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Microsoft Defender false positive goof throws companies into panic
The Eastern Herald reports: A critical error in Microsoft’s flagship security platform has sent shockwaves across the global cybersecurity community, after Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan, triggering widespread panic among enterprises and system administrators. The issue emerged in early May 2026, when a faulty security intelligence update caused Defender to misidentify trusted DigiCert […]
Edtech Firm Instructure Updates Data Breach Status While ShinyHunters Threatens Leak
Security Week reports that Instructure is the latest edtech firm to fall prey to hackers. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the edtech firm is best known for Canvas, one of the most widely used learning platforms across educational institutions and other organizations. Disclosed on April 30, the cyberattack was blamed for “disruption to tools […]
Cost-cutting use of generative AI could increase cyber-attack risks — study
Lewis Robertson of Heriot-Watt University writes: Newly published research from a leading computer scientist warns that the use of generative AI to design, train, or perform steps within a machine learning system could increase serious risks. Michael Lones, professor at Heriot-Watt University’s School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, has argued in a new paper that generative […]
Facebook hacker puts Florida woman’s face on fake hospital photo
By now, many, if not all, people are likely to be leery of text messages or voicemails claiming to be a friend or relative in great financial distress and needing you to send them money. But criminals, adapting creatively, have added a new element: they can superimpose a picture of you next to a hospital […]
French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency
The Register reports: French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old on April 25 over the alleged theft of millions of records from France Titres (ANTS), the agency handling secure documents. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday that the minor, suspected of using the online alias “breach3d” and not named because French law protects minors, […]
Bain Capital Potentially on Hook for PowerSchool Data Breach
A client alert from Womble Bond Dickinson (US) discusses what it describes as a first-of-its-kind ruling: a California court did not dismiss claims against Bain Capital over the PowerSchool data breach, even though many of the claims occurred before Bain’s acquisition of PowerSchool was completed. On March 18, 2026, the court granted in part and […]
KVKK publishes data breach notification regarding Vimeo.com, Inc.
InfoSecurity Magazine reports: Police have arrested three people suspected of hacking the accounts of over 610,000 Roblox users. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine said that a 19-year-old from Drohobych and a further two individuals aged 21 and 22 have been arrested for their suspected involvement involvement in the phishing and malware scheme. According to […]
Responding to a Data Breach: How to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege
This client alert is based on a longer article Patrick Emerson McCormick wrote for the Conference on Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report. Attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications made for the purpose of seeking or providing legal advice. The Supreme Court rejected a rigid control-group test and held that employee questionnaires and interview notes directed by corporate counsel were […]