Tag: breach
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Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover
Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerabilityCybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
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FBI investigates breach of surveillance and wiretap systems
Tags: breachThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed on Thursday that it’s investigating a breach that affected systems used to manage surveillance and wiretap warrants. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-investigates-breach-of-surveillance-and-wiretap-systems/
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LeakBase marketplace unplugged by cops in 14 countries
Tags: banking, breach, credentials, cybercrime, data, germany, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, marketplace, phishing, service, theftGlobal effort: Thanks to international co-operation, a number of criminal marketplaces have been seized in recent years, including BreachForums and RaidForums.Law enforcement agencies involved in various ways in this week’s takedown came from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kosovo, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the US.News of the seizure comes…
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ShinyHunters Claims Woflow Breach: What It Means for SaaS Supply Chain Security
Learn the security risks in SaaS supply chains and about ShinyHunters’ evolving extortion tactics behind the alleged Woflow breach. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/shinyhunters-claims-woflow-breach-what-it-means-for-saas-supply-chain-security/
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Breach Roundup: Patches and Hacks on Cisco Equipment
Also: Trojanized RedAlert App, Tycoon 2FA Takedown, CyberStrikeAI Attacks. This week, Cisco patches and hacks. Trojanized app targeted Israelis. Bye-bye, Tycoon 2FA. Also bye-bye LeakBase. A LexisNexis breach. Woman sentenced for trafficking Microsoft licenses. Silver Dragon targeted governments. Broadcom patch. A Mississippi medical clinic resumed operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-patches-hacks-on-cisco-equipment-a-30927
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Breach Roundup: Patches and Hacks on Cisco Equipment
Also: Trojanized RedAlert App, Tycoon 2FA Takedown, CyberStrikeAI Attacks. This week, Cisco patches and hacks. Trojanized app targeted Israelis. Bye-bye, Tycoon 2FA. Also bye-bye LeakBase. A LexisNexis breach. Woman sentenced for trafficking Microsoft licenses. Silver Dragon targeted governments. Broadcom patch. A Mississippi medical clinic resumed operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-patches-hacks-on-cisco-equipment-a-30927
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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Cybersecurity’s Fundamental Flaw: It’s Still an Open-Loop System
<div cla The cybersecurity industry has no shortage of tools, frameworks, controls, and acronyms. Organizations deploy SIEM/SOARs, vulnerability scanners, EDRs, IAM platforms, SSE, and Zero Trust architectures, often simultaneously. Yet breaches continue. And they’re accelerating. This isn’t a tooling failure. It’s a systems-engineering failure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/cybersecuritys-fundamental-flaw-its-still-an-open-loop-system/
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LeakBase Cybercrime and Hacker Forum Seized
Europol seizes LeakBase cybercrime and hacker forum used to trade stolen data, disrupting a global platform with over 140,000 members. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/leakbase-cybercrime-hacker-forum-seized/
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Should Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure?
Tags: access, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, encryption, fido, finance, framework, governance, Hardware, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, mfa, network, nis-2, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, supply-chain, technologyShould Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure? madhav Thu, 03/05/2026 – 09:53 Over the past few years, large-scale cloud outages have demonstrated just how deeply digital services are woven into the fabric of modern society. When widely used cloud platforms experience disruption, the impact extends far beyond individual applications; banking services stall, transport systems falter,…
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Operation Leak: FBI and Europol dismantle LeakBase Cybercrime forum
The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum in an international crackdown led by Europol. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum (leakbase[.]la), a platform used to trade hacking tools and stolen data. The action formed part of “Operation Leak,” an international effort coordinated by Europol involving authorities from 14…
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Operation Leak: FBI and Europol dismantle LeakBase Cybercrime forum
The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum in an international crackdown led by Europol. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum (leakbase[.]la), a platform used to trade hacking tools and stolen data. The action formed part of “Operation Leak,” an international effort coordinated by Europol involving authorities from 14…
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Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts
Organizations typically roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) and assume stolen passwords are no longer enough to access systems. In Windows environments, that assumption is often wrong. Attackers still compromise networks every day using valid credentials. The issue is not MFA itself, but coverage. Enforced through an identity provider (IdP) such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta,…
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Europol Operation Seizes LeakBase Data Breach Site
A global operation has resulted in the takedown of popular cybercrime forum LeakBase First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/europol-seizes-leakbase-data/
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LeakBase cybercrime forum with 142,000 users taken down in global operation
LeakBase, an open-web cybercrime forum facilitating the trade of leaked databases and “stealer logs” containing stolen credentials, has been taken down in an international law … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/05/europol-leakbase-forum-takedown/
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FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials
A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.The LeakBase forum, per the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between members as of December 2025. Those attempting to access the…
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Operation Leak: Authorities Dismantle LeakBase Forum, Secure User Data and IP Logs
The FBI, working alongside international law enforcement agencies, has successfully dismantled the notorious cybercriminal forum LeakBase. Dubbed >>Operation Leak,<< this coordinated global effort resulted in the seizure of the platform's domains and its underlying infrastructure. LeakBase was a prominent online destination where cybercriminals gathered to buy, sell, and trade stolen databases, corporate data, and personal…
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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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Fake Zoom, Teams Meeting Invites Use Compromised Certificates to Drop Malware
A new phishing campaign is using stolen certificates from TrustConnect Software PTY LTD to sign malware. By impersonating updates for Zoom and Microsoft Teams, hackers install RMM tools to gain persistent, privileged access to networks First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-zoom-teams-invites-malware-certificates/
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How a Single Overprivileged Service Turned the LexisNexis Breach Into a Keysthe-Kingdom Moment
3 min readLegal AI solutions provider LexisNexis has confirmed a massive breach of its AWS environment According to reports, initial access was gained by exploiting the “React2Shell” vulnerability in an unpatched React frontend application a flaw the company had reportedly left unaddressed for months. Among the details reportedly posted by the attacker is the claim…
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The Instagram API Scraping Crisis: When ‘Public’ Data Becomes a 17.5 Million User Breach
17.5 million Instagram accounts leaked through API scraping. Meta denies breach, but your data is on the dark web. Here’s what actually happened. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/the-instagram-api-scraping-crisis-when-public-data-becomes-a-17-5-million-user-breach/
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US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools
Authorities say LeakBase was “one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals,” and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/u-s-and-eu-police-shut-down-leakbase-a-site-accused-of-sharing-stolen-passwords-and-hacking-tools/
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FBI seizes LeakBase cybercrime forum, data of 142,000 members
The FBI has seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum, a major online forum used by cybercriminals buy and sell hacking tools and stolen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-leakbase-cybercrime-forum-data-of-142-000-members/
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Sprawling FBI, European operation takes down Leakbase cybercriminal forum
The FBI and European law enforcement agencies carried out a global crackdown on a cybercrime forum where criminals bought and sold stolen credentials and exploits of software vulnerabilities. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/leakbase-cybercrime-fbi-europe-takedown
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LexisNexis confirms data breach at Legal & Professional arm, some customer records affected
Crooks claim 2 GB haul from AWS instance via React2Shell exploit First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/lexisnexis_legal_professional_confirms_data/
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Ransomware Breach at University of Hawaii Cancer Center Affects 1.2M People
The University of Hawaii Cancer Centre has confirmed a massive ransomware attack affecting 1.24 million people. Sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and historical voter records dating back to 1993, was compromised. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ransomware-breach-university-of-hawaii-cancer-center/
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Ransomware Breach at University of Hawaii Cancer Center Affects 1.2M People
The University of Hawaii Cancer Centre has confirmed a massive ransomware attack affecting 1.24 million people. Sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and historical voter records dating back to 1993, was compromised. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ransomware-breach-university-of-hawaii-cancer-center/
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Cyber Defense Magazine – A New Bell Rings For K-12 Cloud Security After the Illuminate Settlement
This article was originally published in Cyber Defense Magazine on 02/09/26 by Charlie Sander. The Illuminate incident serves as a crucial reminder to edtech vendors of the potential backlash that can occur when privacy promises are not upheld In a recent complaint, the FTC addresses Illuminate Education’s need to strengthen its data security after a breach…
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Shadow AI vs Managed AI: What’s the Difference? FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, computer, control, credentials, credit-card, data, data-breach, framework, google, injection, intelligence, Internet, law, LLM, malicious, mitre, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, software, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityMar 04, 2026 – – Quick Facts: Shadow AI vs. Managed AIShadow AI is a visibility gap: It refers to any AI tool used by employees that the IT department doesn’t know about. Most companies have 10x more AI tools in use than they realize.Managed AI is a “Paved Path”: It uses approved, secure versions…