Tag: breach
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Global Data Breach Costs Go Down, but Not in US
AI Tools Detect Breaches Quicker but Shadow AI Causes Breaches, Too. Organizations are detecting data breaches more quickly and paying less to remediate them, says IBM’s new Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025. Some caveats apply, with U.S. organizations experiencing higher breach costs. Breach fallout from shadow AI is also rising. First seen on…
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ShinyHunters behind Salesforce data theft attacks at Qantas, Allianz Life, and LVMH
A wave of data breaches impacting companies like Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH, and Adidas has been linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group, which has been using voice phishing attacks to steal data from Salesforce CRM instances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-behind-salesforce-data-theft-attacks-at-qantas-allianz-life-and-lvmh/
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2 Law Group Data Theft Hacks Affect 282,100 Patients
Firm Admits Paying Ransom in Exchange of Hacker’s Promise to Delete Stolen Info. Two Florida-based law firms with offices in other states are notifying 282,100 people whose healthcare and other information was potentially compromised in separate data theft incidents. One of the firms admitted to paying a ransom to prevent its data from being leaked…
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U.S. Data Breach Costs Rise as Global Average Falls
Data breaches in the U.S. are getting more costly even as they’re getting cheaper in the rest of the world. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/us-data-breach-costs-rise/
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Hackers stole Social Security numbers during Allianz Life cyberattack
The U.S. insurance giant tells state regulators that Social Security numbers were among the personal information stolen in its mid-July cyberattack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/hackers-stole-social-security-numbers-during-allianz-life-cyberattack/
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SafePay ransomware threatens to leak 3.5TB of Ingram Micro data
The SafePay ransomware gang is threatening to leak 3.5TB of data belonging to IT giant Ingram Micro, allegedly stolen from the company’s compromised systems earlier this month. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/safepay-ransomware-threatens-to-leak-35tb-of-ingram-micro-data/
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Applying Tenable’s Risk-based Vulnerability Management to the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Essential Eight
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, finance, firewall, framework, google, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, microsoft, mitigation, network, ransomware, risk, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-dayLearn how Thales Cyber Services uses Tenable to help customers navigate the maturity levels of the Essential Eight, enabling vulnerability management and staying ahead of cyber threats. In today’s fast-moving digital world, cyber threats are more advanced and relentless than ever. A single security breach can mean financial loss, reputational damage and operational chaos. That’s…
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Average cost of a data breach in US shoots to record $10 million
The global average cost of a data breach fell from $4.88 million in 2024, a 9% decrease that now matches numbers seen in 2023. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ibm-data-breach-report-us-losses
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AI-enabled security pushes down breach costs for UK organisations
Organisations that are incorporating AI and automation into their cyber security practice are seeing improved outcomes when incidents occur, according to an IBM study First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366628086/AI-enabled-security-pushes-down-breach-costs-for-UK-organisations
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Minnesota Activates National Guard Over St. Paul Cyberattack
After ‘Criminal External, Threat Actor’ Breach, Officials Take City Systems Offline. Cybersecurity experts from the Minnesota National Guard have deployed to St. Paul to help the city respond to a cyberattack, owing to the scale and complexity involved. After a weekend spent attempting and failing to contain the intrusion, officials took the city’s IT systems…
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Hidden Backdoor Found in ATM Network via Raspberry Pi
A covert ATM attack used a Raspberry Pi to breach bank systems, employing stealthy malware and anti-forensics techniques First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/backdoor-atm-network-raspberry-pi/
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Palo Alto Networks to buy CyberArk for $25B as identity security takes center stage
The identity crisis driving this deal: Walk into any CISO’s office these days, and they’ll tell you the same story: hackers don’t need to break down the front door anymore. They just steal legitimate credentials and walk right in.”Today, most breaches originate not from malware or misconfigured ports but from stolen or misused credentials,” Tyagi…
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Inc Ransomware Claims 1.2TB Data Breach at Dollar Tree
The notorious INC Ransomware group is claiming responsibility for a data breach at Dollar Tree, the American retail… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/inc-ransomware-1-2tb-data-breach-at-dollar-tree/
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IBM Report Sees Drop in Global Data Breach Costs Except in U.S.
An annual global analysis of 113,620 data breaches published by IBM today finds the cost of the average data breach decreased by 9% year over year, thanks mainly to faster discovery and containment. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/ibm-report-sees-drop-in-global-data-breach-costs-except-in-u-s/
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Ransomware upstart Gunra goes cross-platform with encryption upgrades
Tags: attack, breach, control, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, healthcare, linux, ransomware, update, vmware, windows-r” or “ratio” parameter. The “-l” or the “limit” parameter is used to control how much of the file gets encrypted. If no value is provided, the entire file is encrypted,” Trend Micro added.Additionally, the variant offers flexible key-storage options for RSA-encrypted keys. Using the “-s” or ““, store” parameter makes the ransomware save each…
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CostaBreach-Report Kosten von Datenlecks sinken in Deutschland erstmals seit fünf Jahre
IBM veröffentlichte den jährlichen weltweiten . Die Ausgabe 2025 zeigt, dass die durchschnittlichen Kosten eines Datenlecks in Deutschland auf 3,87 Millionen Euro (ca. 4,03 Millionen US-Dollar) pro Vorfall gesunken sind im Vorjahr lagen sie noch bei 4,9 Millionen Euro (ca. 5,31 Millionen US-Dollar). Weltweit sank der Durchschnittswert auf 4,44 […] First seen on netzpalaver.de Jump…
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Palo Alto Networks eyes $20B CyberArk deal as identity security takes center stage
The identity crisis driving this deal: Walk into any CISO’s office these days, and they’ll tell you the same story: hackers don’t need to break down the front door anymore. They just steal legitimate credentials and walk right in.”Today, most breaches originate not from malware or misconfigured ports but from stolen or misused credentials,” Tyagi…
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Data Breach Costs Fall for First Time in Five Years
IBM found that the global average cost of a data breach has fallen by 9% compared to 2024, driven by improved detection and containment First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/data-breach-costs-fall/
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Google Launches DBSC Open Beta in Chrome and Enhances Patch Transparency via Project Zero
Google has announced that it’s making a security feature called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) in open beta to ensure that users are safeguarded against session cookie theft attacks.DBSC, first introduced as a prototype in April 2024, is designed to bind authentication sessions to a device so as to prevent threat actors from using stolen…
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‘Shadow AI’ increases cost of data breaches, report finds
Companies are failing to protect their AI tools from compromise, often leading to more extensive data breaches, according to new data from IBM. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/artificial-intelligence-security-shadow-ai-ibm-report/754009/
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Research shows data breach costs have reached an all-time high
IBM’s yearly report finds that a data breach now costs U.S. organizations more than $10 million for recovery. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ibm-cost-data-breach-2025/
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How CISOs can scale down without compromising security
Tags: breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, gartner, governance, intelligence, jobs, metric, open-source, regulation, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityStrategic risk (high, medium, low): What’s the actual exposure if this control fails?Business alignment: Which functions are enabling revenue, customer trust, or compliance?No-brainers: These are redundant tools, shelfware, or “security theatre” controls that look good on paper but deliver no measurable protection.For this assessment, Mahdi brings together a cross-functional team that includes business unit leaders,…
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Hackers Exploit SAP Vulnerability to Breach Linux Systems and Deploy Auto-Color Malware
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical SAP NetWeaver flaw to deliver the Auto-Color backdoor in an attack targeting a U.S.-based chemicals company in April 2025.”Over the course of three days, a threat actor gained access to the customer’s network, attempted to download several suspicious files and communicated with malicious infrastructure linked to…
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Enterprise LLMs Vulnerable to Prompt-Based Attacks Leading to Data Breaches
Security researchers have discovered alarming vulnerabilities in enterprise Large Language Model (LLM) applications that could allow attackers to bypass authentication systems and access sensitive corporate data through sophisticated prompt injection techniques. The findings reveal that many organizations deploying AI-powered chatbots and automated systems may be inadvertently exposing critical information to malicious actors. The vulnerability stems…
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Orange Hit by Cyberattack, Internal Systems Hacked
French telecommunications giant Orange confirmed it suffered a significant cyberattack on Friday, July 25th, targeting one of its critical information systems. The incident has disrupted services for business customers and some consumer services, primarily affecting operations in France as the company works to contain the breach and restore normal operations. Immediate Response and Service Disruptions…
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Why CISOs should rethink identity risk through attack paths
Identity-based attack paths are behind most breaches today, yet many organizations can’t actually see how those paths form. The 2025 State of Attack Path Management report … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/30/ciso-attack-path-management-apm/
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Oracle/Cerner EHR Hack: Breach Reports Still Trickling In
At Least 410,000 Patients Reported Affected, But Likely Even More Victims. Months after news first broke that a hacking incident compromised legacy patient data hosted by Cerner electronic health record servers that were set to migrate to parent company Oracle’s cloud environment, data breach reports related to the hack are still slowly trickling in to…
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Tea App Data Breach Deepens, with 1.1 Million User Chats Exposed
The security breach of the popular women-only safe-dating app Tea widened over the weekend, when a second database storing 1.1 million DMs between members was compromised. News of the exposure came days after an initial investigation found that a database holding older data, including photos, was breached. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/tea-app-data-breach-deepens-with-1-1-million-user-chats-exposed/
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Tea app disables DMs after second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/tea-apps-data-breach-gets-much-worse-exposing-over-a-million-private-messages/
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Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/tea-apps-data-breach-gets-much-worse-exposing-over-a-million-private-messages/