From the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP: A comprehensive analysis of class action lawsuits involving data security breaches filed in United States District Courts. 2016 was another year in which data breaches continued to dominate the headlines, a constant reminder to people that their personal information was vulnerable and the target of criminal attacks….
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Translate.com Exposes Highly Sensitive Information in Massive Privacy Breach: NRK (Updated)
Update: On September 11, DataBreaches.net received a response from Translate.com, which appears at the bottom of this post. Florian Faes writes: How would you feel if your letter of resignation were posted online? Or sensitive parts of your employment contract? Or details of that M&A deal you have been working on with an investment bank?…
Hackers Can Use Ultrasounds to Take Control of Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Others
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Six scientists from Zhejiang University in China have discovered that they could use ultrasound frequencies — inaudible to human ears — to send commands to speech recognition software and take over devices such as smartphones, smart home assistants, or even cars. Researchers named their experiment DolphinAttack because the attack scenario was inspired…
77% of Educational Institutions Are not Prepared for IT Risks, Says Netwrix Survey
I generally don’t put a helluva lot of stock in survey data, but the education sector has been so behind the 8-ball when it comes to data security, that I fear these results are accurate. Netwrix did a survey and here are some of their key findings for the education sector: More than three…
MongoDB ransacking starts again: Hackers ransom 26,000 unsecured instances
Liam Tung reports: Three groups of hackers have wiped around 26,000 MongoDB databases over the weekend and demanded victims to pay about $650 to have them restored. The new wave of MongoDB ransom attacks marks a resurgence of the massive assault on unsecured instances of the open-source NoSQL database earlier this year. The attacks were…
Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay
Reuters reports: Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile. Customers will be able to use a “Smile to Pay” facial recognition system at the tech-heavy, health-focused concept store, part of a drive by Yum China Holdings Inc to…