Tag: data
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New Smish: New York Department of Revenue
As I was visiting SmishTank to report the most recent SMish that I had received (an iMessage from a +27 South African telephone number claiming to be from ParkMobile) I noticed there had been many recent submissions from the New York Department of Revenue. SmishTank is operated by Professor Muhammad Lutfor Rahman, a colleague of mine…
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Harrods Data Breach Explained
On Friday, September 2627, 2025 (UK time), Harrods warned that a third-party provider suffered an intrusion that exposed some online customers’ basic personal details (names and contact information). Harrods says its own systems weren’t breached, payment data and passwords weren’t taken, and the incident is separate from hacking activity it faced earlier this year. Authorities……
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Harrods Data Breach Explained
On Friday, September 2627, 2025 (UK time), Harrods warned that a third-party provider suffered an intrusion that exposed some online customers’ basic personal details (names and contact information). Harrods says its own systems weren’t breached, payment data and passwords weren’t taken, and the incident is separate from hacking activity it faced earlier this year. Authorities……
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Harrods Data Breach Explained
On Friday, September 2627, 2025 (UK time), Harrods warned that a third-party provider suffered an intrusion that exposed some online customers’ basic personal details (names and contact information). Harrods says its own systems weren’t breached, payment data and passwords weren’t taken, and the incident is separate from hacking activity it faced earlier this year. Authorities……
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Risk of Prompt Injection in LLM-Integrated Apps
Large Language Models (LLMs) are at the core of today’s AI revolution, powering advanced tools and other intelligent chatbots. These sophisticated neural networks are trained on vast amounts of text data, enabling them to understand context, language nuances, and complex patterns. As a result, LLMs can perform a wide array of tasks”, from generating coherent…
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New Harrods Data Breach Leaks Personal Information of 430,000 Customers
Luxury department store Harrods has become the latest victim of a significant cybersecurity incident after hackers successfully accessed personal data belonging to 430,000 customers. The prestigious London retailer confirmed that threat actors contacted the company following the breach, though Harrods has stated it will not engage with the attackers. Limited Data Exposure The compromised information was obtained from…
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KI-Gefahren rücken Integritätsschutz in den Mittelpunkt
Tags: ai, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyberattack, data, data-breach, DSGVO, exploit, governance, injection, LLM, ml, risk, tool, training, updateData Poisoning gefährdet die Integrität von KI-Modellen.Für CISOs reduziert KI selten die Komplexität, sondern füllt vielmehr ihre ohnehin schon volle Agenda. Neben den traditionellen Sicherheitsprioritäten müssen sie sich nun auch mit neuen KI-bedingten Risiken auseinandersetzen, etwa wenn KI-Lösungen unkontrolliert für geschäftliche Zwecke genutzt, Modelle manipuliert und neue Vorschriften nicht eingehalten werden. Eine der drängendsten Herausforderungen…
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USENIX 2025: PEPR ’25 Establishing Privacy Metrics For Genomic Data Analysis
Creator, Author and Presenter: Curtis Mitchell, xD, United States Census Bureau Additional Authors: Gary Howarth And Justin Wagner, NIST; Jess Stahl, Census; Christine Task And Karan Bhagat, Knexus; Amy Hilla And Rebecca Steinberg, MITRE Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Enigma ’23 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink First…
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ”Biology Department<<
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/2025/09/randall-munroes-xkcd-biology-department/
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Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months
Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack was not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632066/Harrods-hit-by-second-cyber-attack-in-six-months
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Abusing Notion’s AI Agent for Data Theft
Notion just released version 3.0, complete with AI agents. Because the system contains Simon Willson’s lethal trifecta, it’s vulnerable to data theft though prompt injection. First, the trifecta: The lethal trifecta of capabilities is: Access to your private data”, one of the most common purposes of tools in the first place! Exposure to untrusted content”,…
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European AI company’s ‘reputation reports’ are inaccurate and illegal, watchdog claims
The digital privacy nonprofit noyb says a Lithuania-based data broker has a “very shady business model” that runs afoul of European data privacy laws. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/reputation-reports-data-broker-noyb-complaint-lituania
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Harrods Data Breach: 430,000 Customer Records Stolen Via Third-Party Attack
Luxury retailer Harrods confirms 430,000 customer records (names, contacts) were stolen from a third-party provider in the latest UK retail cyberattack wave. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/harrods-data-breach-records-stolen-third-party-attack/
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Harrods suffers new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records
UK retail giant Harrods has disclosed a new cybersecurity incident after hackers compromised a third-party supplier and stole 430,000 records with sensitive e-commerce customer information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/harrods-suffers-new-data-breach-exposing-430-000-customer-records/
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Harrods alerts customers to new data breach linked to third-party provider
British Department Store Harrods warns customers of a data breach via a third-party provider, exposing some names and contact details. Harrods, the luxury British department store, warned customers of a data breach affecting its online systems. The company confirmed that names and contact details of some e-commerce customers were exposed after one of its third-party…
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Acreed Infostealer Gaining Popularity Among Cybercriminals for C2 via Steam Platform
Acreed, a novel infostealer first observed in February 2025, has rapidly gained traction among threat actors seeking discreet credential and cryptocurrency data harvesting. Leveraging a unique command-and-control (C2) mechanism via the Steam platform’s community profiles, Acreed exhibits advanced OPSEC measures and versatility that distinguish it from established stealers such as Lumma. Acreed noted on Russian…
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New TamperedChef Malware Exploits Productivity Tools to Access and Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
A sophisticated malware campaign dubbed “TamperedChef” is exploiting trojanized productivity tools”, disguised as seemingly benign applications”, to bypass security controls, establish persistence, and siphon sensitive information from targeted systems. On September 22, 2025, Field Effect researchers investigating a potentially unwanted application (PUA) flagged by Microsoft Defender uncovered two malicious applications”, ImageLooker.exe and Calendaromatic.exe”, delivered via…
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DarkCloud Infostealer Relaunched to Grab Credentials, Crypto and Contacts
eSentire TRU analyses the new DarkCloud V4.2 infostealer, rewritten in VB6. Find out how the malware steals browser data, crypto, and contacts via targeted phishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/darkcloud-infostealer-grab-credentials-crypto-contacts/
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DarkCloud Infostealer Relaunched to Grab Credentials, Crypto and Contacts
eSentire TRU analyses the new DarkCloud V4.2 infostealer, rewritten in VB6. Find out how the malware steals browser data, crypto, and contacts via targeted phishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/darkcloud-infostealer-grab-credentials-crypto-contacts/
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DarkCloud Infostealer Relaunched to Grab Credentials, Crypto and Contacts
eSentire TRU analyses the new DarkCloud V4.2 infostealer, rewritten in VB6. Find out how the malware steals browser data, crypto, and contacts via targeted phishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/darkcloud-infostealer-grab-credentials-crypto-contacts/
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Harrods blames its supplier after crims steal 430k customers’ data in fresh attack
Attackers make contact but negotiations fall on deaf ears First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/harrods_blames_thirdparty_supplier_after/
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Progressive Profiling Without Friction: Collecting Only What Helps
Learn how to use progressive profiling to collect user data without friction. Discover strategies for timing, consent, autofill, and local form design. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/progressive-profiling-without-friction-collecting-only-what-helps/
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Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/tile-tracking-tags-can-be-exploited-by-tech-savvy-stalkers-researchers-say/
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SMS Pools and what the US Secret Service Really Found Around New York
Tags: apple, authentication, business, china, conference, control, country, credit-card, crime, crypto, data, email, exploit, finance, fraud, google, group, Hardware, infrastructure, iphone, jobs, korea, law, linux, mfa, mobile, phishing, phone, scam, service, smishing, software, theft, usa, windowsLast week the United Nations General Assembly kicked off in New York City. On the first day, a strange US Secret Service press conference revealed that they had seized 300 SIM Servers with 100,000 SIM cards. Various media outlets jumped on the idea that this was some state-sponsored sleeper cell waiting to destroy telecommunication services…
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Harrods Cyberattack Exposes 430,000 Customer Records in Latest Data Breach
Luxury department store Harrods recently disclosed a data breach, in which, hackers stole information linked to approximately 430,000 customer records. The Harrods data breach has prompted the retailer to inform affected individuals and relevant authorities while stressing that no payment details or passwords were compromised during the incident. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Facebook and Google Ads as Tools for Stealing Sensitive Data
Cybercriminals expand malvertising campaigns from Facebook to Google Ads and YouTube, hijacking accounts to distribute crypto-stealing malware targeting financial platform users worldwide. A sophisticated malvertising campaign that initially targeted Facebook users with fake TradingView Premium offers has significantly expanded its reach, now infiltrating Google Ads and YouTube to distribute advanced cryptocurrency-stealing malware. Bitdefender researchers, who…
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Harrods Reveals Supply Chain Breach Impacting Online Customers
Department store Harrods has notified e-commerce customers of a major data breach First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/harrods-supply-chain-breach-online/
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Agentic AI in IT security: Where expectations meet reality
Tags: ai, api, automation, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, gartner, google, governance, infrastructure, injection, metric, phishing, RedTeam, risk, service, siem, skills, soar, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingIntegration approaches: Add-on vs. standalone: The first decision regarding AI agents is whether to layer them onto existing platforms or to implement standalone frameworks. The add-on model treats agents as extensions to security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), or other security tools, providing quick wins with minimal disruption. Standalone…
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Agentic AI in IT security: Where expectations meet reality
Tags: ai, api, automation, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, finance, framework, gartner, google, governance, infrastructure, injection, metric, phishing, RedTeam, risk, service, siem, skills, soar, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingIntegration approaches: Add-on vs. standalone: The first decision regarding AI agents is whether to layer them onto existing platforms or to implement standalone frameworks. The add-on model treats agents as extensions to security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), or other security tools, providing quick wins with minimal disruption. Standalone…
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New ModStealer Evades Antivirus, Targets macOS Users to Steal Sensitive Data
A sophisticated new malware strain targeting macOS users has emerged, capable of bypassing traditional antivirus solutions while specifically targeting developers and cryptocurrency holders. The cross-platform threat, dubbed ModStealer, represents the latest evolution in macOS-focused cybercrime, highlighting the growing security challenges facing Apple users in 2024. ModStealer was first identified by cybersecurity firm Mosyle and reported through…