Image source – Shutterstock On July 6th Cyber Security Researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a publicly exposed database that contained a massive 277 million records that referenced financial transactions and internal logs. 📑 Table of Contents What happened? What kind of data was leaking? How is this dangerous for users? What are consequences for legal entities? What are mitigation steps? Conclusion What exactly happened? Upon further investigation, there were multiple references to Inswitch ,...
Image source - Shutterstock On August 2nd, I discovered a non-password-protected database containing a large number of publicly exposed records. Among discovered data are user's personal data, links to Amazon AWS with screenshots, quotes, and other unprotected, at the same time, potentially critical data. 📑 Table of Contents What kind of data is being exposed? How is this dangerous for users? What are the consequences for legal entities? What are mitigation steps? Conclusion What kind of data...
One of the most popular anonymization tools on the Internet is the Tor network. I'll make a statement right away - the article will not contain instructions on how to download and configure Tor Browser - only information about how the National Security Services can control Tor. For the regular user, the Tor network works quite simply: his data first goes to the guard relay, then passes through a middle relay to the exit relay, and from the exit relay to the destination: Image based on...
Recently, one unknown hacker took possession of the strategic data of Saudi Arabia : confidential information about officials, high-rank military, Special Forces etc. Immediately after the hack, the criminal shared his “successes” with like-minded people on one of the forums in DarkNet, offering to buy the “catch” for a certain amount. We have looked at what exactly was stolen from the governmental database. 📑 Table of Contents What has leaked? How critical are the consequences of a government...
📑 Table of Contents What happened with US Green Card Database? What kind of data did leak? What should you consider for your protection? What happened with US Green Card Database? Attention! If you are going to receive a Green Card - be careful because an anonymous hacker group has put up for sale all the personal data of the US Green Card staff and applicants . What happened? A few hours earlier, a message appeared on a hacker forum on the DarkNet that the personal data of applicants of the...
