Tag: data
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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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6 strategies for building a high-performance cybersecurity team
Tags: advisory, ai, apple, attack, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, intelligence, resilience, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability2. Be clear on the mission: Sharon Chand, US cyber defense and resilience leader at professional services firm Deloitte, says a characteristic of a high-performing team is alignment on the team’s mission.To do that, though, team members need to know what the mission is and buy into it.”It has to be a very clear mission…
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6 strategies for building a high-performance cybersecurity team
Tags: advisory, ai, apple, attack, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, intelligence, resilience, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability2. Be clear on the mission: Sharon Chand, US cyber defense and resilience leader at professional services firm Deloitte, says a characteristic of a high-performing team is alignment on the team’s mission.To do that, though, team members need to know what the mission is and buy into it.”It has to be a very clear mission…
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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…
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Hyperacute Interdynamics’
Tags: datavia the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/01/randall-munroes-xkcd-hyperacute-interdynamics/
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Cloud file-sharing sites targeted for corporate data theft attacks
A threat actor known as Zestix has been offering to corporate data stolen from dozens of companies likely after breaching their ShareFile, Nextcloud, and OwnCloud instances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-file-sharing-sites-targeted-for-corporate-data-theft-attacks/
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Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 uses Viber to spy on Ukrainian military in 2025
Tags: apt, data, espionage, government, intelligence, malicious, military, monitoring, russia, spy, threat, ukraineRussia-linked APT UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025. Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0184 (aka Hive0156) is targeting Ukrainian military and government entities, using Viber messages to deliver malicious ZIP files as part of ongoing intelligence-gathering operations in 2025. >>Recent monitoring data from the 360 “‹”‹Advanced…
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Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 uses Viber to spy on Ukrainian military in 2025
Tags: apt, data, espionage, government, intelligence, malicious, military, monitoring, russia, spy, threat, ukraineRussia-linked APT UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025. Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0184 (aka Hive0156) is targeting Ukrainian military and government entities, using Viber messages to deliver malicious ZIP files as part of ongoing intelligence-gathering operations in 2025. >>Recent monitoring data from the 360 “‹”‹Advanced…
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Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 uses Viber to spy on Ukrainian military in 2025
Tags: apt, data, espionage, government, intelligence, malicious, military, monitoring, russia, spy, threat, ukraineRussia-linked APT UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025. Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0184 (aka Hive0156) is targeting Ukrainian military and government entities, using Viber messages to deliver malicious ZIP files as part of ongoing intelligence-gathering operations in 2025. >>Recent monitoring data from the 360 “‹”‹Advanced…
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The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin
Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/data-broker-hoarding-is-rampant-new-law-lets-consumers-fight-back/
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Covenant Health Notifying 480K Patients of 2025 Data Theft
Ransomware Gang Qilin Had Claimed It Stole 852 GB of Health System’s Data. Nearly half a million patients of a Catholic healthcare network that serves New England and parts of Pennsylvania began the new year by receiving notifications that hackers may have stolen their health information in a May 2025 hacking incident. First seen on…
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Why Arbor Edge Defense and CDN-Based DDoS protection are better together
Tags: ai, attack, botnet, cloud, control, data, ddos, defense, firewall, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, mitigation, network, router, threat, vulnerabilityLow-volume, stealthy application-layer attacksTransmission Control Protocol (TCP) state exhaustion attacksOutbound threats from compromised internal hostsAttacks that bypass CDN routing (for example, direct-to-IP attacks)These gaps leave critical infrastructure vulnerable, especially when attackers use dynamic, multivector techniques designed to evade upstream defenses. Arbor Edge Defense: The first and last line of defense: NETSCOUT’s AED is uniquely positioned…
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Why cybersecurity needs to focus more on investigation and less on just detection and response
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, network, resilience, risk, threat, tool, vulnerabilityInvestigation: Where the real insights lie: This is where investigation comes in. Think of investigation as the part where you understand the full story. It’s like detective work: not just looking at the footprints, but figuring out where they came from, who’s leaving them, and why they’re trying to break in in the first place.…
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US broadband provider Brightspeed investigates breach claims
Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband companies in the United States, is investigating security breach and data theft claims made by the Crimson Collective extortion gang. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-broadband-provider-brightspeed-investigates-breach-claims/
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What is Stealc Malware?
Stealc malware is an advanced information-stealing malware (infostealer) designed to secretly collect sensitive data from infected systems. Its primary focus is on web browsers, where it extracts saved passwords, cookies, autofill data, and session information. In many cases, it also targets cryptocurrency wallets and system files, making it a high-risk threat for both individuals and……
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New Zealand Probes Ransomware Hack of Health Portal
More Than 100,000 Affected by Hack Detected on Dec. 30. The New Zealand government is probing a year-end ransomware hack of private healthcare service provider Manage My Health that impacted thousands of patients. Digital extortion group Kazu has claimed responsibility and threatened to leak the data on Jan. 15 unless it receives a $60,000 ransom.…
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NordVPN Says Breach Claims Involve Dummy Test Data
NordVPN says breach claims involved only dummy data from an isolated test environment. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/nordvpn-says-breach-claims-involve-dummy-test-data/
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NDSS 2025 ProbeNot: Protecting Pre-trained Encoders From Malicious Probing
Session 7D: ML Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruyi Ding (Northeastern University), Tong Zhou (Northeastern University), Lili Su (Northeastern University), Aidong Adam Ding (Northeastern University), Xiaolin Xu (Northeastern University), Yunsi Fei (Northeastern University) PAPER Probe-Me-Not: Protecting Pre-Trained Encoders From Malicious Probing Adapting pre-trained deep learning models to customized tasks has become a popular choice for…
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Researchers Warn of Data Exposure Risks in Claude Chrome Extension
Security experts at Zenity Labs warn that Anthropic’s new agentic browser extension, Claude in Chrome, could bypass traditional web security, exposing private data and login tokens to potential hijackers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/data-exposure-risk-claude-chrome-extension/
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Taiwan subjected to 2.6 million Chinese cyberattacks a day in 2025
This article originally appeared on ComputerSweden.More on cyberattacks:Cybersecurity firm turns tables on threat actors with decoy data trapIranian APT Prince of Persia returns with new malware and C2 infrastructure’Ink Dragon’ threat group targets IIS servers to build stealthy global network First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4112834/taiwan-subjected-to-2-6-million-chinese-cyberattacks-a-day-in-2025.html
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Breached E-Commerce Giant Details $1B ‘Customer Trust’ Plan
Critics of South Korea’s Coupang Dismiss Offer as Marketing More Than Compensation. After suffering a data breach that exposed personal data for two-thirds of South Korea’ population, online retailer Coupang promised to distribute $1.2 billion in vouchers to restore customer trust. But critics have accused the move of being more about marketing than true compensation.…
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10 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2026
CRN’s list of cybersecurity startups to watch in 2026 includes early-stage companies providing identity security, exposure management and data security. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/10-cybersecurity-startups-to-watch-in-2026
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NordVPN Denies Breach After Hacker Claims Access to Salesforce Dev Data
A hacker using the alias 1011 has claimed to breach a NordVPN development server, posting what appears to… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nordvpn-denies-breach-hacker-salesforce-dev-data/
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Windows Users at Risk as Critical Zoom Vulnerability Exploited
A critical Zoom vulnerability put Windows users at risk of data theft and system compromise. Zoom has patched the flaw. Users should update immediately. The post Windows Users at Risk as Critical Zoom Vulnerability Exploited appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-zoom-flaw-windows-users-at-risk/
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VVS Stealer Uses Advanced Obfuscation to Target Discord Users
A new Python-based malware called VVS stealer has been identified, targeting Discord users with stealthy techniques to steal data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vvs-stealer-advanced-obfuscation/
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Aflac Notifies 22.7 Million People of June Data Theft Attack
Insurer’s Hack Could Rank as Largest US Health Data Breach Reported in 2025. Supplemental health insurer Aflac is notifying 22.65 million people whose sensitive health and personal information, including Social Security numbers, was potentially compromised in a June data theft incident. The incident will likely rank as the biggest U.S. health data breach reported in…
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Handala Leak Shows Telegram Account Risk, Not iPhone Hacks
The Handala incident shows how Telegram account takeovers can expose sensitive data without compromising entire devices. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/handala-leak-shows-telegram-account-risk-not-iphone-hacks/
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California Unveils DROP Tool for Personal Data Deletion
The platform gives residents the ability to request deletion of their personal information from 500+ registered data brokers with a single submission. The post California Unveils DROP Tool for Personal Data Deletion appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-california-drop-tool-deletes-data/
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Ledger customers impacted by third-party Global-e data breach
Ledger is informing some customers that their personal data has been exposed after hackers breached the systems of third-party payment processor Global-e. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ledger-customers-impacted-by-third-party-global-e-data-breach/
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New Zealand Orders Review of Manage My Health Breach Affecting 100,000+ Patients
A breach affecting Manage My Health could have exposed sensitive data for up to 120,000 New Zealand patients First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-zealand-orders-review-manage/