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Over the past year, a broader pattern of WordPress malware with SQL triggers has occurred within infected databases to mask intrusive SQL queries. Whenever the trigger condition is fulfilled, these queries insert an admin-level user into a contaminated database. Users can use a MySQL database to store essential data, including CMS settings and a […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Risk Based Security’s 2020 Q3 report, around 36 billion records were compromised between January and September 2020. While this result is quite staggering, it also sends a clear message of the need for effective database security measures. Database security measures are a bit different from website security practices. The former involve physical steps, […]
Continue ReadingBy Saad Rajpoot According to the hacker behind the breach, they found the backup database of CityBee exposed on the internet for public access. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Database with 100,300 CityBee users’ login credentials leaked online Source: hack read com
Continue ReadingBy Habiba Rashid Finnish-based psychotherapy practice, Vastaamo, earlier came into the world’s attention back in October 2020 after it suffered a devastating attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacked Finnish psychotherapy clinic files for bankruptcy Source: hack read com
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American cable and Internet giant Comcast was struck by a data breach few days back. An unprotected developer database with 1.5 billion data records and other internal information was available via the Internet to third parties during this data breach. Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator network and, after the AT&T it is […]
Continue ReadingBy Saad Rajpoot Spotify has suffered its second credential stuffing attack in three months. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hundred thousand Spotify accounts leaked in credential stuffing attack Source: hack read com
Continue ReadingBy Waqas Programs work with databases, and if the database crashes essential information can be lost and this will be disastrous to the user. So what are your options? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to repair suspect database in SQL Server Source: hack read com
Continue ReadingBy Waqas According to researchers, BYKEA’s 200 GB worth of database was exposed on an Elasticsearch server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records Source: hack read com
Continue ReadingBy Deeba Ahmed The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data Source: hack read com
Continue ReadingBy Deeba Ahmed Hackers installed keylogger and copied NZBGeek database exposing personal details of all users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Usenet indexer NZBGeek hacked; database stolen Source: hack read com
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