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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AMCA information leak affects multiple medical laboratories
Several test labs have claimed to be victims of a security breach suffered by AMCA (American Medical Collections Agency), a U.S. agency that acts as a debt collector.The affected companies, Quest...
References:
techcrunch.com
bleepingcomputer.com
healthcareinfosecurity.com
noticiasseguridad.com
healthcareinfosecurity.com
healthcareinfosecurity.com
Flipboard suffered a security breach for 9 months
Flipboard has published a communiqué in which it explains that it has identified and solved a security incident that has affected its users' data. They indicate that they detected unauthorized...
References:
about.flipboard.com
itproportal.com
techradar.com
osi.es
elpais.com
Canva website, victim of security breach
Canva, a web site of graphic design and image composition tools, has suffered a security breach that has exposed data from 139 million users. The intrusion was detected on May 24, but it appears...
References:
support.canva.com
zdnet.com
safeshadow.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com
Corrected a leak of information in the web of the Alhambra
The personal and financial data of 4.5 million visitors to the Alhambra and almost 1,000 travel agencies have been uncovered by a fault in the official ticket booking website, which has been...
References:
hiberus.com
elconfidencial.com
redeszone.net
unaaldia.hispasec.com
Stack Overflow is victim of information leakage
Stack Overflow, a meeting point for developers aimed at solving queries related to the programming industry, suffered an intrusion and, as a result, a leakage of information.The intrusion...
References:
stackoverflow.blog
stackoverflow.blog
techcrunch.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com
Europol and U.S. Department of Justice dismantle international cybercrime network
An international operation coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice and Europol has succeeded in dismantling a complex network of cybercriminals.The criminals would have obtained an estimated ...
References:
europol.europa.eu
justice.gov
databreachtoday.com
bleepingcomputer.com
cuatro.com
elpais.com
Security breach exposes information from Docker Hub users
An unauthorized user gained access to a Docker Hub database, exposing sensitive information from approximately 190,000 users (less than 5% of total Docker Hub users). This information included...
References:
bleepingcomputer.com
zdnet.com
linuxadictos.com
eweek.com
helpnetsecurity.com
Matrix Tchap app suffers security breach
Elliot Alderson (better known as Baptiste Robert) is a security researcher who discovered that Tchap's identification system, an application developed by Matrix, contained a vulnerability that...
References:
matrix.org
numerique.gouv.fr
medium.com
techcrunch.com
thehackernews.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com
tecnonucleous.com
Security breach in Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft was the victim of a security breach in its Outlook email service, which includes @hotmail.com and @msn.com email accounts, after attackers stole Outlook support staff credentials and used...
References:
techcrunch.com
adslzone.net
motherboard.vice.com
threatpost.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com