FBI Seizes Domains of 48 DDoS-for-Hire Platforms
The US Department of Justice seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ platforms. These platforms allow anyone to easily conduct...
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Stolen Data from 5.4 Million Twitter Users – Leaked Online (Even More Shared Privately)
The stolen data consists of scraped public information (such as Twitter IDs, names, login names, locations, and verified status) as well as private phone numbers and email addresses that are not...
Hundreds of Amazon RDS Instances Leak Users' Personal Data
Researchers recently discovered hundreds of databases on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) which are exposing personally identifiable information (PII). Amazon RDS is the web service...
Iranian Spear-Phishing Targets High-Ranking Officials of US & Israel
Check Point Research recently uncovered an Iranian-based spear-phishing operation aimed against former Israeli officials, high-ranking military personnel, research fellows in research institutions,...