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A cloud misconfiguration has leaked personal details of countless airport staff throughout South America, a new report suggests. An Amazon Web Services S3 bucket was found without any authentication required to access its contents. A team at AV comparison site Safety Detectives found the problem and notified the owner, Swedish security giant Securitas on October 28 2021. The firm secured the database on November 2. Safety Detectives believe the S3 bucket contained around 1.5 million...

Scammers are conducting phishing campaigns using fake advertisements on recruitment platforms. The FBI issued the warning today through a public service announcement (PSA) on their Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3). "The FBI warns that malicious actors or 'scammers' continue to exploit security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings in order to trick applicants into providing personal information or money," the FBI says. "These scammers lend credibility to their scheme by using...

Video-on-demand (VOD) has significantly grown in popularity over recent years and the opportunities they create for marketers has rapidly risen. There are several platforms to choose from, and they each have their own unique, varied audiences and reach. As well as this there are three VOD platform models for marketers to choose from: SVOD, TVOD and AVOD. There is certainly some choice - which is why this article will focus on the most cost effective...

One in seven ransomware extortion data leaks are revealing technology data critical to business operation, researchers say. In recent years, ransomware has catapulted in severity from its early days as barebone encryption and basic demand for payment. Historically, ransomware was used to infect systems and extort payments from the general public, typically in cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin (BTC). In recent years however, operators have taken to "big game hunting", targeting large organisations for a hefty...

In light of Data Privacy Day, we've reached out to a number of experts for their thoughts on the evolving nature of data privacy, as well as advice for businesses and individuals alike on how they can best protect their data. Lecio De Paula, VP of Data Protection at KnowBe4: "Although the metaverse took all the attention in 2021, some seemingly innocuous privacy accomplishments have been overlooked. In just the past year alone, dozens of...

Eight people have been charged by Moscow court for their alleged involvement in the REvil ransomware gang, Russian News Agency (TASS) reported. The arrests were made as part of a larger raid on Friday across 25 locations in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Lipetsk. The men were charged on Saturday with violating Part 2 of Article 187 of Russia's Criminal Code, referring to the "illegal circulation of payments." As a result, they are facing up to seven...

Researchers at Broadband Genie have found that millions of Wi-Fi routers in the UK are left vulnerable to threats because their owners don't take the basic security measures to protect them. Broadband Genie surveyed 1,320 broadband users, with 88% stating that they have never updated their Wi-Fi router's firmware, while 84% have never even bothered changing the router's admin password. When asked why they were not taking these precautions, 73% revealed that they simply didn't...

Users of dating sites have been warned to be weary of romance scams between Christmas Day and Valentine's Day. This is because during this time, scammers are out in full force seeking to establish contact and build rapport with victims and extort them for money. According to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), just last year, losses soared from £8.7m last March to £14.6m in May. Losses for the entire year were recorded at astonishing...

Hellman fell victim to a cyberattack, which was confirmed on December 9th and initially impacted all connections to their central data centre. While business operations have since started back up, there has been an increase in customers reporting fraudulent calls and mails attempting to scam them out of money. The company is still investigating what type of data was stolen during the attack and will keep updating their customers with further information as the situation...

Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in OT and IoT security, and BT, a leading provider of global communications and security services, this week announced they have partnered to broaden BT’s portfolio of security solutions available for industrial and critical infrastructure organizations around the world. A member of Nozomi Networks’ MSSP Elite Partner Program, BT will work with and resell Nozomi Networks solutions as part of its Operational Technology Threat Management portfolio. As global companies digitally...