Earlier today, I had mentioned a leak that Chris Vickery uncovered that involved over 13 million customers or users of MacKeeper, but now a bunch of reporters have reported on that leak in more depth. To their credit, Kromtech issued a disclosure statement about the leak, which was posted on MacKeeper: MacKeeper Security Advisory Kromtech is…
Category: Business Sector
Two apps with health info found leaking: researcher. Part 2: Hzone
This is Part 2 of today’s posts reporting on apps leaking health information. The leaks were shared with DataBreaches.net by researcher Chris Vickery, and this one involves very sensitive health and medical information. Part 1 reported on iFit’s data leak. Screenshots provided to DataBreaches.net on December 8 by Vickery revealed that 4,926 user accounts from Hzone Dating App for HIV-positive…
Two apps with health info found leaking: researcher. Part 1: iFit
Apps that collect and store health-related information are often not covered by HIPAA, but a breach involving the data they collect could be problematic. Today, I report on two leaking apps containing health information. Both of these leaks were reported to DataBreaches.net by researcher Chris Vickery. Part 1, below, is on iFit’s data leak. Part 2 will report on…
NZ: Data breaches at Television New Zealand
Russell Blackstock reports: TVNZ has revealed two data security breaches over the past year, including the payment of a “fraudulent invoice” and the distribution of “commercially sensitive data” to external media agencies. The state broadcaster detailed the incidents in written answers to Parliament’s Commerce Committee. “An email phishing attack on a supplier resulted in a…
Employee error most likely cause of data breaches among in-house legal counsel, new report says
More than half of in-house legal counsel report that their companies are increasing spending on cybersecurity, while one-third state that their companies have experienced a data breach, according to a new report from the Washington, DC-based Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation. Read more on CanadianUnderwriter.ca. The report will cost you $475 (yeah, right, I’ll…
UK: NetNames confirms easily.co.uk whacked by cyber crims
Paul Kunert reports: The UK’s number two website hosting business, Easily.co.uk, has confirmed to customers it has fallen prey to cyber crims. The NetNames-owned company, which hosts 100,000 sites including 65,000 in Britain, told punters yesterday IT systems were attacked by an “unknown third party”. “A forensic investigation by independent experts has revealed that unauthorised…