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For months, JusTalk messages were accessible to everyone on the Internet

Malwarebytes

JusTalk, a popular mobile video calling and messaging app with 20 million global users, exposed a massive database of supposedly private messages to the public Internet for months. The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors.

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Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused

Security Affairs

Many security experts are warning of the risks of using the popular app, threat actors could be potentially interested in data collected by FaceApp. The post Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day. 2004 was a key year for several safety activities, encompassing both Safer Internet Day and the Safer Internet Forum. Was the general state of the Internet at the time so bad that all of these events sprang up almost out of necessity? You may be asking, why 2004?

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MY TAKE: ‘Network Detection and Response’ emerges as an Internet of Things security stopgap

The Last Watchdog

There’s no stopping the Internet of Things now. Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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For months, JusTalk messages were accessible to everyone on the Internet

Malwarebytes

JusTalk, a popular mobile video calling and messaging app with 20 million global users, exposed a massive database of supposedly private messages to the public Internet for months. The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors.

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Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine

Krebs on Security

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians.

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App cyberattacks jump 137%, with healthcare, manufacturing hit hard, Akamai says

CSO Magazine

An analysis of customer data collected by content delivery network and internet services giant Akamai found that attacks targeting web applications rose by 137% over the course of last year, as the healthcare and manufacturing sectors in particular were targeted with an array of API and application-based intrusions.