Tag: data-breach
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Hackers Exploiting Exposed Jupyter Notebooks to Deploy Cryptominers
Cado Security Labs has identified a sophisticated cryptomining campaign exploiting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks, targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The attack utilizes multiple stages of obfuscation, including encrypted payloads and COM object manipulation, to ultimately deploy miners for various cryptocurrencies including Monero, Ravencoin, and several others. This previously unreported exploitation method demonstrates how threat actors…
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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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Remote Access Infra Remains Riskiest Corp. Attack Surface
Exposed login panels for VPNs and remote access systems leave companies open to attack, sometimes tripling the risk of ransomware and making it harder to get cyber insurance. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/remote-access-infra-remains-riskiest-corp-attack-surface
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Tens of millions of secrets publicly exposed in GitHub last year
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/tens-of-millions-of-secrets-publicly-exposed-in-github-last-year
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HealthTech Database Exposed 108GB Medical and Employment Records
A misconfigured database exposed 108.8 GB of sensitive data, including information on over 86,000 healthcare workers affiliated with… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/healthtech-database-exposed-medical-employment-records/
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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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360 Privacy Raises $36 Million for Digital Executive Protection Platform
360 Privacy has raised $36 million in equity investment to scour the surface and dark web for leaked PII and remove it. The post 360 Privacy Raises $36 Million for Digital Executive Protection Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/360-privacy-raises-36-million-for-digital-executive-protection-platform/
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Tata Technologies’ data leaked by ransomware gang
A ransomware gang has leaked internal Tata Technologies data, a month after the company confirmed a ransomware attack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/tata-technologies-data-leaked-by-ransomware-gang/
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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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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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News alert: GitGuardian discloses 70% of leaked secrets remain active 2 years, remediation urgent
Boston, Mass., Mar. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire, GitGuardian, the security leader behind GitHub’s most installed application, today released its comprehensive “2025 State of Secrets Sprawl Report,” revealing a widespread and persistent security crisis that threatens organizations of all sizes.”¦ (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/news-alert-gitguardian-discloses-70-of-leaked-secrets-remain-active-2-years-remediation-urgent/
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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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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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GitGuardian Report: 70% of Leaked Secrets Remain Active for Two Years, Urging Immediate Remediation
Boston, USA, 11th March 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/gitguardian-report-70-of-leaked-secrets-remain-active-for-two-years-urging-immediate-remediation/
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Trump administration ends FTC’s ransomware data breach case against MGM Resorts
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shuttered its case against MGM Resorts International centered on the company’s handling of personal data stolen during a 2023 ransomware attack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/trump-admin-ends-ftc-ransomware-case
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CISOs and CIOs forge vital partnerships for business success
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, communications, corporate, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, firewall, framework, ibm, infrastructure, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threatVikram Nafde, EVP and CIO, Webster Bank Webster BankAs is the case at many companies, Webster Bank’s CISO Patty Voight reports into the CIO. While there is a direct line between the executive functions, Nafde says the structure is collaborative, not hierarchical, a significant evolution as the intensity of threats escalate, raising the bar for…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 514 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Akira ransomware gang used an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach…
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Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach that impacted 18,000 companies
A data breach suffered by the Japanese telecom giant NTT exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach that exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. On February 5th, the security team detected suspicious activity in its ‘Order Information Distribution System,’ and immediately restricted access to device A.…
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EncryptHub malware operations, attack chain exposed
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/encrypthub-malware-operations-attack-chain-exposed
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Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies
Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-japanese-telecom-giant-ntt-hits-18-000-companies/
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18,000 Organizations Impacted by NTT Com Data Breach
NTT Communications Corporation has disclosed a data breach impacting the information of nearly 18,000 customer organizations. The post 18,000 Organizations Impacted by NTT Com Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/18000-organizations-impacted-by-ntt-com-data-breach/
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Many Schools Report Data Breach After Retirement Services Firm Hit by Ransomware
Dozens of schools and thousands of individuals are impacted by a data breach resulting from a ransomware attack on Carruth Compliance Consulting. The post Many Schools Report Data Breach After Retirement Services Firm Hit by Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/many-schools-report-data-breach-after-retirement-services-firm-hit-by-ransomware/