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Researchers hacked Google Gemini to take control of a smart home
engadget reports: Wired reported on new cybersecurity research that demonstrated a hack of the Google Gemini artificial intelligence assistant. The researchers were able to control connected smart home devices through the use of indirect prompt injections in Google Calendar invites. When a user requested a summary of their calendar and thanked Gemini for the results, the […]
Google reveals it became one of the Salesforce attack victims in June
Google’s Intelligence Threat Group (GITG) has been tracking various threat actor groups under tracking labels such as UNC 6040, UNC 6240, and UNC 3944. The first two overlap with threat actors known as ShinyHunters, while the third overlaps with Scattered Spider. The ShinyHunters group has been linked to attacks on customers of Salesforce. Google itself […]
Lack of MFA cost the City of Hamilton in Canada $18.3 million
CP24 reports: The City of Hamilton will be on the hook for the more than $18 million it has cost to recover from a ransomware attack after their insurance claim was denied. In an update presented to a city committee on Wednesday, staff said that its insurer denied the claim for reimbursement of costs related […]
Brosix and Chatox promised to keep your chats secured. They didn’t.
DataBreaches.net reports how an exposed back server exposed the chat messages, files, and information on almost 1 million servers. Even though the services, both owned by Stefan Chekanov, advertised that they used encryption, none of the data was encrypted. Some of the findings: DataBreaches.net provides a few examples from Allstate, Florida Psychiatric Society, and Senator […]
Sanderling Healthcare Breach: 25 Years of Data Stolen
ClaimDepot reports: On July 3, 2025, Sanderling Healthcare became the victim of a significant ransomware attack that may have impacted thousands of patients. The data breach was orchestrated by the Sarcoma group disclosed on the dark web, where the attackers claimed to have hacked and accessed sensitive data from the company’s systems. According to the […]
New York Upgrades Its Firewall Against Cyberattacks
New York State Senator Monica R. Martinez writes: The frequency and sophistication of cybersecurity attacks on state and local governments across the United States are on the rise, but now New York state has enacted legislation to ensure public entities’ responses to these incidents won’t glitch. Earlier this summer, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S.7672A/A.6769A, sponsored by state […]
SonicWall investigates ‘cyber incidents,’ including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day
The Register reports: SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug under active exploit in its VPNs. “SonicWall is actively investigating a recent increase in reported cyber incidents involving a number of Gen 7 firewalls running various firmware versions with […]
Apria Healthcare $6.38M Data Breach Class Action Settlement
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