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UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data

20 February 2025 at 06:02

The prolific Medusa ransomware group claims to have stolen troves of data from HCRG, including patients’ sensitive health data

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Australian IVF giant Genea confirms hackers β€˜accessed data’ during cyberattack

19 February 2025 at 06:22

The company said an "unauthorized third party" accessed Genea data, but won’t say if sensitive health information was stolen

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Palo Alto Networks warns of another firewall vulnerability under attackΒ by hackers

19 February 2025 at 04:35

The US cybersecurity giant says hackers are exploiting the high-severity flaw to break into unpatched customer networks.

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VC giant Insight Partners confirms January cyberattackΒ 

18 February 2025 at 10:28

The VC firm has $90 billion in assets under management and invested in several unicorn cybersecurity startups

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Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition

13 February 2025 at 04:50

The layoffs come soon after Sophos completed its $859 million acquisition of Secureworks.

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Barcelona-based spyware startup Variston shuts down, per filing

13 February 2025 at 03:39

Variston, a Barcelona-based spyware vendor, has reportedly shut down. Intelligence Online, a trade publication that covers the surveillance and intelligence industry, reports that a legal notice published in Barcelona’s registry on February 10 confirmed that Variston has been liquidated. TechCrunch has also seen the legal notice saying Variston has shuttered. This comes almost exactly a […]

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China’s Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions

13 February 2025 at 01:40

Threat intelligence firm Recorded Future said it had observed Salt Typhoon breaching 5 telcos between December 2024 and January 2025.

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CISA election security officials placed on leave, DHS confirms

11 February 2025 at 08:40

A senior DHS official confirmed CISA employees involved in election security were put on leave.

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Authorities arrest four suspected 8base ransomware operators in global takedownΒ 

11 February 2025 at 05:37

The Russian nationals are accused of launching more than 1,000 ransomware attacks worldwide to steal $16 million

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Global police operation seizes 8base ransomware gang leak site

10 February 2025 at 08:17

The U.S. government previously said 8base indiscriminately targeted multiple sectors across the United States, including healthcare

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UK’s secret Apple iCloud backdoor order is a global emergency, say critics

10 February 2025 at 07:04

Security experts say the β€˜draconian’ order would have global ramifications that make this a privacy β€˜emergency for us all’

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PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK

7 February 2025 at 02:32

The edtech giant has begun notifying individuals outside of the US and Canada affected by the breach

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Ransomware payments dropped in 2024 as victims refused to pay hackers

5 February 2025 at 10:58

Ransomware payments fell by more than one-third in 2024 as an increasing number of victims refused to negotiate with hackers. In a report published Wednesday, crypto forensics firm Chainalysis said that while ransomware gang leak sites posted more victims than in previous years during 2024, fewer victims gave in to the hackers’ demands. Chainalysis reported […]

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Grubhub confirms data breach affecting customers and drivers

4 February 2025 at 02:18

U.S. food delivery giant Grubhub says hackers accessed the personal details of customers and drivers after breaching its internal systems.Β  Grubhub is a popular food-ordering and delivery platform with over 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery providers using its platform in more than 4,000 U.S. cities. New York-based Wonder Group acquired the company last fall in […]

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A brief history of mass hacks

31 January 2025 at 08:05

Hackers are increasingly abusing bugs in popular enterprise software to target big companies in mass-hacking campaigns

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US nonprofit healthcare provider says hacker stole medical and personal data of 1M+ patients

31 January 2025 at 03:03

Community Health Center (CHC), a Connecticut-based nonprofit healthcare provider, has confirmed that a hacker accessed the sensitive data of more than a million patients. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Thursday, CHC said it detected suspicious activity on its network on January 2 and determined that a β€œskilled criminal hacker” had accessed its […]

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