Tag: data
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Electronics Manufacturer Data I/O Suffers Ransomware Breach
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, incident response, infrastructure, programming, ransomware, threatData I/O Corporation, a well-known electronics firm that specializes in device programming and security provisioning solutions, revealed a ransomware attack that penetrated its internal IT infrastructure in a major cybersecurity event. The incident, detected on August 16, 2025, prompted an immediate activation of the company’s incident response protocols, highlighting the persistent threat of ransomware in…
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Gaps in California Privacy Law: Half of Data Brokers Ignore Requests
Failure to comply with consumer data access and deletion requests highlights the urgent need for standardized verification processes and stronger enforcement mechanisms to protect consumer privacy. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/gaps-in-california-privacy-law-half-of-data-brokers-ignore-requests
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MATLAB dev says ransomware gang stole data of 10,000 people
MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical simulation and computing software, revealed that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 10,000 people after breaching its network in April. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/matlab-dev-says-ransomware-gang-stole-data-of-over-10-000-people/
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TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transunion-suffers-data-breach-impacting-over-44-million-people/
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Security Leaders are Rethinking Their Cyber Risk Strategies, New Research from Tenable and Enterprise Strategy Group Shows
Tags: business, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, group, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, usa, vulnerabilityGet a firsthand look at how 400 security and IT leaders are tackling today’s cyber risk challenges in this latest study from Tenable and Enterprise Strategy Group. From budget allocation and prioritization methods to team structure, organizations are fundamentally rethinking how they manage cyber risk. Why? Because threats, exposures and assets are multiplying at a…
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TransUnion discloses a data breach impacting over 4.4 million customers
TransUnion reported a data breach in which threat actors accessed personal information of over 4.4 million customers. TransUnion disclosed a data breach that impacted more than 4,461,511 customers. The company is one of the three major credit reporting agencies in the United States (alongside Experian and Equifax). It collects and maintains credit information on consumers…
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ShadowSilk Targets Penetration-Testing Tools and Public Exploits to Breach Organizations
Tags: breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, government, group, penetration-testing, threat, toolCybersecurity experts discovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) cluster called ShadowSilk in a thorough research published by Group-IB. Since at least 2023, this group has been actively breaching government institutions in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific area. The group’s operations, ongoing as of July 2025, focus primarily on data exfiltration, leveraging a sophisticated blend of…
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Google Identifies ‘Widespread Data Theft’ Impacting Salesforce-Salesloft Drift Users
Google Threat Intelligence Group shared its findings about a threat actor responsible for stealing Salesforce customer data via Salesloft Drift. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-salesforce-salesloft-drift-data-breach/
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Webinar: Why Top Teams Are Prioritizing CodeCloud Mapping in Our 2025 AppSec
Picture this: Your team rolls out some new code, thinking everything’s fine. But hidden in there is a tiny flaw that explodes into a huge problem once it hits the cloud. Next thing you know, hackers are in, and your company is dealing with a mess that costs millions.Scary, right? In 2025, the average data…
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AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypass Controls
Companies looking to benefit from agentic browsers pause: The services can tap into a user’s online accounts and automate tasks but can expose organizational data and systems to myriad threats. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/ai-agentic-browsers-light-cybersecurity-bypass-controls
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Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them
Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average cost of a data breach worldwide was about $4.88 million. Also, in 2024, the private data of over 15 million…
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Nevada Confirms Ransomware Attack, State Data Stolen
Nevada’s CIO confirmed in a press conference that ransomware actors had exfiltrated data from state networks, amid an ongoing incident investigation First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nevada-ransomware-attack-data/
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Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366629871/Microsoft-refuses-to-divulge-data-flows-to-Police-Scotland
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CrowdStrike to Acquire Onum, Boost Falcon Next-Gen SIEM
This acquisition will bring Onum’s real-time data pipeline to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Next-Gen SIEM platform to deliver autonomous threat detection capabilities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/crowdstrike-acquire-onum-boost-falcon-next-gen-siem
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Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials
The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular npm package and other auxiliary plugins with data-gathering capabilities.”Malicious versions of the nx package, as well as some supporting plugin packages, were published to npm, containing code that scans the…
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Microsoft Unveils Storm-0501’s Cloud-Based Ransomware Deployment Tactics
Tags: backup, cloud, cyber, data, encryption, endpoint, exploit, intelligence, malware, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, tactics, threatMicrosoft Threat Intelligence has detailed the evolving tactics of the financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501, which has transitioned from traditional on-premises ransomware deployments to sophisticated cloud-based operations. Unlike conventional ransomware that relies on endpoint encryption malware and subsequent decryption key negotiations, Storm-0501 exploits cloud-native capabilities to exfiltrate massive data volumes, obliterate backups, and enforce ransom…
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UNC6395 targets Salesloft in Drift OAuth token theft campaign
Hackers breached Salesloft to steal OAuth/refresh tokens for Drift AI chat; GTIG and Mandiant link the campaign to threat actor UNC6395. Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant researchers investigate a large-scale data theft campaign carried out to hack the sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat…
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The CISO succession crisis: why companies have no plan and how to change that
The technical-to-strategic divide: One major obstacle keeping many mid-level security pros from becoming CISOs isn’t their tech skills, it’s learning to shift from doing hands-on security work to acting as strategic business partners. That change takes a whole new set of skills and a different way of thinking.”I think you see this with a lot…
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New TamperedChef Attack Uses Weaponized PDF Editor to Steal Sensitive Data and Login Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers at Truesec have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign distributing a weaponized PDF editor under the guise of >>AppSuite PDF Editor.
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AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypasses Controls
Companies looking to benefit from agentic browsers pause: The services can tap into a user’s online accounts and automate tasks, but can expose organizational data and systems to a myriad of threats. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/ai-agentic-browsers-light-cybersecurity-bypass-controls
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Ransomware Actor Deletes Data and Backups Post-Exfiltration on Azure
Microsoft observed Storm-0501 pivot to the victim’s cloud environment to exfiltrate data rapidly and prevent the victim’s recovery First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-deletes-data-backups/
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Critical Flaws in Base44 Exposed Sensitive Data and Allowed Account Takeovers
Our research uncovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in Base44, an AI-powered platform that lets you turn any idea into a fully functional custom app. These flaws ranged from an open redirect that leaked access tokens, to stored cross-site scripting (XSS), insecure authentication design, sensitive data leakage, and client-side-only enforcement of premium features. Together, they represented a……
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Where security, DevOps, and data science finally meet on AI strategy
AI infrastructure is expensive, complex, and often caught between competing priorities. On one side, security teams want strong isolation and boundaries. On the other, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/28/andrew-hillier-densify-kubernetes-ai-optimization/
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7 Anzeichen für akuten MSSP-Bedarf
Tags: best-practice, ceo, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, incident, incident response, intelligence, mssp, service, soc, software, threat, tool, updateManaged Security Service Provider können das Sicherheitsniveau nachhaltig steigern.Ein Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) bietet seinen Kunden ein umfassendes Spektrum an Sicherheits-Services. Als Drittanbieter kann ein MSSP die Arbeitsbelastung der internen IT-Teams deutlich reduzieren und Zeit freisetzen, um sich mit essenziellen Unternehmensprozessen und strategischen Überlegungen auseinanderzusetzen. Darüber hinaus kann ein MSSP unter anderem auch dazu…
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How CISOs are balancing risk, pressure and board expectations
AI has moved to the top of the CISO agenda. Three in five CISOs see generative AI as a security risk, with many worried about sensitive data leaking through public tools. At … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/28/proofpoint-2025-voice-of-the-ciso-report/
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Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud
Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and extortion. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/storm-0501-hackers-shift-to-ransomware-attacks-in-the-cloud/
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Encryption Vendor Virtru Settles Patent Case With Microsoft
Deal Ends Suit Alleging Microsoft’s Message Encryption Tool Violated Virtru Patents. After three years of litigation, Virtru and Microsoft have settled a patent infringement case involving the tech giant’s email encryption product. The suit claimed Microsoft’s technology infringed Virtru’s patented identity-driven encryption method for seamless, credential-free data access. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Anthropic AI Used to Automate Data Extortion Campaign
The company said the threat actor abused its Claude Code service to an unprecedented degree, automating reconnaissance, intrusions, and credential harvesting. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/anthropic-ai-automate-data-extortion-campaign
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De-identifying test data: K2View’s entity modeling vs Tonic’s native modeling
Tags: dataThe process of de-identifying test databases can be approached in a variety of ways, and we’re often asked how our approach differs as compared to others. In this article, we’ll explore how our approach differs from that of “Data Product Platform” K2View, since we’ve discovered that we’ve built our technologies in two very, very different…