Misconfigured AWS account exposed data from niche dating apps affecting millions of users, leaking over 20 million files amounting to 845 GB of sensitive information including personal details, images and private conversations.
With the doubling of security vulnerabilities found in popular open source projects between 2018 and 2019, many are concerned on the record being broken again in 2020.
Market for hack-for-hire services could be expanding significantly with recent unmasking of a Dark Basin group that has been operating in the shadows for years.
Spyware campaign stole sensitive user information through 111 fake Google Chrome extensions which gathered over 32 million downloads on the Chrome Web Store.
Reported security risks in U.S. online voting system OmniBallot have added to the mounting concern over vote manipulation during 2020 US presidential election.
U.S. protests of police brutality have caused Amazon, Microsoft and IBM to temporarily cease selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies.
300,000 WhatsApp phone numbers are made visible in plain text to anyone who performs Google search for domain "https://wa.me" and enters common dialing prefixes.
While proposed Exposure Notification Privacy Act could control the potential misuse of contact tracing apps and exposure notification apps, it could also put the brakes on the scope of data collected.
European Commission announced an interoperability solution for decentralized coronavirus infection track and trace apps that relies on a gateway service to share information between EU countries.
Suspected Snake ransomware attack on Honda highlighted the need for network segmentation to prevent impact across a company during an attack.
