InfoSecurity Magazine reports: Security researchers observed a 30% annual increase in ransomware victims listed on extortion sites last year, with AI helping to lower the barrier to entry for new threat groups. Searchlight Cyber’s new report, Ransomware’s Record Year: Tracking a Volatile Landscape in H2 2025, tracked 7458 victims on dark web leak sites in 2025. These […]
Bleeping Computer reports: South Korea has fined luxury fashion brands Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior Couture, and Tiffany $25 million for failing to implement adequate security measures, which facilitated unauthorized access and the exposure of data belonging to more than 5.5 million customers. All three brands are part of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) group […]
TechCrunch reports: A security lapse by one of India’s largest pharmacy chains allowed outsiders to gain full administrative control of its platform, exposing customer order data and sensitive drug-control functions, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The issue affected DavaIndia Pharmacy, the pharmacy arm of Zota Healthcare, which operates a large network of retail outlets across India. […]
A press release from the Texas State Attorney General: Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (“BCBS”) and Conduent Business Services LLC (“Conduent”), demanding documents and information pertinent to the investigation of the Conduent data breach that exposed the sensitive personal data of approximately four million […]
Top Class Actions reports: Read more at Top Class Actions. The official settlement website has not been posted yet. All consumers should be alert to the possibility that you may receive scam or phishing attempts claiming you are entitled to a settlement. Wait for the official settlement site to learn how class members are being […]
The International Business Times reports: Discord is preparing to enforce a global age verification system from early March that will require users to confirm their age using a face scan or a government‑issued ID before accessing adult content. The new measures are designed to protect younger users but have prompted backlash from privacy advocates and […]
When the spyer becomes the spyee? TechBuzz reports: A hacktivist just turned the tables on half a million people who paid to spy on others. More than 536,000 payment records from customers of phone surveillance apps like uMobix, Xnspy, and Geofinder hit the open web this week, exposing email addresses and partial card numbers of […]
Fox News reports: Hackers have exposed personal and contact information tied to SoundCloud accounts, with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned reporting impacts to approximately 29.8 million users. The breach hit one of the world’s largest audio platforms and left many users locked out with error messages before the company confirmed the incident. SoundCloud […]
The Record reports: A software update mechanism for the popular text editor Notepad++ was hijacked by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers, allowing them to silently redirect some users to malicious update servers, the project’s developers announced on Monday. In a security update posted on the project’s website, the development team said the attack did not exploit a flaw […]
Updates to two business associate breaches reveal that millions of patients have been impacted by third-part breaches, with Healthcare Interactive’s breach affecting 3 million patients and TriZetto Provider Solutions’s breach reportedly affecting another 700,000 patients. Healthcare Interactive Healthcare Interactive (“HCIactive”) is a Maryland-based provider of AI-powered software solutions for insurance enrollment and benefits administration. In […]
