Tag: breach
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Breach Readiness In A Legacy World: The Risk, The Challenge, And The Way Forward
The Legacy Security Dilemma: Essential, Irreplaceable, and Exposed Despite the momentum of digital transformation, legacy systems remain integral to many operational environments, and not without reason. These systems often support mission-critical processes, are tightly woven into production workflows, and represent significant investments in both infrastructure and training. Replacing them can be costly, time-consuming,… First seen…
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Breach Roundup: Critical RCE Flaw in Roundcube Servers
Also, M&S Back Online, Mexican Education Platform Breached, Patch Tuesday. This week, a Roundcube flaw, Mexican student data hacked and Dutch cops scare straight Cracked users. Man imprisoned for hacking tax preparers. M&S update. UNFI ships on a limited basis. U.K. financial regulator staffers used personal emails. Weak web panel security on GPS devices. Patch…
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Forgotten patches: The silent killer
Tags: attack, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, tool, update, vulnerabilityAccuracy over convenience: It’s tempting to prioritize speed or ease. But making patching easier cannot come at the expense of accuracy. Light enforcement, delays in applying updates, or gaps between tools and policy all introduce risk.Patch management must detect when systems drift out of compliance, whether due to misconfiguration, agent failure, or an unexpected event,…
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8 things CISOs have learned from cyber incidents
Tags: apt, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, incident, incident response, infection, insurance, jobs, malicious, malware, metric, network, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, skills, tool, training, update, virus, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. You’ll need shift from defense to offence: The role and the CISO won’t be the same after an incident.”My job on December 11 was very different from my job on December 12 and beyond, says Brown.Following an incident, some organizations need to change to such an extent that they need a different CISO with…
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Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) data breach exposes 300,000 crash reports
Hackers breached Texas DOT (TxDOT), stealing 300,000 crash reports with personal data from its Crash Records Information System (CRIS). Threat actors compromised the Crash Records Information System (CRIS) from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and stole 300,000 Crash Reports. The Texas Department of Transportation is a state agency that manages Texas’s transportation systems. It…
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300K Crash Reports Stolen in Texas DOT Hack
Crash Records and Driver Data Exposed in Texas Transportation Hack. Hackers accessed the Texas Department of Transportation’s crash records system using a compromised account, stealing nearly 300,000 reports containing personal and vehicle information that could be used for fraud, the department warned in a letter to impacted individuals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Sensata warns of ransomware-related data breach
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/sensata-warns-of-ransomware-related-data-breach
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Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366625478/Third-party-security-weaknesses-threaten-Europes-big-banks
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5 plead guilty to laundering nearly $37 million stolen through Cambodian cyber scam centers
The scheme is based in Cambodia, where people residing in scam centers contact U.S. victims through phone calls, texts, dating apps and other avenues to promote fake cryptocurrency investments. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/guilty-pleas-cambodia-cyber-scams
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Texas Dept. of Transportation breached, 300k crash records stolen
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is warning that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor downloaded 300,000 crash records from its database. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-dept-of-transportation-breached-300k-crash-records-stolen/
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AI is a data-breach time bomb, reveals new report
AI acts like Pac-Man”, devouring sensitive data across clouds, apps, and copilots. Varonis analyzed 1,000 orgs and found 99% have exposed data AI can access, exposing them to data risks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-is-a-data-breach-time-bomb-reveals-new-report/
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Mastery Schools Notifies 37,031 of Major Data Breach
A ransomware attack on Mastery Schools, Philadelphia, has compromised personal information of 37,031 individuals, exposing sensitive data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mastery-schools-data-breach/
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Critical Vulnerability in Lovable’s Security Policies Allows Malicious Code Injection
Security researchers have uncovered a widespread vulnerability in Lovable’s AI-powered development platform that exposes sensitive user data and enables malicious code injection across hundreds of applications. The critical vulnerability, discovered on March 20, 2025, affects the platform’s implementation of Row Level Security (RLS) policies, potentially compromising personal information of thousands of users. The security breach…
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Five plead guilty to laundering $36 million stolen in investment scams
Five men from China, the United States, and Turkey pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international crime ring and laundering nearly $37 million stolen from U.S. victims in cryptocurrency investment scams carried out from Cambodia. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-plead-guilty-to-laundering-36-million-stolen-in-investment-scams/
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Sensata Technologies Faces Disruption Due to Ransomware Attack
Sensata Technologies, Inc., a major technology company based in Attleboro, Massachusetts, has disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident that compromised personal information of hundreds of individuals. The external system breach, discovered in late May, affected at least 362 Maine residents and potentially thousands more across the United States, prompting the company to offer comprehensive identity protection…
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Vulnerability in DanaBot Malware C2 Server Leaks Threat Actor Usernames and Crypto Keys
Tags: breach, control, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, leak, malicious, malware, threat, vulnerabilityA severe vulnerability in the command-and-control (C2) infrastructure of the notorious DanaBot malware has been uncovered, potentially exposing critical data belonging to threat actors. Researchers have identified a misconfiguration in the server setup that inadvertently leaks usernames and cryptographic keys used by malicious operators to manage their campaigns. This breach could provide cybersecurity defenders with…
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Are technologists a threat to doing business securely?
Why an obsession with technology prevents us from reducing human-initiated cybersecurity breaches First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/outthink_technologists_secure_business_threat/
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Stolen Ticketmaster data from Snowflake attacks briefly for sale again
The Arkana Security extortion gang briefly listed over the weekend what appeared to be newly stolen Ticketmaster data but is instead the data stolen during the 2024 Snowflake data theft attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stolen-ticketmaster-data-from-snowflake-attacks-briefly-for-sale-again/
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Nearly 300,000 crash records stolen from Texas transportation department
Texas said hackers compromised an account at the Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and discovered unusual activity on May 12 involving its Crash Records Information System (CRIS). First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/car-crash-records-stolen-texas-transportation-department
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Illinois health data stolen in February phishing attack
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/illinois-health-data-stolen-in-february-phishing-attack
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Data breach impacts Pennsylvanian law firm CML
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/data-breach-impacts-pennsylvanian-law-firm-cml
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Can Online Casino Accounts Be Hacked?
Online casino platforms are not immune to compromise, but the most successful breaches don’t happen through the front door. They happen when users bring bad habits to high-risk environments. For hackers, it’s rarely about breaking encryption, it’s about exploiting behavior. Exposed Credentials Still Drive Most Attacks The majority of online casino account breaches don’t start…
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SentinelOne Sees No Breach After Hardware Supplier Hacked
Intrusion Involved ShadowPad Malware, Wielded in Attacks Tied to Chinese APT Groups. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said suspected Chinese attackers, wielding ShadowPad backdoor malware, infiltrated a logistics firm that it used for supplying hardware to its employees, but that the intrusion doesn’t appear to have resulted in any infiltration of its own, corporate network. First seen…
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SentinelOne shares new details on China-linked breach attempt
SentinelOne has shared more details on an attempted supply chain attack by Chinese hackers through an IT services and logistics firm that manages hardware logistics for the cybersecurity firm. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sentinelone-shares-new-details-on-china-linked-breach-attempt/
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Sensata Technologies says personal data stolen by ransomware gang
Sensata Technologies is warning former and current employees it suffered a data breach after concluding an investigation into an April ransomware attack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sensata-technologies-says-personal-data-stolen-by-ransomware-gang/
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New Report Reveals Chinese Hackers Attempted to Breach SentinelOne Servers
SentinelLABS, a sophisticated reconnaissance operation targeting SentinelOne, a leading cybersecurity vendor, has been detailed as part of a broader espionage campaign linked to China-nexus threat actors. Tracked under the activity clusters PurpleHaze and ShadowPad, these operations spanned from July 2024 to March 2025, affecting over 70 organizations worldwide across sectors like government, media, manufacturing, finance,…
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Organised Crime Gang Steals £47 Million from UK Tax Office in Phishing Scam
An organised crime gang has stolen £47 million ($64 million) from the UK’s tax office by hacking into over 100,000 customer accounts and fraudulently claiming government payments. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed the breach but assured taxpayers that no individuals lost money. According to HMRC, criminals used stolen personal data, likely obtained through…
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Unmasking the silent saboteur you didn’t know was running the show
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, attack, authentication, backup, blockchain, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, firewall, firmware, GDPR, governance, Hardware, incident response, iot, ISO-27001, login, malicious, network, nis-2, PCI, service, siem, supply-chain, threat, zero-trustCybersecurity depends on accurate clocks : Your logs are only as valuable as your clocks are accurate. If your servers are out of sync, forget to reconstruct timelines. You’ll spend hours chasing phantom alerts. Event correlation and forensics Your SIEM is only as good as the timestamps it gets. Correlating events across endpoints, firewalls and cloud…