An ethical hacker working for the Dutch government has raised the alarm about hackers targeting the vulnerable databases according to this BBC report
"Mr Gevers said the attacks started before Christmas but had accelerated once the holiday period was over. Hackers were using automated scanning tools scouring the net for the telltale signature of unsecured MongoDB systems."
Following the news that the EU data retention ruling went against UK government, Lee Munson, security researcher, Comparitech.com, comments:
Recently, it was reported that Groupon users fell victim to fraudsters placing high value orders in their name. Below are comments by security experts. Happy reading:
Rob Sobers, director at Varonis says: "Today’s news is the result of billions of compromised user accounts from other breaches now being used to gain legitimate access to Groupon user accounts in order to make high-ticket purchases just in time for the holidays. If hackers can co-opt a consumer’s credentials for Groupon, then data security professionals need to be asking themselves if those same passwords can be used to access their organisation’s data.
Lee Munson, a researcher for security and privacy advice and comparison website, Comparitech.com, is warning Amazon UK customers to be particularly vigilant about the post-holiday deals they find on Amazon as it has caught out one seller in particular attempting to scam users out of money.
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