Tag: breach
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Amazon is still hosting spyware victims’ data weeks after breach alert
Amazon won’t say if it will stop hosting data from three phone surveillance operations that spilled private data on millions of people. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/amazon-is-still-hosting-stalkerware-victims-data-weeks-after-breach-alert/
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Reading the Data Breach Tea Leaves: Preventing Data Exfiltration Before it Happens
Data exfiltration has traditionally been the end goal among threat actors whether it’s for financial gain, political gain or to simply wreak havoc. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/reading-the-data-breach-tea-leaves-preventing-data-exfiltration-before-it-happens/
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Best Cloud Pentesting Tool in 2025: Azure, AWS, GCP
Tags: breach, cloud, data, data-breach, exploit, hacker, penetration-testing, risk, tactics, tool, vulnerabilityCloud pentesting involves manually or automatically exploiting vulnerabilities detected by a security expert or vulnerability scanner, simulating real-world hacker tactics to uncover weaknesses. By identifying these vulnerabilities, cloud providers and customers can strengthen data security and mitigate risks, preventing incidents like the February 2024 23andMe breach, which exposed the private data of over 700 million……
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In Other News: Swiss Breach Disclosure Rules, ESP32 Chip Backdoor Disputed, MassJacker
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Switzerland requires disclosure of critical infrastructure attacks, ESP32 chips don’t contain a backdoor, MassJacker cryptojacking malware. The post In Other News: Swiss Breach Disclosure Rules, ESP32 Chip Backdoor Disputed, MassJacker appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-swiss-breach-disclosure-rules-esp32-chip-backdoor-disputed-massjacker/
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Live Ransomware Demo: See How Hackers Breach Networks and Demand a Ransom
Cyber threats evolve daily. In this live webinar, learn exactly how ransomware attacks unfold”, from the initial breach to the moment hackers demand payment.Join Joseph Carson, Delinea’s Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO, who brings 25 years of enterprise security expertise. Through a live demonstration, he will break down every technical step of a ransomware…
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The most notorious and damaging ransomware of all time
Tags: access, android, attack, backdoor, backup, banking, botnet, breach, communications, computer, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, germany, google, government, group, hacker, hacking, healthcare, infection, infrastructure, international, jobs, korea, law, lazarus, leak, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, msp, network, north-korea, office, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, russia, service, software, spam, switch, technology, threat, tool, ukraine, update, usa, virus, vulnerability, windowsConti: History: First appearing in May 2020, the Conti RaaS platform is considered the successor to the Ryuk ransomware. As of January 2021, Conti is believed to have infected over 150 organizations and earned millions of dollars for its criminal developers and their affiliates. At least three new versions have been found since its inception.How it works: Conti uses the…
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Lazarus Breaches IIS: Web Shells Evolving C2 Tactics Unveiled
The notorious North Korean threat actor Lazarus Group has been identified breaching Windows web servers to establish command-and-control First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/lazarus-breaches-iis-web-shells-evolving-c2-tactics-unveiled/
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SafeBreach Coverage for US CERT AA25-071A (Medusa Ransomware)
SafeBreach has added coverage against the Medusa ransomware variant, which has been used to target critical infrastructure organizations, demand ransom payment, and threaten to leak stolen data. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/safebreach-coverage-for-us-cert-aa25-071a-medusa-ransomware/
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Breach Roundup: The Ivanti Patch Treadmill
Also: Patch Tuesday, Equalize Scandal Figure Dies and Polymorphic Extension Attack. This week, Ivanti EPM customers should patch, Patch Tuesday, fake web browser extensions, North Korean Android malware, a key figure in Italy’s Equalize scandal dead of heart attack. Also, Apache Camel flaw, OpenAI’s agent automates phishing and Apple patched another zero day. First seen…
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Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert
Amazon won’t say if it will stop hosting data from three phone surveillance operations that spilled private data on millions of people. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/amazon-is-still-hosting-stalkerware-victims-data-weeks-after-breach-alert/
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Australian financial firm hit with lawsuit after massive data breach
Tags: access, awareness, breach, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, firewall, infrastructure, malware, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-management, software, threat, training, updateproperly configuring and monitoring firewalls to protect against cyber-attacksupdating and patching software and operating systems consistently and in a timely mannerproviding regular, mandatory cybersecurity awareness training to staffallocating inadequate human, technological, and financial resources to manage cybersecurity.As a result of those failures, ASIC said in its court filing, “A FIIG employee inadvertently downloaded a .zip…
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86,000+ Healthcare Staff Records Exposed Due to AWS S3 Misconfiguration
A non-password-protected database belonging to ESHYFT, a New Jersey-based HealthTech company, was recently discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The database contained over 86,000 records, amounting to 108.8 GB of sensitive information. This data breach, while not attributed to intentional malice, highlights the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures in the healthcare sector. Background of…
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New DCRat Campaign Uses YouTube Videos to Target Users
A new campaign involving the DCRat backdoor has recently been uncovered, leveraging YouTube as a primary distribution channel. Since the beginning of the year, attackers have been using the popular video-sharing platform to target users by creating fake or stolen accounts. These malicious actors upload videos that appear to offer cheats, cracks, game bots, and…
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Clop Leaks Data Purportedly Stolen From Rackspace
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/clop-leaks-data-purportedly-stolen-from-rackspace
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95% of data breaches involve human error, report reveals
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/95-of-data-breaches-involve-human-error-report-reveals
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PowerSchool Portal Compromised Months Before Massive Data Breach
Hackers used compromised credentials to access PowerSchool’s PowerSource portal months before the December 2024 data breach. The post PowerSchool Portal Compromised Months Before Massive Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/powerschool-portal-compromised-months-before-massive-data-breach/
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Chinese Hackers Breach Juniper Networks Routers With Custom Backdoors and Rootkits
The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC3886 has been observed targeting end-of-life MX routers from Juniper Networks as part of a campaign designed to deploy custom backdoors, highlighting their ability to focus on internal networking infrastructure.”The backdoors had varying custom capabilities, including active and passive backdoor functions, as well as an embedded script that…
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PowerSchool data breach preceded by months-long systems compromise
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/powerschool-data-breach-preceded-by-months-long-systems-compromise
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PowerSchool Data Breach Preceded By Months-Long System Compromise
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/powerschool-data-breach-preceded-by-months-long-system-compromise
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Separate US healthcare breaches impact over 560K
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/separate-us-healthcare-breaches-impact-over-560k
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New York attorney general hits Allstate with suit over data breaches
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-hits-allstate-with-suit-over-data-breaches
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Switzerland’s NCSC requires cyberattack reporting for critical infrastructure within 24 hours
Switzerland’s NCSC mandates critical infrastructure organizations to report cyberattacks within 24 hours of discovery. Switzerland’s National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) now requires critical infrastructure organizations to report cyberattacks within 24 hours due to rising cybersecurity threats. The new policy related to security breach notification is introduced as a response to the increasing number of cyber incident.…
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Silk Typhoon Hackers Indicted
Lots of interesting details in the story: The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of 12 Chinese individuals accused of more than a decade of hacker intrusions around the world, including eight staffers for the contractor i-Soon, two officials at China’s Ministry of Public Security who allegedly worked with them, and two…
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New York Sues Allstate Over Data Breach and Security Failures
New York sues Allstate over data breach, alleging security failures that exposed the driver’s license numbers of nearly 200,000 individuals First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-york-sues-allstate-data-breach/
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Threat Actors Evade Security Measures to Launch SIM Swap Attacks
SIM swapping fraud continues to pose a significant threat to individuals and financial institutions, despite ongoing efforts by telecom providers and regulatory bodies to enhance security measures. This type of fraud involves fraudsters gaining control of a victim’s phone number by swapping or porting their SIM card, often using stolen personal and financial information obtained…
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Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made
Some subpostmasters affected by Post Office data breach offered interim compensation payments First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366620384/Post-Office-scandal-data-leak-interim-compensation-offers-made
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New York sues Allstate and subsidiaries for backback data breaches
A pair of data breaches in late 2020 and early 2021 exposed driver’s license numbers of almost 200,000 people. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/new-york-lawsuit-allstate-national-general-data-privacy/
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PowerSchool previously hacked in August, months before data breach
PowerSchool has published a long-awaited CrowdStrike investigation into its massive December 2024 data breach, which determined that the company was previously hacked over 4 months earlier, in August, and then again in September. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-previously-hacked-in-august-months-before-data-breach/
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New York Sues Insurance Giant Over Data Breaches
The New York Attorney General sued National General and its parent company Allstate over two data breaches. The post New York Sues Insurance Giant Over Data Breaches appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/new-york-sues-insurance-giant-over-data-breaches/