Cybersecurity

GST Invoice Billing Inventory exposes sensitive data to threat actors

GST Invoice Billing Inventory exposes sensitive data to threat actors Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2023 GST Invoice Billing Inventory, a business accounting app for small and medium businesses with over 1M downloads has left a database open, exposing sensitive personal and corporate data up for grabs. The popular and reputable GST Invoice Billing Inventory (previously […]

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Data brokers are selling US service members’ secrets, researchers find

Vast amounts of highly sensitive data on American military service members are up for sale by data brokers, according to a new report examining the national security implications of the practice. The research sheds light on the secretive data broker industry, which gathers exceptionally granular personal information on individual consumers, often selling the data to […]

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New England Biolabs leak sensitive data

New England Biolabs leak sensitive data Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2023 On September 18th, the Cybernews research team discovered two publicly hosted environment files (.env) attributed to New England Biolabs. Leaving environment files open to the public is one of the simplest mistakes that web admins can make, but it can have disastrous consequences. Despite […]

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University of Michigan warns that personal information was leaked during cyberattack

Troves of sensitive personal information from students, applicants, employees and others were leaked during an August cyberattack, University of Michigan said Monday. In an update on the incident, school officials explained that even though they were able to contain the cyberattack by disconnecting the campus network from the internet, the hackers were still able to […]

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New OS Tool Tells You Who Has Access to What Data

Ensuring sensitive data remains confidential, protected from unauthorized access, and compliant with data privacy regulations is paramount. Data breaches result in financial and reputational damage but also lead to legal consequences. Therefore, robust data access security measures are essential to safeguard an organization’s assets, maintain customer trust, and meet regulatory requirements. A comprehensive Data Security […]