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Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware
The Verge reports: Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of stealing at least $220,000 in crypto through malware-infected Steam games, as reported earlier by local news outlet Local10. In the complaint, officials accuse 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins and co-conspirators of launching eight malware-embedded games from around May 2024 to February 2026, allowing them to infect about 8,000 […]
Canvas Pauses Data Delivery Due to Potential ‘Security Threat’ at Vendor
Inside Higher Ed reports that recovery from the Canvas data breach encountered a glitch: In the aftermath, Instructure CEO Steve Daly vowed to be “transparent about what happened” and provide K–12 schools and higher education institutions “with information as quickly as we responsibly could.” Over the past two months, Instructure has worked “to conduct a detailed forensic […]
Patient records stolen in cyber-attack on Australian healthcare provider
The Guardian reports: Thousands of medical records and patient information stored with one of Australia’s biggest healthcare providers have been breached in a cyber-attack. Partnered Health, owned by private equity firm Quadrant, said 21 clinics across several cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have been affected by the breach which occurred on 23 June. “Our investigations […]
Threat actor impersonated hundreds of brands on GitHub to push infostealer malware
Help Net Security reports: A financially motivated threat actor is impersonating hundreds of brands on GitHub and pushing a smash-and-grab infostealer masquerading as legitimate downloads of popular software, Arctic Wolf threat researchers have warned. “The 292 impersonated repositories span security tooling, fintech and personal finance, cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges, developer and productivity tools, secure email […]
Dutch Nationals Suspected in Odido Hack That Exposed Six Million Customers
Security Affairs reports: Dutch police have identified strong indications that Dutch nationals were involved in the February 2026 cyberattack on telecom provider Odido, which resulted in data from more than six million customers being stolen and subsequently made public. Odido is a Dutch telecommunications company and one of the largest mobile network operators in the Netherlands. […]
AssuranceAmerica Breach Hits 7 Million: Credit Freeze Alone Won’t Protect You
TechTimes reports: Notification letters from a company called AssuranceAmerica began arriving in mailboxes on July 10 — and if one reached yours, you are among 6,998,886 people whose driver’s license numbers, insurance records, and in many cases Social Security numbers were stolen in a March cyberattack. The breach is the largest known exposure of Americans’ […]
Ryuk operator pleads guilty; Blackcat/AlphV conspirator gets nearly 6-year sentence
The Record reports two wins for law enforcement this week. U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November 2019, he accessed companies’ computer networks […]
Accenture admits to ‘isolated matter’ after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul
The Register reports: Accenture has confirmed an “isolated matter” after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant’s internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title “Accenture Data Breach,” posted […]