Elasticsearch – PossibleThreat Articles

Insecure password leads to Mangatoon data breach

July 12, 2022 0 Comments breach, compromise, data breach, Elasticsearch, Hacking, mangatoon, Privacy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:20:49 +0000

Popular comics site Mangatoon has been breached due to a poorly secured database.

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Peekaboo Moments baby-recording app has a bad database booboo

January 15, 2020 0 Comments children online, data breach, data loss, Elasticsearch, online privacy, peekaboo moments, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:05:46 +0000

No need to wait until you’ve gurgled out of your mother’s womb to experience the joys of having your privacy breached.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s_aas9nhhmI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SMS company exposes millions of text messages, credentials online

December 3, 2019 0 Comments data, data breach, data leak, data loss, Elasticsearch, exposed database, Privacy, security threats, SMS, truedialog

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:55:22 +0000

Researchers at VpnMentor claim that the TrueDialog data leak exposure could have compromised tens of millions of people.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Srdi-OEg2qo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Adobe database exposes 7.5 million Creative Cloud users

October 28, 2019 0 Comments adobe creative cloud, Bob Diachenko, comparitech, data loss, database breach, Elasticsearch

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:20:50 +0000

Adobe has become the latest company to be caught leaving an Elasticsearch database full of customer data exposed on the internet.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LwUOs6-beVw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Travel database exposed PII on US government employees

October 23, 2019 0 Comments amazon, AWS, best western, best western hotel & resorts group, data breach, data loss, department of homeland security, Elasticsearch, PII, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:32:40 +0000

A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ya-mCNqAOjw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks

September 13, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Elasticsearch, fraud, groupon, NeuroTicket, Noam Rotem, Ran Locar, ransom, security threats, Ticketmaster, tickets, TickPick, vpnMentor, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:43:47 +0000

Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GRSpDu39Kqg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (July 22 – 28)

July 29, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, AdwCleaner, Amazong, BlueKeep, Cloud Security, Elasticsearch, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FaceApp, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Flight 17, FTC, Malaysian Airlines, Marcus Hutchins, office 365, online privacy, parental monitoring, parental monitoring apps, Phobos, pre-installed software, Ransomware, Ring doorbell, russia, russian disinformation, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, WannaCry, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:50:58 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of July 22–28. We look at Phobos ransomware, stalkerware’s similarities to parental monitoring apps, and the investigation into Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security AdwCleaner Amazong BlueKeep cloud security Elasticsearch Electronic Privacy Information Center FaceApp facebook Federal Trade Commission Flight 17 FTC Malaysian Airlines Marcus Hutchins office 365 online privacy parental monitoring parental monitoring apps Phobos pre-installed software ransomware Ring doorbell russia russian disinformation stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission WannaCry week in security

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