Tag: breach
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Conduent warns of further financial fallout from cyberattack
The company has incurred millions in expenses related to data breach notifications stemming from an attack earlier this year.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/conduent-financial-risks-cyberattack/805083/
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Conduent warns of further financial fallout from cyberattack
The company has incurred millions in expenses related to data breach notifications stemming from an attack earlier this year.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/conduent-financial-risks-cyberattack/805083/
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ClickFix Campaign Targets Hotels, Spurs Secondary Customer Attacks
Attackers compromise hospitality providers with an infostealer and RAT malware and then use stolen data to launch a phishing attacks against customers via both email and WhatsApp. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/clickfix-targets-hotels-secondary-customer-attacks
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ClickFix Campaign Targets Hotels, Spurs Secondary Customer Attacks
Attackers compromise hospitality providers with an infostealer and RAT malware and then use stolen data to launch a phishing attacks against customers via both email and WhatsApp. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/clickfix-targets-hotels-secondary-customer-attacks
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Crypto-less Crypto Investment Scams: A California Case
Tags: access, apt, blockchain, breach, business, china, communications, control, crime, crypto, cybercrime, data, email, finance, group, intelligence, international, jobs, network, office, organized, scam, theft, tool, usaMy readers will know by now that I am addicted to PACER – the Public Access to Court Electronic Records. When I see headlines like this one, I am compelled to dive in and read every publicly released document related to the case. USAO Central California The headline last month was that Shengsheng He, a…
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Ransomware Operators Exploit RMM Tools to Deploy Medusa and DragonForce
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, exploit, group, infrastructure, monitoring, ransomware, service, software, supply-chain, tool, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers at Zensec have exposed a sophisticated supply-chain attack campaign that weaponised trusted Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) infrastructure to deploy ransomware across multiple UK organisations throughout early 2025. The investigation reveals how two prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups exploited critical vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp RMM software to breach downstream customers through their managed service providers. The…
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Ransomware Operators Exploit RMM Tools to Deploy Medusa and DragonForce
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, exploit, group, infrastructure, monitoring, ransomware, service, software, supply-chain, tool, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers at Zensec have exposed a sophisticated supply-chain attack campaign that weaponised trusted Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) infrastructure to deploy ransomware across multiple UK organisations throughout early 2025. The investigation reveals how two prominent ransomware-as-a-service groups exploited critical vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp RMM software to breach downstream customers through their managed service providers. The…
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Why you should purple team your SOC
Tags: attack, blueteam, breach, compliance, detection, metric, penetration-testing, phishing, powershell, PurpleTeam, service, soc, threat, tool, training. In theory, it’s about collaboration and continual improvement. In practice, it’s often a transactional service run by penetration testing firms focused on two things: proving they can bypass defences and producing a report that looks good in a board pack.That mindset doesn’t help with SOC effectiveness. A single purple team engagement doesn’t build real…
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Why you should purple team your SOC
Tags: attack, blueteam, breach, compliance, detection, metric, penetration-testing, phishing, powershell, PurpleTeam, service, soc, threat, tool, training. In theory, it’s about collaboration and continual improvement. In practice, it’s often a transactional service run by penetration testing firms focused on two things: proving they can bypass defences and producing a report that looks good in a board pack.That mindset doesn’t help with SOC effectiveness. A single purple team engagement doesn’t build real…
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Data Leak Exposes Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Arsenal and Target Database
Tags: breach, china, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacking, international, leak, theft, toolIn early November 2025, a massive data breach at Knownsec, a prominent Chinese cybersecurity firm with government ties, sent shockwaves through the international security community. The incident, reported on November 2, resulted in the theft of over 12,000 classified documents exposing sophisticated state-sponsored cyber weapons, internal hacking tools, and a comprehensive global target list spanning…
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Data Leak Exposes Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Arsenal and Target Database
Tags: breach, china, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacking, international, leak, theft, toolIn early November 2025, a massive data breach at Knownsec, a prominent Chinese cybersecurity firm with government ties, sent shockwaves through the international security community. The incident, reported on November 2, resulted in the theft of over 12,000 classified documents exposing sophisticated state-sponsored cyber weapons, internal hacking tools, and a comprehensive global target list spanning…
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Data Leak Exposes Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Arsenal and Target Database
Tags: breach, china, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacking, international, leak, theft, toolIn early November 2025, a massive data breach at Knownsec, a prominent Chinese cybersecurity firm with government ties, sent shockwaves through the international security community. The incident, reported on November 2, resulted in the theft of over 12,000 classified documents exposing sophisticated state-sponsored cyber weapons, internal hacking tools, and a comprehensive global target list spanning…
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Nikkei data breach exposes personal data of over 17,000 staff
Hackers used stolen login details from an employee’s computer to access the Japanese media giant’s Slack messaging platform, with names, e-mail addresses, and chat histories potentially exposed First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634243/Nikkei-data-breach-exposes-personal-data-of-over-17000-staff
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Lost iPhone? Don’t fall for phishing texts saying it was found
The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning iPhone owners about a phishing scam that claims to have found your lost or stolen iPhone but is actually trying to steal your Apple ID credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lost-iphone-dont-fall-for-phishing-texts-saying-it-was-found/
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Washington Post confirms data breach linked to Oracle hacks
The Washington Post is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the notorious Clop ransomware gang, which relied on vulnerabilities in Oracle software used by many corporations. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/washington-post-confirms-data-breach-linked-to-oracle-hacks/
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Congressional Budget Office Hit by Cyberattack During Shutdown
The CBO breach exposes how the government shutdown is weakening federal cybersecurity defenses when they’re needed most. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/congressional-budget-office-hit-by-cyberattack-during-shutdown/
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CBO Hit by Suspected Nation-State Cyberattack
Nation-State Actor Suspected in Breach of Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been the subject of an apparent cyber incident, officials confirmed Friday, raising concerns that adversaries may have gained access to sensitive data used to inform U.S. legislative decisions amid ongoing federal cyber staffing shortages. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Congressional Budget Office Hit by Cyberattack During Shutdown
The CBO breach exposes how the government shutdown is weakening federal cybersecurity defenses when they’re needed most. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/congressional-budget-office-hit-by-cyberattack-during-shutdown/
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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CBO Hit by Suspected Nation-State Cyberattack
Nation-State Actor Suspected in Breach of Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been the subject of an apparent cyber incident, officials confirmed Friday, raising concerns that adversaries may have gained access to sensitive data used to inform U.S. legislative decisions amid ongoing federal cyber staffing shortages. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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ISMG Editors: Lawsuits Follow Year’s Top Health Data Breach
Conduent Gets Sued; US Government’s Cyber Shutdown Woes; Hacktivist Hits Rise. The latest ISMG Editors’ Panel tackles: post-hack legal fallout for Conduent after it suffered the year’s biggest health data breach, the U.S. government’s shutdown complicating its response to the breach of vendor F5 and the rise in attacks targeting Western critical national infrastructure. First…
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Congressional Budget Office confirms it was hacked
The congressional research office confirmed a breach, but did not comment on the cause. A security researcher suggested the hack may have originated because CBO failed to patch a firewall for more than a year. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/congressional-budget-office-confirms-it-was-hacked/
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Stop Paying the Password Tax: A CFO’s Guide to Affordable Zero-Trust Access
In 2025, stolen credentials remain the most common and fastest path into an organization’s systems. Nearly half of breaches begin with compromised logins. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report puts it bluntly: “Hackers don’t break in anymore, they log in.” Web application attacks have followed suit, with 88% now using stolen credentials as the..…
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Stop Paying the Password Tax: A CFO’s Guide to Affordable Zero-Trust Access
In 2025, stolen credentials remain the most common and fastest path into an organization’s systems. Nearly half of breaches begin with compromised logins. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report puts it bluntly: “Hackers don’t break in anymore, they log in.” Web application attacks have followed suit, with 88% now using stolen credentials as the..…
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“I Paid Twice” Scam Infects Booking.com Users with PureRAT via ClickFix
Cybersecurity firm Sekoia reports a widespread fraud where criminals compromise hotel systems (Booking.com, Expedia and others) with PureRAT malware, then use stolen reservation data to phish and defraud guests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/i-paid-twice-scam-booking-com-purerat-clickfix/
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“I Paid Twice” Scam Infects Booking.com Users with PureRAT via ClickFix
Cybersecurity firm Sekoia reports a widespread fraud where criminals compromise hotel systems (Booking.com, Expedia and others) with PureRAT malware, then use stolen reservation data to phish and defraud guests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/i-paid-twice-scam-booking-com-purerat-clickfix/
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“I Paid Twice” Scam Infects Booking.com Users with PureRAT via ClickFix
Cybersecurity firm Sekoia reports a widespread fraud where criminals compromise hotel systems (Booking.com, Expedia and others) with PureRAT malware, then use stolen reservation data to phish and defraud guests. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/i-paid-twice-scam-booking-com-purerat-clickfix/