With leaked user credentials pouring in from different breaches globally, it becomes easier for attackers to launch credential stuffing campaigns to target more online accounts. Now, researchers have discovered an unprotected database with credentials and records of over 350,000 Spotify users who may have been targeted in a fraud campaign. Meanwhile, Peatix users found themselves in hot water as soon as security experts discovered millions of records being circulated online. With this, let’s glance through the top cybersecurity list from the cybersecurity landscape, pronto!
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Researchers from vpnMentor spotted an open Elasticsearch database—pertaining to a hacker group—containing more than 380 million individual records, including 350,000 verified Spotify account credentials.
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A hacker allegedly distributed personal data of more than 4.2 million users of Peatix, an event organizing platform, on Instagram stories, Telegram channels, and several different hacking forums.
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Floor coverings distributor Headlam Group suffered a cyberattack after a hacker gained access to some of its computer systems in a breach.
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LSU Health New Orleans disclosed a cyber intrusion into an employee’s email account, resulting in the exposure of data of thousands of patients.
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Law In Order, an Australian supplier of document and digital services to law firms, suffered a ransomware infection, halting several of its business operations.
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Hackers tricked the employees of domain hosting provider GoDaddy into transferring the ownership and control of several cryptocurrency business domain names hosted on the platform.
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Palo Alto Networks revealed a pair of Baidu applications, namely Baidu Search Box and Baidu Maps, have been leaking users’ sensitive data including MAC address, carrier information, and IMSI number.
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The Anonymous hacktivist group attacked the Uganda Police website and claimed that the attack was in response to recent violent government repression and killings.
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Cybercriminals were found attacking vulnerable WordPress sites to host hidden e-commerce stores to promote online scams by hijacking the original site's search engine ranking and reputation.
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The FBI released a warning alerting the public to be wary of lookalike web domains that imitate its own main official website.
