Category Security

Retailer Database Error Leaks Over One Million Customer Records

According to WebsitePlanet, a database configuration error at a popular auto retailer exposed 1TB of records containing personal customer information. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler tracked down records from the Philadelphia-based company Simpletire and reported the incident to the web builder…

New Mirai Variant Campaigns are Targeting IoT Devices

Unit 42 of the Palo Alto Networks Threat Research Team used Mirai variants, malware that turns network-connected devices running Linux (usually small IoT devices) into remotely controlled bots, to target IoT devices. We discovered new malicious activity targeting Massive network…