Security News for the Week Ending January 3, 2020

January 3, 2020 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Starbucks Leaves Their API Key in a Public Github Repository Vulnerability hunter Vinoth Kumar found a Starbucks API key in a public Github repo. The flaw was set to CRITICAL after they verified that the key gave anyone access to their Jumpcloud (An AD alternative) directory. The problem was reported on October 17th and it […]

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Your Starbucks Card Is A Hacking Target

May 14, 2015 mitch tanenbaum Leave a comment

CNN is reporting that hackers have found yet another opportunity. Hacking your Starbucks app, they add new cards to the account, then use your autofill bank account to load them. Starbucks has acknowledged that this is happening, but says that they were not hacked. Customer’s bank accounts are getting drained, however. Apparently, the way it […]

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