An openly accessible web server has emerged as a possible attack vector used by cybercriminals in a reported ransomware incident that affected personal care and beauty marketer Avon Products last June. Researchers from Safety Detectives today announced its discovery of a U.S.-based Avon.com server that was not defended by a password,
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Sprint contractor reportedly stored non-Sprint customers’ phone bills on open server
Hundreds of thousands of cell phone bills and other documents belonging to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers were reportedly exposed after a Sprint contractor left them sitting on an open public server. The documents had been collected and stored in the first place as part a marketing effort to persuade subscribers
Unsecured server exposes 4 billion records, 1.2 billion people
Two security researchers have uncovered four billion records on 1.2 billion people on an unsecured Elasticsearch server impacting what is estimated to be hundreds of millions of people. The data itself comes from the data aggregator and enrichment companies People Data Labs (PDL) and OxyData.Io and contains basic personal information, such as names, home and mobile phone