Kurt Wagner reports: Facebook Inc. said it unknowingly gave outside developers access to private user information shared within some groups on its main social network, including the names and profile photos of people who were part of those groups. The company disclosed the issue Tuesday, saying that for the past 18 months some third-party developers…
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Ransomware hits Spanish companies sparking WannaCry panic
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two major Spanish companies have been hit by ransomware today. Both infections occurred on the same day, sparking memories of the WannaCry outbreak. […] The first is Everis, an IT consultancy firm owned by the NTT Data Group. The second is Cadena SER, Spain’s largest radio network, which also admitted to the incident…
Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer’s bank account
BEC is still a thing. When was the last time you trained your employees on that? Graham Cluley reports: Nikkei, one of the largest media companies in Japan, with an empire spanning broadcasting, digital media, magazines, and newspapers such as the Financial Times, says that its US subsidiary, Nikkei America, has been scammed out of…
A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers
Zack Whittaker reports (note that domain names in his article are not clickable links, to prevent accidentally accessing sites): A number of popular “camgirl” sites have exposed millions of sex workers and users after the company running the sites left the back-end database unprotected. The sites, run by Barcelona-based VTS Media, include amateur.tv, webcampornoxxx.net, and placercams.com. Most of…
Vedantu Confirms Hack That Compromised Data Of 687K Users
Shanthi S reports on another big breach out of India. This one involves an EdTech firm that provides online tutorials. Bengaluru-based edtech startup Vedantu has confirmed that it faced a data breach in the last week of September. Data of 687K Vedantu customers were put at risk as the data breach allegedly exposed customer details…
Marriott notifies associates of breach at unnamed vendor
In a year that has seen a number of reports that suggest how costly a past data breach may be for Marriott in Canada as well as the U.K. and U.S., Marriott is disclosing yet another breach. On October 30, Marriott International notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach at an unnamed vendor…