Israel-based research lab The Safety Detective reported that Chinese social media management company Socialarks was breached and has lead to the leak of 400GB of personal data.
Computer security
Hackers Access and Post Parler User Data
Hackers have allegedly stolen user data from Parler before it was taken down due to an API vulnerability.
New Zealand Central Bank Reports Illegal Data System Breach
The New Zealand central bank reported in a statement on Jan. 10 that an unidentified hacker has illegally breached one of its data systems.
Hackers Target VPN Vulnerabilities To Breach Japan’s National Police Agency
The Japanese National Police Agency reported that they were hacked 46 times using a VPN vulnerability.
Magecart Skimming Exploit Affected Multiple E-Commerce Shopping Platforms
Dutch security firm Sansec reported that a new multi-platform credit card skimmer that can harvest payment info on compromised stores powered by Shopify, BigCommerce, Zencart, and Woocommerce.
Google Patches Google Docs Exploit
A vulnerability was discovered in Google Docs that allowed malicious actors to steal screenshots of other people’s documents by embedding them into a malicious site
Hackers Breach Finnish MP accounts
The Finnish parliament reported that email accounts linked to lawmakers and employees have been breached by unknown hackers.
Citrix Confirms DDoS Attack Targeting ADC Networking Devices
Citrix alerted its customers regarding a vulnerability in their NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) which that malicious actors are abusing to launch amplified distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Hackers from the Iran-linked Pay2Key Group Breached Israel Aerospace Industries
Hackers from the Iran-linked Pay2Key group announced that it has stolen data from servers belonging to Israel Aerospace Industries’ subsidiary Etla Systems.
Al-Jazeera Reporters Hacked Using Israeli Spyware
Al-Jazeera reported that their staff and journalists were targeted using Israel-based NSO Group software this year.