Tag: data-breach
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Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases
Russian hackers stole and leaked MoD files on eight RAF and Navy bases, exposing staff data in a “catastrophic” cyberattack via Dodd Group breach. Russian cybercrime group Lynx breached Dodd Group, a contractor for the UK Ministry of Defence, stealing and leaking hundreds of sensitive files on eight RAF and Royal Navy bases. The incident…
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Flawed Vendor Guidance Exposes Enterprises to Avoidable Risk
Oracle E-Business Suite customers received conflicting deployment guidance, leaving enterprises exposed a recent zero-day flaw, Andrew argues. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/oracle-s-flawed-waf-guidance-left-its-customers-vulnerable-to-ransomware-attack
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UK Ministry of Defense Probes Military Contractor Data Leak
Ransomware Group Lynx Reportedly Stole 4TB of Data. The U.K. Ministry of Defense is investigating an apparent data breach by Russian-speaking ransomware hackers of a building facilities contractor with ties to the military. The Lynx ransomware group posted on its darkweb site samples of what it says is 4 terabytes of data stolen from the…
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Over 75,000 WatchGuard security devices vulnerable to critical RCE
Nearly 76,000 WatchGuard Firebox network security appliances are exposed on the public web and still vulnerable to a critical issue (CVE-2025-9242) that could allow a remote attacker to execute code without authentication. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-75-000-watchguard-security-devices-vulnerable-to-critical-rce/
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Home security firm Verisure reports data breach at Swedish subsidiary
Sweden-based home security provider Verisure said a local subsidiary known as Alert Alarm suffered a data breach that was limited to that brand’s systems. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/verisure-data-breach-sweden-alert-alarm-subsidiary
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Prosper Confirms Data Breach Impacting 17 Million Users
Prosper confirmed a major data breach affecting 17 million people. Learn what happened, why it matters for fintech security, and how IT leaders can respond. The post Prosper Confirms Data Breach Impacting 17 Million Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-prosper-data-breach/
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Hundreds of masked ICE agents doxxed by hackers, as personal details posted on Telegram
Hundreds of US government officials working for the FBI, ICE, and Department of Justice have had their personal data leaked by a notorious hacking group. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hundreds-masked-ice-agents-doxxed-hackers-personal-details-posted-telegram
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F5 breach exposes 262,000 BIG-IP systems worldwide
Over 262K F5 BIG-IP devices exposed after threat actors stole source code and data on undisclosed flaws in a recent F5 breach. Over 262,000 F5 BIG-IP devices are exposed online after F5 confirmed a breach by nation-state actors who stole source code and data on undisclosed flaws. The Shadowserver Foundation found 262,269 F5 BIG-IP systems…
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Week in review: F5 data breach, Microsoft patches three actively exploited zero-days
Tags: breach, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, healthcare, microsoft, strategy, WeeklyReview, zero-dayHere’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works In this Help Net … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/19/week-in-review-f5-data-breach-microsoft-patches-three-actively-exploited-zero-days/
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Static vs Dynamic Android App Pentesting: How AutoSecT Combines Both
When you build a mobile app, two kinds of risks hide inside it. One lives in the code, and the risks are hard-coded secrets, weak encryption, and forgotten debug settings. The other only appears when the app is running. The risks involved in this scenario are broken logins, unsafe network calls, or exposed data in……
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‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber-attack
The security chief of SolarWinds reflects on the Russian hack that exposed US government agencies and the heart attack he suffered in the aftermathTim Brown will remember 12 December 2020 for ever.It was the day the software company SolarWinds was notified it had been hacked by Russia. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/19/global-cyber-attack-russian-hack-solarwinds-stress-health”>Continue reading… First seen on theguardian.com Jump…
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Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials
Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-hackers-dox-ice-dhs-doj-and-fbi-officials/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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Prosper Market Data Breach Affects 17.6M Individuals
Breach Notification Service Details Peer-to-Peer Lending Marketplace Victim Count. Hackers appear to have stolen personal information pertaining to more than 17 million individuals from peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper, including Social Security numbers, contact information and some income and financial details, says the Have I Been Pwned breach notification service. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Over 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances exposed to remote attacks
Internet security nonprofit Shadowserver Foundation has found more than 266,000 F5 BIG-IP instances exposed online after the security breach disclosed by cybersecurity company F5 this week. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-266-000-f5-big-ip-instances-exposed-to-remote-attacks/
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts
Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individual borrowers with investors. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prosper allows people to apply for personal loans online, while investors can fund portions of those loans…
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Kundendaten geleakt – Cyberangriff auf australische Fluggesellschaft Qantas
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberangriff-auf-qantas-millionen-kundendaten-entwendet-a-7cccf733f59cb9e6fcca60a89e3604f5/
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Cyberkriminelle erbeuten Kundendaten von Modekonzern Mango
Hacker haben Kundendaten des Modekonzerns Mango gestohlen. Auch deutsche Kunden sind betroffen.Kriminelle Hacker haben massenhaft persönliche Daten von Kunden des spanischen Modekonzerns Mango erbeutet. Ein externer Marketingdienstleister habe einen unbefugten Zugriff auf bestimmte personenbezogene Daten von Kunden festgestellt, heißt es in einer E-Mail an Betroffene, darunter auch Kundinnen und Kunden aus Deutschland. Mango betonte, dass…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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Cyberkriminelle erbeuten Kundendaten von Modekonzern Mango
Hacker haben Kundendaten des Modekonzerns Mango gestohlen. Auch deutsche Kunden sind betroffen.Kriminelle Hacker haben massenhaft persönliche Daten von Kunden des spanischen Modekonzerns Mango erbeutet. Ein externer Marketingdienstleister habe einen unbefugten Zugriff auf bestimmte personenbezogene Daten von Kunden festgestellt, heißt es in einer E-Mail an Betroffene, darunter auch Kundinnen und Kunden aus Deutschland. Mango betonte, dass…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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Cyberkriminelle erbeuten Kundendaten von Modekonzern Mango
Hacker haben Kundendaten des Modekonzerns Mango gestohlen. Auch deutsche Kunden sind betroffen.Kriminelle Hacker haben massenhaft persönliche Daten von Kunden des spanischen Modekonzerns Mango erbeutet. Ein externer Marketingdienstleister habe einen unbefugten Zugriff auf bestimmte personenbezogene Daten von Kunden festgestellt, heißt es in einer E-Mail an Betroffene, darunter auch Kundinnen und Kunden aus Deutschland. Mango betonte, dass…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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Auction house Sotheby’s disclosed a July data breach
Sotheby’s reported a July 24 breach exposing customer and financial data; it took two months to assess the stolen information and affected individuals. Sotheby’s reported a data breach that exposed customer information, including financial details. The company discovered the security breach on July 24, and investigators spent two months determining what data was stolen and…
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Auction house Sotheby’s disclosed a July data breach
Sotheby’s reported a July 24 breach exposing customer and financial data; it took two months to assess the stolen information and affected individuals. Sotheby’s reported a data breach that exposed customer information, including financial details. The company discovered the security breach on July 24, and investigators spent two months determining what data was stolen and…
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Over 269,000 F5 Devices Found Exposed Online After Massive Breach
A recent breach of F5 Networks’ infrastructure has left more than 269,000 devices exposed and vulnerable to attack. Security researchers first detected unusual activity on F5’s management portal, prompting the company to issue an alert and patch critical vulnerabilities. However, despite swift action, a daily snapshot from Shadowserver shows that nearly 269,000 unique IP addresses…