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US government urges high-ranking officials to lock down mobile devices following telecom breaches

19 December 2024 at 06:00

The move to urge Americans to use end-to-end encrypted apps comes as China-backed gangs are hacking into phone and internet giants.

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Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive health data of 1.4 million individuals

17 December 2024 at 05:20

The university's incident website blocks search engines from listing the site, making it more difficult for affected individuals to find the website in search results.

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Researchers find security flaws in Skoda cars that may let hackers remotely track them

12 December 2024 at 03:37

Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the cars’ location in real time. PCAutomotive, a cybersecurity firm specializing in the automotive sector, unveiled 12 new security vulnerabilities impacting the latest model of the Skoda Superb […]

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Bitcoin ATM giant Byte Federal says 58,000 users’ personal data compromised in breach

12 December 2024 at 00:33

Byte Federal, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S., said the personal data of thousands of customers may have been compromised during a recent breach. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Florida-based Byte Federal said hackers tried to access the data of 58,000 customers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, government-issued IDs, […]

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Researchers uncover Chinese spyware used to target Android devices

11 December 2024 at 06:32

The spyware, called EagleMsgSpy, has been used by Chinese law enforcement, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout.

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US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure

10 December 2024 at 10:20

The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence, used the vulnerability to compromise approximately 81,000 firewalls in April 2020. The hacking campaign, detailed by Sophos […]

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Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again

10 December 2024 at 03:22

Threat actors are exploiting a high-risk bug in Cleo software - and Huntress warns that fully-patched systems are vulnerable

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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during cybersecurity incident

9 December 2024 at 07:52

Artivion, a medical device company that manufactures implantable tissues for cardiac and vascular transplant applications, says its services have been β€œdisrupted” due to a cybersecurity incident.Β  In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a β€œcybersecurity incident” that involved the β€œacquisition and encryption” of data […]

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Blue Yonder investigating data theft claims after ransomware gang takes credit for cyberattack

9 December 2024 at 02:16

Supply chain software giant Blue Yonder says it is investigating claims of data theft after a ransomware gang threatened to publish troves of data stolen from the company.Β  Arizona-based Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software to thousands of organizations including DHL, Starbucks and Walgreens, was hit by a cyberattack on November 21. The […]

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Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks

4 December 2024 at 06:40

Two NHS trusts in England have been hacked in recent weeks, the latest attacks to hit the national health service.

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FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data

3 December 2024 at 07:20

US-based Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla must also delete historic data collected on millions of Americans.

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US government contractor ENGlobal says operations are β€˜limited’ following cyberattack

3 December 2024 at 01:49

ENGlobal Corporation, a provider of engineering and automation services to the U.S. energy sector and federal government, says it has restricted access to its IT systems following a cyberattack, limiting the company to essential business operations only. In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Texas-based ENGlobal said it became aware of a β€œcybersecurity […]

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Retail outages drag into second week after Blue Yonder ransomware attack

2 December 2024 at 04:38

A ransomware attack on supply chain software giant Blue Yonder continues to cause disruption to the company’s customers, almost two weeks after the outage first began. In a brief update to its cybersecurity incident page on Sunday, Arizona-based Blue Yonder said it is making β€œgood progress” in its recovery from the attack, which hit its […]

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Russia-linked hackers exploited Firefox and Windows bugs in β€˜widespread’ hacking campaign

26 November 2024 at 11:33

The Russia-aligned RomCom gang exploited the vulnerabilities to target hundreds of Firefox users across Europe and North America.

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UK, US retail giants hit by ongoing disruption after ransomware attack on supply chain firm

26 November 2024 at 06:00

The Arizona-based firm said it has "no timeline" for restoration, following a cyberattack that caused disruption at companies around the world.

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Fintech giant Finastra confirms it’s investigating a data breach

20 November 2024 at 05:20

An incident disclosure shared with Finastra's banking and financial customers confirms a hacker stole files from a company system.

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US extradites Russian accused of extorting millions in Phobos ransomware paymentsΒ 

19 November 2024 at 06:18

Phobos ransomware has been used to extort at least $16 million from over a thousand victims globally, according to the DOJ

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