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Biggest data breach in India! Aadhaar card details of 81.5 crore Indians leaked online
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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Biggest data breach in India! Aadhaar card details of 81.5 crore Indians leaked online

[ad_1] In a shocking development, the biggest data leak in India has allegedly been revealed. The Aadhaar card leak involves nearly 81.5 crore Indians! Cybersecurity is a critical issue in this digital age, and while organizations have safeguards in place to restrict unauthorized access to information, threat actors are also getting smart by employing nefarious but creative means to gain access to it. In this case, a database containing the Aadhaar card, passport, and other details of tens of millions of Indians has been leaked online. Let us take a closer look.What happenedAccording to a News18 report, the leak was initially discovered by American cybersecurity firm Resecurity, which spotted a thread on Breach Forums posted by a threat actor with the sobriquet “pwn001”. The thread adve...
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Microsoft AI researchers accidentally leaked 38TB data online; Includes passwords, secret keys, more
19Sep By adminNo Comments
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Microsoft AI researchers accidentally leaked 38TB data online; Includes passwords, secret keys, more

[ad_1] Cybersecurity is a big concern in 2023 for both individuals and enterprises, and it seems even big technology companies aren't safe from the prying eyes of hackers and cybercriminals. In a shocking development, almost 38TB of data was leaked online, albeit accidentally. While companies these days have several data protection policies and safeguards against data leaks from external threat actors in place, this data leak allegedly involved Microsoft employees. Here's what happened.In a blog post, Microsoft announced that researchers at cloud security firm Wiz discovered that Microsoft's AI division researchers accidentally leaked 38TB of data while contributing to a GitHub repository involving the development of open-source AI models. Microsoft has emphasized that no customer data ...
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Beware Android users! A malware-laden app is stealing your data; Do THIS to protect yourselves
21Jun By adminNo Comments
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Beware Android users! A malware-laden app is stealing your data; Do THIS to protect yourselves

[ad_1] ESET, a cybersecurity software company, revealed that a malicious app was found in the Google Play Store and has been gathering data from Android users since September 2021!The app is dubbed iRecorder – Screen Recorder, with 50000 downloads, and was found stealing Android users' data since September 19, 2021. According to ESET, “On September 19th, 2021, the iRecorder - Screen Recorder app was first uploaded to the store without any harmful features. However, it appears that dangerous functionality was later added; this was most likely the case with version 1.3.8, which was released in August 2022.” The report added, “The malicious code that was added to the trojan-free version of iRecorder is based on the open-source AhMyth Android RAT (remote access trojan) and has been customiz...
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Aadhaar, PAN data of COVID vaccine takers leaked on Telegram via CoWIN: Report
12Jun By adminNo Comments
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Aadhaar, PAN data of COVID vaccine takers leaked on Telegram via CoWIN: Report

[ad_1] There is alarming news about a major data breach that has put citizens' personal information at risk in our country. The breach includes important details such as PAN and Aadhaar card information. Shockingly, this leaked data has been discovered on the messaging platform Telegram.The Fourth News has reported that the breach occurred due to vulnerabilities in the CoWIN portal. Many people used this portal to register their personal information for Covid vaccination purposes. According to the report, when a phone number registered with the CoWIN portal is entered, a Telegram bot shares the corresponding ID card number that was used for vaccination. Along with that, it also reveals other details like the user's gender, birth year, the name of the vaccination centre, and information ...
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Are your phone microphone and camera tracking you? Check these tips to find out
13May By adminNo Comments
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Are your phone microphone and camera tracking you? Check these tips to find out

[ad_1] A viral tweet by a Twitter engineer claimed that WhatsApp listens through a smartphone's microphone even when the app is not in use, raising privacy concerns. WhatsApp denies these allegations, attributing them to a phone's operating system issue. In recent months, there have been a number of reports of apps using users' microphones and cameras without users' knowledge or consent. This has raised serious privacy concerns, as it means that apps could be listening in on private conversations or recording videos without users being aware of it. To safeguard privacy, users should exercise caution regarding app faults. Here are tips to check if a specific app has access to the microphone or camera and if it is currently using them in the background. For iPhone users:1. Launch the Se...
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Thales confirms hackers have released its data on the dark web
12Nov By adminNo Comments
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Thales confirms hackers have released its data on the dark web

[ad_1] French defence and technology group Thales said on Friday data relating to the group has been released on the "publication platform" of the hacker group LockBit 3.0, confirming media reports.The data was released on Nov. 10, Thales, which provides advanced technologies in defence, aeronautics, space, transport and digital security, said. "At this stage, Thales is able to confirm that there has been no intrusion of its IT systems," it added. It said there is currently no impact on its operations.The group's experts have identified one of two likely sources of the data theft and continue to investigate the second, it said. It is also working to minimise the potential impact.The firm said on Tuesday it had opened an internal investigation and informed the ANSSI national cyber secur...
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Vodafone data leaked! 20 million customers information hacked, says CyberX9; Vi reacts
29Aug By adminNo Comments
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Vodafone data leaked! 20 million customers information hacked, says CyberX9; Vi reacts

[ad_1] Vodafone data of nearly 20 million subscribers was leaked due to a system vulnerability, according to cybersecurity firm CyberX9. Here's what we know. Vodafone Idea customers have been left exposed as sensitive call data of nearly 20.6 million customers was leaked, according to cybersecurity firm CyberX9. The Vodafone data leak included sensitive information such as the customer's full name and address, call location, call duration, SMS details and more. According to the report, the personal data, internet usage and roaming usage data of postpaid Vi customers was also leaked. CyberX9's founder and managing director Himanshu Pathak told PTI that the firm shared its entire findings with Vodafone Idea via email. He sai...
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