Data Security

Software firm ProAPIs and its CEO Rahmat Alam have been sued by professional social networking site LinkedIn for allegedly running a large-scale scheme that gathers data from millions of its users' profiles and sells it without authorization, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Data stolen from 800 orgs, including big names such as Bank of America, Verizon, the NSA, and Kaiser Permanente.

Here’s why security teams need enhanced application testing to catch issues before they leave production.

Cybernews reports that Lifeprint, which manufactures instant mobile photo printers, has inadvertently leaked more than 8 million files due to a bucket misconfiguration.

The Canadian airline began notifying customers impacted by the June incident this week.

TechCrunch reports that the passage of the Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act has been prevented by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who argued that the measure could impede law enforcement, such as locating sexual predators.

Anonymous messaging app Sendit has allegedly violated child privacy laws by collecting personal information from children under 13 without parental consent and misleading users into paying for subscriptions, prompting a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Hunter Rice, the CEO of Iconic Hearts Holdings, the parent firm of Sendit, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Illinois-based auto insurance claims management platform ClaimPix had more than 5.1 million files exposed by an unsecured database, according to HackRead.