Razer exposed over 100K customer records through a server misconfiguration. The data leak highlighted the growing concerns over the security of cloud databases.
Meta is taking aim at private surveillance companies that it says act as "cyber mercenaries" for hire. The Facebook parent company has banned seven of these companies from the platform, citing the targeting of users in over 100 countries.
A supply chain data breach at Korean Air by Clop ransomware has impacted 30,000 employees following a potential compromise of Oracle E-Business Suite Applications (EBS).
Privacy issues in the Philippines have become headline news as 2017 gets underway. In January, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in that country issued a statement placing the blame for a data breach that put the personal information of millions of voters at risk squarely at the feet of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and its Chairman Andres Bautista.
There is growing concern that big tech companies might be looking for ways to weaken COPPA which provides privacy protection for children which the FTC is looking to update.
Customers affected by an Azure outage on July 30 were likely trying to access it during a newly confirmed DDoS attack, which Microsoft says was exacerbated by an error in the implementation of their automated defense systems.
A loose group of Russian criminals and amateur hackers are behind a wave of DDoS attacks that has disrupted the normal function of the websites of numerous US airports.
Facebook Messenger phishing campaign targeted millions of business accounts using fake and hijacked personal accounts to trick business owners into installing an infostealer that harvests passwords and cookies before locking them out.
Report finds that aggressive disinformation campaigns and related measures have forced Hong Kong organizers to move to the digital underground, using encryption and the dark web.
EU’s lead privacy regulator, Irish DPC, is announcing their GDPR decision if Twitter is in violation of article 33 after more than one year of investigation on the data breach incidents.
