Tag: data
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Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea’s data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-hits-coupang-with-record-409-million-fine-over-data-breach/
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Hackers Exploit SniperDz PhaaS for Brand Spoofing and Browser Hijacking
A wave of phishing campaigns across the Middle East and North Africa exposes a sophisticated, centralized fraud ecosystem operating under the SniperDz banner. What initially appeared as isolated Facebook and Instagram scams fake offers for free mobile data, government subsidies, and compensation are linked to a turnkey Push-Notification-as-a-Service (PNaaS) and Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) affiliate platform that…
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BLUERABBIT Backdoor Encrypts Files, Wipes Windows Systems
A new Golang-based backdoor dubbed BLUERABBIT has been observed performing combined data theft, file encryption and destructive disk wiping against Windows hosts. First seen in mid-to-late March 2026 and suspected to target Israeli entities, BLUERABBIT implements a full-spectrum intrusion framework: remote access, system profiling, exfiltration to attacker-controlled cloud storage, file encryption that appends a .candy…
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Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware Claims
Extortion-only attacks are increasing as data theft drives most ransomware claims, with many organizations unable to stop stolen data from being exposed First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/extortion-only-attacks-surge/
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Nottingham University data breach affects over 450,000 students
The University of Nottingham confirmed on Wednesday that a hacking group gained access to its student records system in a breach affecting both current students and alums. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nottingham-university-data-breach-affects-over-450-000-students/
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Threat actors are recruiting the people who hold cloud logins
Companies keep most of their data and applications in cloud platforms that anyone can reach with the right login. That setup turns each employee holding those credentials into … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/report-cloud-insider-threats/
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GitLab Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover
GitLab has released security updates for GitLab CE/EE and EE that patch multiple vulnerabilities, including several high”‘impact flaws that could lead to account takeover, data exposure, and denial of service if left unpatched. Administrators are strongly advised to upgrade to GitLab 19.0.2, 18.11.5, or 18.10.8, as applicable, to fully mitigate these issues. GitLab Patches Multiple…
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GitLab Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover
GitLab has released security updates for GitLab CE/EE and EE that patch multiple vulnerabilities, including several high”‘impact flaws that could lead to account takeover, data exposure, and denial of service if left unpatched. Administrators are strongly advised to upgrade to GitLab 19.0.2, 18.11.5, or 18.10.8, as applicable, to fully mitigate these issues. GitLab Patches Multiple…
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Making the cloud prove it followed your privacy wishes
Making companies that store personal data in cloud key-value databases handle deletion requests by running the operation and confirming the job is complete. The people making … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/gdpr-compliant-cloud-storage-privacy/
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X Square Robot open sources its robot-free data collection framework
Companies building robots for physical work spend large amounts of time and money operating machines by hand to gather training examples. Each session with a physical robot … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/11/x-square-robot-free-data-collection/
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ShinyHunters gang targets Oracle PeopleSoft servers in data theft attacks
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/shinyhunters-gang-targets-oracle-peoplesoft-servers-in-data-theft-attacks
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ServiceNow says security researchers, not hackers, accessed data
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/servicenow-says-security-researchers-not-hackers-accessed-data
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‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
The company says there’s little evidence it influenced any real policy discussion. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-china-influence-campaign-chatgpt/
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‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
The company says there’s little evidence it influenced any real policy discussion. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-china-influence-campaign-chatgpt/
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Network Log Analysis: Why Collecting Logs is Not Enough
Network Log Analysis helps teams turn raw logs into useful alerts, timelines, audit records, and incident evidence instead of storing data without action. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/network-log-analysis-collecting-logs/
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Meta to Use Off-Site Business Data for Feed and AI Personalization
Meta on Tuesday announced that it will use information shared by other businesses to personalize users’ feed and responses from its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, expanding its scope beyond targeted ads.”Businesses often share information about people’s activity on their sites with us to make ads more relevant,” Meta said in a statement.”We already use this…
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Russian Attackers Weaponize WinRAR Flaw Against Ukrainian Orgs
Two separate campaigns target CVE-2025-8088, fixed last July, to conduct data theft and cyberespionage against military and government targets in Ukraine. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/russian-groups-winrar-flaw-ukrainian-orgs
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Veeam-Studie deckt Vertrauenslücke bei künstlicher Intelligenz auf
Die globale C-Level-Studie ‘Data and AI Trust Gap” von Veeam zeigt: 48 % der Führungskräfte gehen davon aus, dass vertrauenswürdige, sichere Daten ein Umsatzwachstum von mehr als 25 % erschließen könnten. Allerdings weisen nur 7 % der Unternehmen auch den erforderlichen technologischen Reifegrad für künstliche Intelligenz auf. Die globalen Forschungsergebnisse im Veeam-Bericht ‘Data and AI…
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Maine Govt Portal Lists 10M Discord Data Breach Notice, But Filing Shows Red Flags
Maine Attorney General portal lists a Discord breach notice claiming 10 million affected, but odd filing details leave it unverified and questionable. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/maine-govt-portal-discord-data-breach-notice/
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NFCShare Android Malware Spreads via Weaponized Banking Apps
A renewed and operationally refined wave of the NFCShare Android banking trojan that delivers NFC card-data theft by masquerading as legitimate banking applications. First documented in January 2026, NFCShare continues to rely on a social”‘engineering phishing flow that coerces victims into sideloading malicious APKs; since 14 May 2026 the campaign has pivoted to Italian and…
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Treating AI agents like service accounts for federated query security
In this interview with Help Net Security, Paras Malhotra, CISO at Starburst, explains how the company handles data governance across federated query environments. Topics … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/09/paras-malhotra-starburst-federated-query-security/
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SoFi confirms third-party data breach at Hong Kong subsidiary
SoFi Hong Kong is warning that it suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to a database at a third-party vendor containing customer information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sofi-confirms-third-party-data-breach-at-hong-kong-subsidiary/
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Silent Ransom Group Hits US Law Firms in Escalating Extortion Attacks
The financially motivated group is combining vishing, IT impersonation, and in-person office intrusions to steal data and extort victims. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/silent-ransom-us-law-firms-extortion-attacks
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Anthropic Calls for Pause on Frontier AI Development
Era of Self-Replicating AI Is Coming, Firm Says. Anthropic’s latest data shows Claude now authors more than 80% of code merged into its systems and is improving at tasks ranging from software debugging to research execution. The company also reported measurable gains in AI-assisted productivity and experimental problem-solving. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Scale of Synnovis breach widens as Essex NHS Trust comes forward
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS body to confirm data on its patients were stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack on lab services partner Synnovis. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644037/Scale-of-Synnovis-breach-widens-as-Essex-NHS-Trust-comes-forward
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OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Millions of Eligible Users
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to more users, limiting web-connected tools to reduce the risks of prompt injection and data leakage. The post OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Millions of Eligible Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-openai-expands-chatgpt-lockdown-mode-millions-users/
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Veeam Data Platform v13.1: Mehr KI, mehr Cyberresilienz und ein klares Signal gegen Tool-Wildwuchs
Für Unternehmen, die KI produktiv einsetzen wollen, wird eine saubere und schnell wiederherstellbare Datenbasis zur Pflicht. Veeam adressiert genau diesen Punkt. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/veeam-data-platform-v13-1-mehr-ki-mehr-cyberresilienz-und-ein-klares-signal-gegen-tool-wildwuchs/a45404/
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8th June Threat Intelligence Report
DentaQuest, a U.S. dental benefits administrator owned by Sun Life, has suffered a data breach after threat group ShinyHunters leaked exfiltrated data. Analysts assessed that 2.6 million accounts were exposed, including names, emails, […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/8th-june-threat-intelligence-report/
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Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data
The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people’s precise location data across the state. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/massachusetts-votes-to-pass-new-privacy-rights-bill-that-bans-sale-of-precise-location-data/
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Silent Ransom Group Uses Fast Flux Botnet to Hide Law Firm Leak Sites
Cybersecurity firm Resecurity reports Silent Ransom Group is using a fast flux botnet to hide data leak sites while targeting law firms with theft and vishing. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/silent-ransom-group-fast-flux-botnet-leak-sites/