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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Million Webkinz by Gankin credentials leaked

An anonymous cybercriminal has leaked the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players to Webkinz World, an online children's game owned by the Canadian company Ganz.A vulnerability in one...

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twitter.com

zdnet.com

scmagazine.com

tn.com.ar

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Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Internet

Vulnerability

Security flaw in TikTok solved

Check Point cybersecurity researchers detected and reported a security flaw in the application of the popular social network TikTok.This flaw could have allowed cybercriminals to take control of...

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checkpoint.com

theverge.com

threatpost.com

globbsecurity.com

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Application

Social networks

Vulnerability

NordVPN suffers from unauthorised access to a data centre

NordVPN, a VPN provider, has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack in March 2018 that gained unauthorized access to one of the data centers of a provider in Finland where its service was...

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nordvpn.com

torguard.net

techcrunch.com

genbeta.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Tool

Vulnerability

Google reveals how an iOS malware campaign works

In early 2019, Google’s Threats Analysis Group (TAG) notified Apple about 14 vulnerabilities affecting iPhone devices from versions iOS 10 to iOS 12. This vulnerabilities was patched on out-of-band...

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googleprojectzero.blogspot.com

support.apple.com

forbes.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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0day

Apple

Google

Malware

Vulnerability

Google improves Google Play Security Reward Program

In 2017, Google launched the Google Play Security Rewards Program (GPSRP) and three years after its creation, they have just announced an improvement in the program.With the aim of improving...

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android-developers.googleblog.com

zdnet.com

xatakandroid.com

andro4all.com

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Android

Application

Google

Malware

Vulnerability

Filtered information from millions of Bulgarian citizens

Christian Boykov, who was working as a researcher to prevent cyber attacks, has been arrested as allegedly responsible for leaking sensitive information from millions of Bulgarian citizens. He...

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nap.bg

novinite.com

zdnet.com

infobae.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cyberespionage

Incident

Information leakage

Public administration

Vulnerability

Bluetooth LE devices can be tracked

A group of researchers from Boston University has published a scientific article in which they show how they have managed to bypass the anti-tracking protection system for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE...

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petsymposium.org

sophos.com

adslzone.net

muyseguridad.net

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Vulnerability

Vulnerabilities found in Wireless Logitech devices

Cyber security researcher Marcus Mengs, has detected four new vulnerabilities that affects some Logitech Wireless devices that use the USB interfaces Unifiying, or variants of this technology, as...

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logi.com

bleepingcomputer.com

xataka.com

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Vulnerability

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...

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hiberus.com

elconfidencial.com

redeszone.net

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Information leakage

Vulnerability

Thousands of websites infected for the purpose of collecting users information

Willem de Groot, researcher at Sanguine Security, has discovered that a group of cyberattackers have managed to take control of two web add-ons: the Picreel web analytics service and the Alpaca...

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twitter.com

zdnet.com

omicrono.elespanol.com

genbeta.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Malware

Tool

Vulnerability

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