Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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Exposed Adobe Creative Cloud user data

Comparitech, a technology services research and comparison company, has published an article detailing the exposure of 7 million Adobe Creative Cloud accounts.Information displayed, stored in a non...

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theblog.adobe.com

comparitech.com

genbeta.com

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Cloud computing

Information leakage

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Information leakage in Orvibo's intelligent devices

vpnMentor's team of cybersecurity experts, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, discovered an unprotected database linked to Orvibo Smart Home products, a company dedicated to the sale of items framed...

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vpnmentor.com

bleepingcomputer.com

twitter.com

securitybrief.co.nz

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Sensitive data leakage in Citrix

Citrix has reported that on March 6, 2019, the FBI contacted them to warn them that they had reason to believe that international cybercriminals had accessed their internal network.The security...

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citrix.com

theregister.co.uk

cyberscoop.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cloud computing

Cybercrime

Information leakage

Data of American Express customers in India exposed

On 23 October 2018, security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered an unprotected MongoDB database belonging to an American Express branch in India. This data was accessible from the Shodan and...

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blog.hackenproof.com

thenextweb.com

pymnts.com

noticiasseguridad.com

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Docker Hub deletes 17 images with cryptocurrencies mining malware

Docker Hub deleted 17 images that contains cryptocurrencies mining malware. The identity of the owner or the owners of the account “docker123321” associated with the uploaded images is unknown...

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kromtech.com

arstechnica.com

muyseguridad.net

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1.500 million files with sensitive information exposed on the Internet

Security researchers from threat intel firm Digital Shadows detected, during the first three months of 2018, more than 1.500 million public available files from open Amazon Simple Storage Service ...

References:

resources.digitalshadows.com

theregister.co.uk

muyseguridad.net

zdnet.com

theinquirer.net

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Cloud computing

Information leakage

Internet

Tesla servers involved to mine cryptocurrency

Redlock’s researchers found an intrusion into Amazon Web Services, belonging to Tesla, which had no access credentials and was open to the public Internet.The undefined hackers accessed the Tesla...

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fortune.com

redlock

es.gizmodo.com

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Cloud computing

Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Amazon cloud users data leaked

Anonymous researcher alert to Amazon cloud users about their sensible data like personal data, passports or security identification had been leaked to Internet.This information leaked is due to a...

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eweek.com

bbc.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cloud computing

Information leakage

Vulnerability

More than 500,000 SRV Tracking customers affected by an information leak

The US company SRV Tracking, dedicated to monitoring the GPS signal of vehicles to follow up, alert them of their movements and thus recover them in case of theft, has been the victim of a cyber...

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mackeepersecurity.com

ibtimes.co.uk

blog.segu-info.com.ar

csoonline.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Popular CCleaner security software modified to distribute malware

The popular security tool for the maintenance of computer equipment has suffered a security incident through an intrusion into their systems, which has caused that from August to September 12 the...

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piriform.com

blog.talosintelligence.com

osi.es

elmundo.es

reuters.com

blog.morphisec.com

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