShinyHunters. 6 million records are leaked.
Gilead Sciences
May 8, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. in recent weeks, as the company races to deploy a treatment for the COVID-19 virus.
Nikkei Inc.
May 8, 2020
•[ leak, malware, technology ]
Nikkei Inc. announces that personal information on a total of 12,514 people had been leaked after a computer used by a group company employee was infected with a virus in an apparent cyberattack.
Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account
May 7, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
NBA Milwaukee Bucks' player Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account is hacked.
MobiFriends
May 7, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
The personal details of 3,688,060 users registered on the MobiFriends dating app are posted online and available for download. The data was obtained in a security breach that took place in January 2019.
44 million Pakistani mobile subscribers
May 6, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
The details of 44 million Pakistani mobile subscribers are leaked online.
Stalker Online
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
In May 2020, over 1.3M records from the MMO game Stalker Online were breached. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and hashed passwords.
Algolia
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Search service Algolia says it suffered a security breach over the weekend after hackers exploited a well-known vulnerability in the Salt server configuration software to gain access to its infrastructure.
Ghost
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The blogging platform Ghost is compromised exploiting the Salt vulnerability. The attackers install a cryptominer.
Xen Orchestra
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Xen Orchestra, a platform that provides tools to administrate Citrix Hypervisor is also compromised via the Salt vulnerability.
LineageOS
May 2, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers breach the main infrastructure of the LineageOS Android, causing a full outage. The attackers exploited a high-severity vulnerability in the open source "Salt" management framework that was disclosed to the public on April 30.
Dakota Carrier Network
May 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Dakota Carrier Network, a consortium of 14 independent broadband companies, is hit by the Maze ransomware.
UseNeXT
April 29, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
UseNeXT and Usenet.nl, two companies that provide Usenet services, disclose security breaches today, blaming the breaches on "a security vulnerability at a partner company."
