CPO Magazine reports: Surveillance systems used by the FBI for lawful foreign intelligence interception orders suffered a security breach recently, and investigators believe state-backed Chinese hackers are the culprits based on recent patterns of “suspicious activity.” Inside sources have told media outlets that the investigation is in its early stages and the full severity and […]
So you trusted your sensitive data to an app created by two young people and one of them thought a vulnerability alert was just a joke. … The app itself allows you to track how many times you masturbate, write down how watching porn makes you feel, and exchange tips and share your experience with others […]
HackRead reports: ShinyHunters, the notorious group of hackers, has issued a final warning to roughly 400 organizations, claiming to have successfully broken into their private records. The group is threatening to leak this sensitive information onto the internet unless their extortion demands are met. According to previous research firm Mandiant, the hackers are specifically targeting websites […]
The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols […]
Former federal prosecutor Tom O’Malley writes: Attention OPM Data Breach Victims (21.5 Million)Thanks to DOGE (https://fedscoop.com/doge-could-end-opm-breach-identity-protections-mark-warner/), the free identity protection monitoring for OPM data breach victims will end this year (https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/opm-bringing-protections-for-data-breach-victims-to-an-end/). If you want FREE credit protection FOR LIFE, go to FrozenPii.com. As a retired federal Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) prosecutor, Identity Theft […]
The Register reports: South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash. This strange story starts on February 26th when the Tax Service triumphantly announced it had busted 124 high-value tax delinquents and seized ₩8.1 billion ($5.6 million) worth […]
The Wall Street Journal reports: Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging the country’s military personnel to defect from the regime and join a fight to liberate the country, according to people familiar with the matter. The app, BadeSaba Calendar, is intended to help […]
Bloomberg reports: A partial government shutdown threatens to further derail a key federal cybersecurity agency’s incident reporting rule—and delay answers that companies need to comply. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now entering its third week, may push back the finish line for a Biden-era rule that would create stringent disclosure requirements for critical infrastructure entities after cybersecurity […]
Breaches have consequences. Some more than others. Yonhap News Agency reports the Coupang data breach has taken a significant toll on the firm’s fourth quarter profits: U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Friday its operating profit plunged 97 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to the impact of a large-scale data […]
Negligence Stirring Rise in Cyber Incidents
DigitNews reports: Two fifths (42%) of organisations reported an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with the same amount reporting a rise in negligent incidents for the first time. This is according to Mimecast’s State of Human Risk Report, which found that this parity marks a fundamental shift in enterprise security where international […]