Tag: 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…
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Telegram Increasingly Used to Sell Access, Malware and Stolen Logs
Cybercriminals are now increasingly using Telegram to sell corporate access, malware subscriptions, and stealer logs, turning the messaging app into a fast cybercrime hub. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/telegram-used-sell-access-malware-stolen-logs/
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Data breach at University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center impacts 1.2 Million individuals
A ransomware attack on the University of HawaiÊ»i Cancer Center exposed personal data of 1.2 million people. A 2025 ransomware attack targeting the University of HawaiÊ»i Cancer Center compromised the personal information of about 1.2 million individuals. The attack hit the University of HawaiÊ»i Cancer Center on August 31, 2025, impacting servers that support research…
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LexisNexis Faces Data Breach After 2.04 GB of Data Allegedly Stolen
A threat actor known as FulcrumSec has claimed responsibility for a data breach at LexisNexis Legal & Professional, the legal information division of RELX Group. The actor alleges they have stolen 2.04 GB of structured data from the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The incident highlights significant security flaws, particularly concerning access controls…
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How to know you’re a real-deal CSO, and whether that job opening truly seeks one
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, communications, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, framework, governance, incident response, infosec, insurance, jobs, metric, privacy, radius, risk, skills, strategy, threat, training, vulnerabilityStriking the right balance of experience and responsibility: Mark G. McCreary, partner and chief AI and IT security officer at Boston-based legal firm Fox Rothschild LLP, has seen both extremes: security being completely sidelined and security professionals given excessive, unjustified authority.In some firms, a newly appointed CSO might be positioned as a gatekeeper without the…
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Gamers furious as indie studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach
Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won’t be a problem isn’t going down well First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/brit_games_studio_cloud_imperium/
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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LexisNexis Investigates Breach, Customer Data Access
LexisNexis confirmed a breach involving legacy servers and limited customer data. The company says there’s no impact to products or services. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/lexisnexis-investigates-breach-customer-data-accessed
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LexisNexis says hackers accessed legacy data in contained breach
The breach emerged this week when a threat actor claimed they stole 2 GB worth of information from the company that included millions of records. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/lexisnexis-says-hackers-accessed-legacy-data
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One Foothold, 25 Million Victims: The Risk Inside Modern Breaches
In last month’s reporting cycle, we saw one of the largest healthcare data breaches in U.S. history, ransomware groups tied to North Korea targeting hospitals, and firewall vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to create rogue administrative accounts almost instantly. Taken together, these incidents raise a more important question than who was hit. They force us to……
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Oracle EBS 2025 campaign impacts Madison Square Garden, sensitive data leaked
Madison Square Garden confirmed a data breach tied to the 2025 Oracle E-Business Suite hacking campaign. Madison Square Garden (MSG) has confirmed it was affected by a data breach linked to the 2025 cybercrime campaign targeting Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) customers. Madison Square Garden (MSG) is a world-famous multi-purpose indoor arena located in New York…
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Hacktivists Claim DHS Breach, Leak 6,600+ ICE Contractor Records
Hacktivists claim they breached DHS systems, leaking records tied to 6,681 ICE contractor applicants, including major tech and defense firms. The post Hacktivists Claim DHS Breach, Leak 6,600+ ICE Contractor Records appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-dhs-ice-contractor-data-leak-hacktivist-claim/
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Surviving Ransomware: Best practices to safeguard your business
By Robbie Ross, cyber security lead, Converged Communication Solutions It’s not if but when. This is a phrase that has been echoed across the cyber security industry for several years, but when it comes to ransomware the message is still not penetrating widely enough. The 2025 UK Government Cyber Breaches Survey highlighted that just 32%…
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LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files
American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lexisnexis-confirms-data-breach-as-hackers-leak-stolen-files/
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1.2 Million Bank Accounts Exposed in Financial Systems Breach
When headlines break about a financial systems breach, most people assume malware was involved. Ransomware. Exploits. A zero-day vulnerability. But in February 2026, French authorities confirmed something different: approximately 1.2 million bank accounts were exposed after attackers accessed the national FICOBA registry using stolen credentials belonging to a government official. There was no forced entry….…
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Ransomware is now less about malware and more about impersonation
Stolen passwords have replaced infectious code as the most common tactic in major breaches, Cloudflare said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ransomware-identity-ai-cloudflare/813319/
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Until last month, attackers could’ve stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite
AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/perplexity_comet_browser_hole_cal_invite/
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Until last month, attackers could’ve stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite
AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/perplexity_comet_browser_hole_cal_invite/
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Star Citizen game dev discloses breach affecting user data
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the game developer behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, says attackers breached systems containing some users’ personal information in January. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/star-citizen-game-dev-discloses-breach-affecting-user-data/
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Huge “Shadow Layer” of Organizations Hit by Supply Chain Attacks
Black Kite reveals 26,000 unnamed corporate victims linked to 136 third-party breaches First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/shadow-layer-organizations-supply/
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UH Cancer Center data breach affects nearly 1.2 million people
The University of Hawaii confirmed that a ransomware gang stole the data of nearly 1.2 million individuals in August 2025 after breaching its Cancer Center’s Epidemiology Division. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-of-hawaii-cancer-center-ransomware-attack-affects-nearly-12-million-people/
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7 factors impacting the cyber skills gap
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, control, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, group, incident response, intelligence, jobs, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability2. Emerging technologies: New technologies, particularly AI, are contributing to a cyber landscape that’s evolving so quickly it’s hard for even highly skilled cybersecurity professionals to pace, says Dan Lohrmann, CISO at enterprise strategy and consulting firm Presidio.AI-driven threats keep moving the target, allowing cybercriminals to attack with unprecedented levels of speed and agility, Lohrmann…
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Gamers furious as Brit studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach
Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won’t be a problem isn’t going down well First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/brit_games_studio_cloud_imperium/
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University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center confirms data leak following ransomware attack
Part of the breach was traced back to a Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study established in 1993, which used driver’s license numbers and voter registration records to recruit participants. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/university-of-hawaii-ransomware-data-breach
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Florida woman imprisoned for massive Microsoft license fraud scheme
A Florida woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for running a massive years-long scheme to traffic thousands of stolen Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/florida-woman-imprisoned-for-massive-microsoft-license-fraud-scheme/
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Top Data Breaches of February 2026
February 2026 brought a series of significant data breaches spanning automotive, aviation, hospitality, finance, telecom, and media. The incidents were not driven by a single attack method. Some resulted from… The post Top Data Breaches of February 2026 appeared first on Strobes Security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/top-data-breaches-of-february-2026/
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APT37 combines cloud storage and USB implants to infiltrate air-gapped systems
North Korea-linked APT 37 used Zoho WorkDrive and USB malware to breach air-gapped networks in the Ruby Jumper campaign. North Korean group ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) deployed new tools in a campaign dubbed Ruby Jumper, using a backdoor that leverages Zoho WorkDrive for C2 and a USB-based implant to breach air-gapped systems. Zscaler ThreatLabz…
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Pakistan’s Top News Channels Hacked and Hijacked With Anti-Military Messages
Major Pakistani TV channels, including Geo News and ARY News, were hit by a coordinated cyberattack on 1 March 2026. Hackers took control of live satellite feeds to display unauthorised messages. Read more about the breach, the regional impact, and the reported counter-cyber response. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/pakistan-news-channels-hacked-anti-military-messages/