Improper default permission setting exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of over 30 million US citizens from across a few hundred portals, according to cybersecurity researchers. The UpGuard Research team discovered over a thousand anonymously accessible lists across a few hundred portals that included sensitive details such as an individual’s Covid-19 vaccination status, along with their […]
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Personally identifiable information (PII) is any data that can be used to identify a specific individual. Social Security numbers, mailing or email address, and phone numbers have most commonly been considered PII, but technology has expanded the scope of PII considerably. It can include an IP address, login IDs, social media posts, or digital images. […]
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A study from the Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University draws attention to security and privacy risks that stem from recycling mobile phone numbers. Researchers point out how threat actors can abuse this practice to carry out account takeover, phishing and spam attacks or restrict targets from signing […]
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