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The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) suffered a data breach in late February 2024 resulting in the exposure of sensitive data belonging to some of its members. 

In an announcement published on the OWASP website, Executive Director Andrew van der Stock confirmed the breach and explained that it happened due to a misconfiguration of an old OWASP Wiki web server.

Cloud hosting firm Leaseweb recently disclosed a security breach after its Customer Portal suffered downtime. The incident surfaced online after the firm started informing its customers about the matter via email, confirming system restoration works.

Leaseweb Discloses Security Breach

According to Bleeping Computer, Leaseweb recently suffered a security breach affecting its cloud environments. While details are yet to arrive, the firm has admitted enduring the attack via emails to its customers.

As reported, Leaseweb officials noticed a breach in “certain areas” of their cloud environment on August 22, 2023. This impact on a specific cloud-based infrastructure triggered downtime.

Investigating the matter confirmed the intrusion, compelling the firm to pull off sensitive…

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Sensitive patient data was shared on WhatsApp by at least 26 healthcare staff members in Scotland, resulting in over 500 verified instances of data disclosure. The data shared included names, addresses, images, videos, and screenshots, as well as clinical information of the individuals involved. However, the most concerning aspect was the unauthorized disclosure of personal data to an individual who was not part of the medical staff, and had been mistakenly added to the WhatsApp group.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection authority, announced this incident and has warned the responsible healthcare authority, NHS Lanarkshire. This organization serves a population of over 652,000 people in the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South…

Huge chunks of the internet were redirecting to malware-spewing websites in the latest of a series of attacks on web giant GoDaddy over a three-year period.

So if you’ve had complaints from visitors that your site redirects to malicious pages, the problem might not be with you or your plug-ins. So how did this happen? How can you protect yourself from harmful redirects?

What Is GoDaddy?

If you want to set up a website for either personal or professional use, there are a few big providers who offer both registration and hosting packages to make your life easier. Of these, GoDaddy is one of the largest and boasts a 19.61 percent market share, according to Enlyft. With reasonably priced plans and a range of features including 24×7 security monitoring, GoDaddy regularly makes…