The vpnMentor cybersecurity research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, have uncovered a leaking S3 Bucket with 19.95GB of visible data on a Virginia-based Amazon server, belonging to PussyCash and its network. PussyCash is an explicit ‘cam’ affiliate network that works with the brand ImLive

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor's research team recently discovered; a breach in a database containing highly sensitive files from several British consulting firms. Relating to their respective HR departments, the compromised files exposed detailed sensitive information belonging to

Staying safe online is a priority for most users, and there are numerous actions you can take to achieve this. Antivirus software, VPNs, and firewalls work alongside user vigilance to cut the risks to privacy while surfing the web. But, one of the tools users rely on to support their vigilance

The people behind torrent sites believe in sharing content, and so the sites rely mainly on ads to generate revenue. While ads generally don’t bring in that much money, with Chrome’s new ad-blocker, the situation for torrent clients could get even worse. While many users have already installed

Have you ever wondered why you have an iPhone, but your friend will only use an Android, or vice versa? It’s more than just which one has the prettier box or better ads. According to multiple studies, the smartphone you choose reveals a lot about your personality, which draws certain people to

Whether it’s for business or for pleasure, for many traveling is part of life. In the past, we packed essentials before a trip like a toothbrush, some clothes, and some cash in the appropriate currency. Now, you can add laptops, tablets, and smartphones to that list as well. It’s not a matter

With all the news about Facebook and its serious privacy issues, are you starting to feel alarmed by the amount of information you may be unintentionally exposing? You're not alone. With its birthdays, events, locations, photo albums, and friend lists, Facebook is one of the worst social media

Over 142 million records were publicly shared on Telegram, exposing the personally identifiable information (PII) of MGM Hotels customers around the world, including the names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth of millions of people.  On May 22nd, 2022, the

21 million records were leaked on Telegram, exposing the email addresses and hashed passwords of the users of several VPNs. The SQL dump was posted on Telegram on May 7th, 2022. The dump, exposing users from several VPN services including GeckoVPN, SuperVPN, and ChatVPN, was initially

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach originating from a cloud server belonging to the online appointment company FlexBooker. FlexBooker sells online appointment booking tools that businesses can embed in their websites. This breach is the second time in two

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach related to Ghana’s National Service Secretariate (NSS). The NSS is a government program managing a mandatory year of public service for graduates of certain educational institutions in Ghana. Every year,

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered that consumer audio giant Sennheiser had accidentally left an old cloud account full of customer data out in the open. While the account in question appears to have been dormant since 2018, over 28,000 Sennheiser

vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach in a server belonging to the French transport giant RATP. RATP is a huge, state-owned company that manages most of the transport infrastructure in Paris and elsewhere. The company has roughly 64,000 employees across various operations. Our

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered an enormous data breach by the Australian marketing software firm Acquirely. Acquirely offers businesses in Australia “digital customer acquisition” services through various forms of online marketing and lead

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered a massive, incredibly damaging data breach from Phlebotomy Training Specialists. Phlebotomy Training Specialists is a medical training platform connecting people who are hoping to get certified as phlebotomists with

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach in the Indonesian government’s eHAC program created to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country. eHAC is a ‘test and trace’ app for people entering Indonesia to ensure they’re not carrying the virus

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach belonging to Chinese mobile gaming company EskyFun. The company was using an unsecured server to store vast amounts of data collected from users on its games. Much of this data was incredibly sensitive, and there

Led by Ran Locar and Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered that B2B marketing company OneMoreLead was leaking the private data of up to 126 million American people. OneMoreLead was storing all this information on an unsecured database, which the company had left completely open. As a

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach in an API used by baby clothing apparel giant Carter’s.  The biggest name in the US Baby’s apparel industry, Carter’s, was using a famous URL shortener tool for order confirmations on its USA e-commerce store.

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach by French consulting firm Bluenove that indirectly exposed thousands of employees and customers from sporting goods giant Decathlon. The data breach appears to originate from a survey undertaken by Bluenove on Decathlon’s

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach belonging to popular Indian parenting and e-commerce brand BabyChakra. Based on our research, BabyChakra was storing over 5 million files from its customers entirely out in the open, exposing 100,000s of families across India