During the last weeks the cybersecurity community has identified a new data breach outbreak related to the leaker known as ShinyHunters, who has been attacking multiple organizations worldwide. This time,Read More →
Millions of personal and job records were exposed by a database without authentication measures Network security researchers from the International Institute of Cyber Security have reported the discovery of anRead More →
The attack has already generated revenues for the hackers Ethical hacking Specialists report that an attack called “Mongo Lock” targets accessible and unprotected MongoDB databases, eliminating their content, and then demanding aRead More →
The attack has already generated revenues for the hackers Ethical hacking Specialists report that an attack called “Mongo Lock” targets accessible and unprotected MongoDB databases, eliminating their content, and thenRead More →
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold the exposed databases for ransom. Hackers leaked 36 million records ofRead More →
MongoDB company implements new data security features in response to the recent wave of ransom attacks that hit installations worldwide. You have to admit that the bad actors are very goodRead More →
Ransom attacks on MongoDB databases rekindled last week and over the weekend with the emergence of three new groups that hijacked over 26,000 servers, with one group hijacking 22,000. TheRead More →
For the past week, unknown groups of cyber-criminals have taken control of and wiped data from CouchDB and Hadoop databases, in some cases asking for a ransom fee to returnRead More →
The number of hijacked MongoDB servers held for ransom has skyrocketed in the past two days from 10,500 to over 28,200, thanks in large part to the involvement of aRead More →
MongoDB administrators are about to be tought a hard lesson in database management practices, as the number of hackers that are now involved with DB hijacking attempts has gone fromRead More →
