New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant ofmalware called Chaos that'scapable of hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet's targeting infrastructure. "Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its...

Detecting Data Leaks Before Disaster

In January 2025, cybersecurity experts at Wiz Research found that Chinese AI specialist DeepSeek had suffered a data leak, putting more than 1 million sensitive log streams at risk. According to the Wiz Research team, they identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek...

Database Leak Reveals 184 Million Infostealer-Harvested Emails and Passwords

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a misconfigured cloud server containing a massive 184 million login credentials, likely collected…...

Prevent Ransomware with Cybersecurity Monitoring

Misconfigured cloud and IT assets open the door to a wide range of cyber risks. Automated, continuous cybersecurity monitoring lets organizations watch accounts and systems for exposures in real time and maintain strong attack surface risk management...

23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users

By Deeba Ahmed The massive data leak occurred due to misconfigured cloud services used by Android apps with millions of downloads. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users...

5 Places Where Hackers Are Stealthily Stealing Your Data In 2019

Skyrocketing data breaches bring incalculable losses to organizations and can cost cybersecurity executives their jobs. Here we examine the top five places in 2019 where cybercriminals are stealing corporate and government data without ever getting noticed and then learn how to avoid falling vict...

7M Adobe Creative Cloud Users Exposed to Hackers

Nearly 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users are left open to phishing campaigns after their records were left exposed to the internet. Adobe Creative Cloud, which has an estimated 15 million subscribers, is a monthly service that gives users access to a suite of popular Adobe products such as...

How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019

What's the price of unprotected IT infrastructure? Cybercrime Magazine says that global damages will surpass $6 billion as soon as 2021. Here we'll go through some of the most frequent and emerging causes of data breaches in 2019 and see how to address them in a timely manner. Misconfigured Cloud...

How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019

What's the price of unprotected IT infrastructure? Cybercrime Magazine says that global damages will surpass $6 billion as soon as 2021. Here we'll go through some of the most frequent and emerging causes of data breaches in 2019 and see how to address them in a timely manner. Misconfigured Cloud...