Tag: data
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Major Data Breach Hits Company Operating 150 Gas Stations in the US
Texas based Gulshan Management Services, operator of Handi Plus and Handi Stop gas stations, reports a data breach impacting over 377,000 people. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/data-breach-us-gas-stations-company/
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Debian seeks volunteers to rebuild its data protection team
Tags: dataThe Debian Project is asking for volunteers to step in after its Data Protection Team became inactive. All three members of the team stepped down at the same time, leaving no … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/07/debian-data-protection-team/
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Dark Web Intelligence: How to Leverage OSINT for Proactive Threat Mitigation
Staying one step ahead of cybercriminals requires a proactive approach. Integrating dark web intelligence into your open-source intelligence (OSINT) gives you an early view of emerging threats. As security expert Daniel Collyer says, dark web intelligence is “an essential part of a good OSINT strategy,” it’s the information that’s invisible on the surface web. Open-source intelligence is when you take all the publicly available data and turn it..…
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Securing the Knowledge Layer: Enterprise Security Architecture Frameworks for Proprietary Data Integration With Large Language Models
A practical overview of security architectures, threat models, and controls for protecting proprietary enterprise data in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/securing-the-knowledge-layer-enterprise-security-architecture-frameworks-for-proprietary-data-integration-with-large-language-models/
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Malicious Chrome Extension Leaks ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats of 900,000 Users
Over 900,000 Chrome users have been compromised by two malicious extensions that secretly exfiltrate ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations to attacker-controlled servers. Security researchers discovered the extensions impersonating the legitimate AITOPIA AI sidebar tool, with one rogue extension even earning Google’s >>Featured
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8 things CISOs can’t afford to get wrong in 2026
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, finance, firmware, GDPR, healthcare, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, iot, jobs, law, malicious, monitoring, network, privacy, ransom, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trust“Identity and access controls for AI agents and AI platforms are one of the most important areas of concern for CISOs,” says Jason Stading, director at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. “Right now, permissions and access rights for AI are a black box in many areas. We will see a major push over…
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Automated data poisoning proposed as a solution for AI theft threat
Tags: ai, breach, business, cyber, data, encryption, framework, intelligence, LLM, malicious, microsoft, resilience, risk, risk-management, technology, theft, threatKnowledge graphs 101: A bit of background about knowledge graphs: LLMs use a technique called Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to search for information based on a user query and provide the results as additional reference for the AI system’s answer generation. In 2024, Microsoft introduced GraphRAG to help LLMs answer queries needing information beyond the data on…
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Gen AI data violations more than double
Security teams track activity that moves well beyond traditional SaaS platforms, with employees interacting daily with generative AI tools, personal cloud services, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/07/gen-ai-data-violations-2026/
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Why is proactive management vital for NHIs?
Are Your Machine Identities Safeguarded? The management of non-human identities (NHIs) is fast becoming a pivotal element in ensuring robust data protection. Focusing on machine identities used within cybersecurity frameworks, NHIs are essentially the lifeblood of cloud-based environments, bridging the gap between technological innovation and security protocols. This focus seeks to alleviate the disconnection often……
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How does Agentic AI drive business value?
What Role Does Agentic AI Play in Enhancing Business Value? A pertinent question arises: How can organizations leverage Agentic AI to enhance business value effectively? Where a data management and cybersecurity expert specializing in Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets security management, exploring the strategic implementation of Agentic AI in various industries is crucial. This AI……
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Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale
Crimson Collective claims ‘sophisticated attack’ that allows them to ‘disconnect every user from their mobile service’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/brightspeed_investigates_breach/
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Missing MFA Strikes Again: Hacker Hits Collaboration Tools
Terabytes of Data Stolen From Cloud-Based Collaboration Tools, Researchers Warn. Dozens of organizations that use real-time content collaboration platforms appear to have lost not only credentials but also terabytes of hosted data to information-stealing malware being wielded by an initial access broker with a sideline in auctioning large volumes of stolen data. First seen on…
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Two cybersecurity experts plead guilty to running ransomware operation
First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4112400/two-cybersecurity-experts-plead-guilty-to-running-ransomware-operation.html
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Flare Researchers Analyze SafePay Ransomware Leak Data
Flare researchers analyzed SafePay leak data, showing how the group targets regulated SMBs to maximize pressure. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/flare-researchers-analyze-safepay-ransomware-leak-data/
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Ledger Confirms Global-e Breach, Warns Users of Phishing Attempts
Ledger confirms data breach via Global-e partner. Customer info exposed, phishing attacks active. No passwords or crypto recovery phrases leaked. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ledger-global-e-breach-phishing-attempts/
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WordPress Admins Targeted by Renewal Email Phishing Scam
A phishing campaign targeting WordPress admins uses fake renewal emails to steal credit card data and 2FA codes in real time. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/wordpress-admins-targeted-by-renewal-email-phishing-scam/
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Two Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats from 900,000 Users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to servers under the attackers’ control.The names of the extensions, which collectively have over 900,000 users, are below -Chat GPT for Chrome with GPT-5, Claude Sonnet & DeepSeek AI…
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How Leboncoin Blocks Millions of Malicious Requests Every Day
Learn how Leboncoin blocks 9.5M malicious requests daily with DataDome’s plug”‘and”‘play, AI-driven protection across web & mobile to safeguard user data & brand. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/how-leboncoin-blocks-millions-of-malicious-requests-every-day/
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Crypto wallet shop Ledger confirms customer data lifted in Global-e snafu
Order and contact details accessed via ecommerce partner, and phishing has begun First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/ledger_globale_breach/
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Open WebUI bug turns the ‘free model’ into an enterprise backdoor
Tags: access, api, authentication, backdoor, data, exploit, flaw, malicious, mitigation, network, nvd, remote-code-execution, risk, tool, updateEscalating to Remote Code Execution: The risk doesn’t stop at account takeover. If the compromised account has workspace.tools permissions, attackers can leverage that session token to push authenticated Python code through Open WebUI’s Tools API, which executes without sandboxing or validation.This turns a browser-level compromise into full remote code execution on the backend server. Once…
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The Role of Behavioral Analytics in Enhancing Cybersecurity Defense
Behavioral analytics, or BA, is becoming increasingly useful in the world of cybersecurity. With cyberthreats ever-evolving and with businesses of all shapes and sizes striving to keep up, BA is helping companies future-proof their data, networks, and other assets with greater confidence BA uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to train on threat..…
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AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
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Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/coinbase-insider-who-sold-customer-data-to-criminals-arrested-in-india
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Taiwan Reports 2.6 Million Chinese Cyberattacks Per Day in 2025
Taiwan faced a surge in Chinese cyberattacks in 2025, with government data showing that the island’s critical infrastructure was targeted an average of 2.6 million times per day. According to Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, the scale, frequency, and coordination of these Taiwan cyberattacks suggest a sustained and deliberate campaign that intensified alongside military and political…