Gareth Cavanagh reports: Customers’ private details have potentially been compromised after a housing group suffered a data leak. Home Group, which has properties across the county, contacted some customers to warn them that their data was affected. Read more on Time and Star.
Category: Business Sector
Hackers Breach Avast Antivirus Network Through Insecure VPN Profile
Ionut Ilascu reports: Hackers accessed the internal network of Czech cybersecurity company Avast, likely aiming for a supply chain attack targeting CCleaner. Detected on September 25, intrusion attempts started since May 14. Following an investigation, the antivirus maker determined that the attacker was able to gain access using compromised credentials via a temporary VPN account….
Leaky Autoclerk database exposes info on travelers, including military and gov’t personnel
Teri Robinson reports: A leak at Autoclerk, a reservations management system recently acquired by the Western Hotel & Resorts Group, exposed personal and travel information on hotel guests, including members of the U.S. government, military and Department of Homeland Security. […] Even after contacting the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) on Sept. 13…
Equifax used ‘admin’ as username and password for sensitive data: lawsuit
Ethan Wolff-Mann reports: Equifax used the word “admin” as both password and username for a portal that contained sensitive information, according to a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia. The lawsuit, filed in January, went viral on Twitter Friday after Buzzfeed reporter Jane Lytvynenko came across the detail. Read more…
Mercedes-Benz app glitch exposed car owners’ information to other users
Zack Whittaker reports: Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information. TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing them to…
Recruitment Sites Exposes 250,000 Resumes Online
CISO Mag reports: Around 250,000 American and British-based job seekers’ personal information has been exposed after two recruiting sites misconfigured their databases. The exposed information included candidates’ names, addresses, contact information, and work experience. The data leak occurred when recruitment sites Authentic Jobs and Sonic Jobs failed to set their cloud storage as private. Read…