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The SafetyDetectives research lab is a pro bono service that aims to help the online community defend itself against cyber threats while educating organizations on how to protect their users’ data. The overarching purpose of our web mapping project is to help make the internet a safer place for all users
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Free Apps, Hidden Costs: Unmasking the Privacy Risks Behind App Permissions
In today’s world, "free" apps have become an important part of our daily lives, offering convenience without any overt costs. However, these apps often have covert costs that come in the form of users’ personal data and privac...
Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team uncovered an open ElasticSearch database exposing an organized fake reviews scam affecting Amazon.
The server contained a treasure trove of direct messages between Amazon vendors and cust...
Could your baby monitor be unsafe and unsecured?
The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team has discovered a vulnerability affecting baby monitors, provoked by their misapplication/misconfiguration, which provides potentially harmful parties with unauthorized access to each camera’...
15 (CRAZY) Malware and Virus Statistics, Trends & Facts
Even though antivirus programs work tirelessly to detect and remove malicious software, malware threats are on the rise, infecting more computers than ever before.
How bad is it?
By analyzing past behavior and the steps taken to eradicate problems, we can make several predictions about the future of this industry. Let’s take a look at the latest malware trends, major statistics, and the effects that malware can have on Windows, Android, and Mac devices.
This article will help you stay up to date on:
- Major developments in the malware industry.
- New malware creation trends.
- Malware infection rates by type.
- Infection rates by region and sector.
- The ways different operating systems handle malware threats.
Vietnamese medical company suffers devastating data leak
Vietnamese medical company suffers devastating data leak
Led by Anurag Sen, the Safety Detectives cybersecurity team discovered an unsecured ElasticSearch server belonging to the Vietnamese company Innovative Solution for Healthc...
Report: Job Portal Database Exposed
SafetyDetective’s research lab discovered a leak online that exposed an elastic server containing 3GB of data with over 1.6 million users affected. We informed the apparent owners of this database as soon as we were able to identi...
Cashback Sites Leak Unencrypted Passwords, Bank & Other Sensitive User Data
The security research team at Safety Detectives has uncovered yet another data leak worth 2 terabytes of data hosted on an Elastic Server. Affecting savvy shoppers in both India and the U.K., sister sites Pouringpounds.com and Cas...
Healthcare Cybersecurity: The Biggest Stats and Trends in 2024
Tom has covered numerous cybersecurity topics whilst working as a writer. Based in the United Kingdom, Tom enjoys cooking and going on country walks in his free time.
Recent years have seen the healthcare sector become the prim...
Up to 2 million people affected by data breach at Indian e-learning platform
A prominent Indian e-learning platform was discovered to be operating a completely unsecure Elasticsearch server based in the US. The vulnerability meant that more than 25 gigabytes of personal information belonging to around 2 mi...
Primary Indian ticket vendor suffers crippling data breach
One of India’s most popular travel booking hubs was left exposed without adequate security measures, and subsequently, suffered a significant data breach that exposed all production server information and led to the loss of over 4...