Fortune 500 company Tech Data left a server with access to customer and billing data unsecured, and it was compromised by security researchers, according to a report by TechCrunch. Researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, from vpnMentor, discovered and reported the vulnerability. The server in...
A cybersecurity research team at vpnMentor has discovered that The Pyramid Hotel Group, which manages Marriott and other hotel brands, underwent a data leak exposing vulnerabilities that could potentially be used by criminals, the company said in a report. The researchers, Noam Rotem and Ran...
Security experts have discovered an online, unprotected database that stores the personal data of 80 million American households. Not only does the data on the 24 GB database include people’s full names, street addresses, marital statuses, dates of birth, income brackets, home ownership statuses and...
June 02, 2020
India’s BHIM payment app has reportedly accidentally exposed the personal data of 7 million users, including addresses, scans of Aadhar IDs and caste certificates, according to cybersecurity company VPNMentor. The 409 GB database, according to VPN, was stored in a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket, which caused it to become available to the public. The data […]
June 06, 2019
Fortune 500 company Tech Data left a server with access to customer and billing data unsecured, and it was compromised by security researchers, according to a report by TechCrunch. Researchers...
May 31, 2019
A cybersecurity research team at vpnMentor has discovered that The Pyramid Hotel Group, which manages Marriott and other hotel brands, underwent a data leak exposing vulnerabilities that could potentially be...
April 30, 2019
Security experts have discovered an online, unprotected database that stores the personal data of 80 million American households. Not only does the data on the 24 GB database include people’s...
