US residents targeted by utility scammers on Google

Back in February, we reported on malicious ads related to utility bills electricity, gas that direct victims to call centers where scammers will collect their identity and try to extort money from them. A few months later, we checked and were able to find as many Google ads as before, following...

Household data of 35 million US residents exposed in database mess up

By Waqas The database was left exposed without any security authentication meaning it could be accessed by anyone with access to a valid URL. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Household data of 35 million US residents exposed in database mess up...

A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

More than 200 million records containing a wide range of property-related information on US residents were left exposed on a database that was accessible on the web without requiring any password or authentication. The exposed data — a mix of personal and demographic details — included the name,...