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Misconfigured ElasticSearch Servers Exposed 579 GB of Users’ Website Activity
In total, two misconfigured ElasticSearch servers belonging to an unknown organization exposed 359,019,902 (359 million) records that were…
May 12, 2022
4,000 ElasticSearch servers found hosting PoS malware
Kromtech’s security researchers have identified two point-of-sale (POS) malware strains namely AlinaPOS and JackPOS hosted on more than…
September 14, 2017
Leaky Server Exposing Scraped Data of 150,000 Mastodon Users
At the time of writing, the server was actively being updated with more data!
November 18, 2022
Leaked Amazon Prime Video Server Exposed Users Viewing Habits
Security researcher Anurag Sen revealed Amazon failed to protect one of its internal servers, which allowed any third party to access the database.
November 1, 2022
Microsoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data
Microsoft Bing server logged some horrific search terms including searchers for murder and child abuse content.
September 22, 2020
How to Secure Your VPS and Dedicated Servers from Hackers
Your decision to use a dedicated server or a VPS likely stems from a desire to have greater access to...
January 16, 2020
New malware attack turns Elasticsearch databases into DDoS botnet
The malware attack involves two stages including one in which existing cryptomining malware is removed and other remove configuration files.
July 24, 2019
AI Image Editing Tool Cutout Leaked User Images and Data
In total, the Cutout-owned Elasticsearch server leaked a whopping 9 GB worth of customer data.
February 16, 2023
Personal Data of Tens of Millions of Russians and Ukrainians Exposed Online
The trove of data was leaked due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch server and in total it stored 870 million records or 147 GB of data.
March 24, 2022