Tag: breach
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US Scrambles to Patch F5 Amid China-Linked Breach
Concerns Grow Over F5 Hacking Amid Stalled Government Shutdown. Federal officials are scrambling to contain nation-state hackers exploiting stolen source code from networking devices and software maker F5 amid staffing pressures created by the ongoing government shutdown. Stolen files reportedly include undisclosed vulnerabilities F5 had been researching. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/us-scrambles-to-patch-f5-amid-china-linked-breach-a-29759
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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Prosper Market Data Breach Affects 17.6M Individuals
Breach Notification Service Details Peer-to-Peer Lending Marketplace Victim Count. Hackers appear to have stolen personal information pertaining to more than 17 million individuals from peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper, including Social Security numbers, contact information and some income and financial details, says the Have I Been Pwned breach notification service. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
Tags: breachP2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/prosper_breach/
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Over 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances exposed to remote attacks
Internet security nonprofit Shadowserver Foundation has found more than 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances exposed online after the security breach disclosed by cybersecurity company F5 this week. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-266-000-f5-big-ip-instances-exposed-to-remote-attacks/
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Auction house Sotheby’s disclosed a July data breach
Sotheby’s reported a July 24 breach exposing customer and financial data; it took two months to assess the stolen information and affected individuals. Sotheby’s reported a data breach that exposed customer information, including financial details. The company discovered the security breach on July 24, and investigators spent two months determining what data was stolen and…
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Auction house Sotheby’s disclosed a July data breach
Sotheby’s reported a July 24 breach exposing customer and financial data; it took two months to assess the stolen information and affected individuals. Sotheby’s reported a data breach that exposed customer information, including financial details. The company discovered the security breach on July 24, and investigators spent two months determining what data was stolen and…
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Over 269,000 F5 Devices Found Exposed Online After Massive Breach
A recent breach of F5 Networks’ infrastructure has left more than 269,000 devices exposed and vulnerable to attack. Security researchers first detected unusual activity on F5’s management portal, prompting the company to issue an alert and patch critical vulnerabilities. However, despite swift action, a daily snapshot from Shadowserver shows that nearly 269,000 unique IP addresses…
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How Ransomware’s Data Theft Evolution is Rewriting Cyber Insurance Risk Models
Ransomware has evolved from encryption to data theft. Learn how AI-driven attacks and breach data are reshaping cyber insurance risk models and pricing. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/how-ransomwares-data-theft-evolution-is-rewriting-cyber-insurance-risk-models/
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How Ransomware’s Data Theft Evolution is Rewriting Cyber Insurance Risk Models
Ransomware has evolved from encryption to data theft. Learn how AI-driven attacks and breach data are reshaping cyber insurance risk models and pricing. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/how-ransomwares-data-theft-evolution-is-rewriting-cyber-insurance-risk-models/
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed financial information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying individuals of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-financial-information/
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F5 Issues Security Patches for Multiple Products After Recent Breach
F5 Networks has released comprehensive security patches addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities across its product portfolio following a recent security incident. The company issued its quarterly security notification on October 15, 2025, documenting numerous high-severity vulnerabilities that could potentially expose enterprise networks to significant security risks. Extensive Vulnerability Disclosure Reveals Multiple Attack Vectors The security advisory…
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed financial information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying individuals of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-financial-information/
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Qantas, DraftKings, and Other Recent Breaches
Mid-October Check-In Here we are in mid-October, and 2025 shows no signs of slowing down on the cyber front. In just the past week, organizations across industries have suffered significant breaches, keeping threat researchers busy analyzing the fallout. From a major airline data leak affecting millions to attempted account takeovers at a sports betting giant,……
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F5 BIG-IP Breach: 44 CVEs That Need Your Attention Now
Tags: access, attack, breach, cisa, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, government, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, kubernetes, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementPartnering with an EDR vendor after a nation-state has already stolen your source code isn’t innovation, it’s a gamble. You don’t build a fire extinguisher while the house is burning. You find every spark before it becomes the next inferno. Key takeaways: F5’s BIG-IP is used to secure everything from government agencies to critical infrastructure. …
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Qantas, DraftKings, and Other Recent Breaches
Mid-October Check-In Here we are in mid-October, and 2025 shows no signs of slowing down on the cyber front. In just the past week, organizations across industries have suffered significant breaches, keeping threat researchers busy analyzing the fallout. From a major airline data leak affecting millions to attempted account takeovers at a sports betting giant,……
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F5 BIG-IP Breach: 44 CVEs That Need Your Attention Now
Tags: access, attack, breach, cisa, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, government, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, kubernetes, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementPartnering with an EDR vendor after a nation-state has already stolen your source code isn’t innovation, it’s a gamble. You don’t build a fire extinguisher while the house is burning. You find every spark before it becomes the next inferno. Key takeaways: F5’s BIG-IP is used to secure everything from government agencies to critical infrastructure. …
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Breach Roundup: Chinese Hackers Exploited ArcGIS
Also, Internet-Exposed Call Center Software Under Attack and Patch Tuesday. This week: Chinese hackers exploited ArcGIS, Internet-exposed call center software under attack, October patch Tuesday, Massachusetts student sentenced for $3 million extortion hack, New York fined eight insurers $14.2M over data breaches, more than 100 VS Code extensions leak secrets. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Why the F5 Hack Created an ‘Imminent Threat’ for Thousands of Networks
Networking software company F5 disclosed a long-term breach of its systems this week. The fallout could be severe. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/f5-hack-networking-software-big-ip/
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F5 Breach: Nation-State Hackers Steal BIG-IP Source Code
Nation-state hackers breached F5, stealing BIG-IP source code and undisclosed flaws, exposing risks to global enterprises and critical systems. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/f5-breach-nation-state-hackers/
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed customer information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying customers of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-customer-information/
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Have I Been Pwned: Prosper data breach impacts 17.6 million accounts
Hackers stole the personal information of over 17.6 million people after breaching the systems of financial services company Prosper. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-warns-of-prosper-data-breach-impacting-176-million-accounts/
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Microsoft warns of a 32% surge in identity hacks, mainly driven by stolen passwords
Hackers are also increasingly turning to other methods to obtain credentials. Microsoft tracked surges in the use of infostealer malware by criminals and an increase of IT scams where cybercriminals call a company’s help desk and simply ask for password resets. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/microsoft-warns-of-surge-identity-hacks-passwords
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Inside the F5 Breach
On October 15, 2025, F5 publicly confirmed that its internal systems had been compromised by what it described as a highly sophisticated, nation-state threat actor. The attacker gained access to development environments, exfiltrated source code related to F5’s BIG-IP product line, and obtained vulnerability research that had not yet been publicly disclosed. Although the breach……

