A huge Ministry of Defence leak in 2022 is first being revealed in detail after a superinjunction was lifted. The Independent reports: A huge Ministry of Defence data breach put the lives of up to 100,000 at risk and prompted thousands of Afghans to be evacuated to Britain under a covert £7bn scheme – then was kept secret […]
Major retailers remain vulnerable to attacks by ransomware gangs. The same gang thought to be involved in the Marks & Spencer attack has now claimed another victim. Security Week reports: The DragonForce ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a disruptive cyberattack on US department store chain Belk. The incident was identified on May 8 and […]
Recorded Future reports: The federal cybersecurity watchdog ordered all civilian agencies to immediately patch a vulnerability impacting several NetScaler products used by organizations to manage network traffic. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the bug — tracked as CVE-2025-5777 — to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on Thursday afternoon but took the extraordinary step […]
Cyber Magazine reports: McDonald’s job applicants had their personal information exposed when security researchers accessed 64 million records through basic password attacks on the McHire platform. The breach occurred through vulnerabilities in systems operated by AI software firm Paradox.ai, which provides chatbot technology to screen candidates for the fast-food chain. Security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam […]
Reuters reports law enforcement in the UK has arrested four young people believed to be part of the Scattered Spider group that crippled high-end retailers earlier this year: Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain’s […]
In a Thursday surprise, ransomware gang Hunters International announced they are closing the project and are offering their past victims free decryptor keys if they need them. The Register reports: Ransomware gang Hunters International has shut up shop and offered decryption keys to all victims as a parting favor. Announcing the news on Thursday morning, […]
You may be seeing a lot of DocuSign-related emails in your inbox this month. Or Microsoft. Or other big names. And if you happen to be expecting something to sign or have accounts with these big firms, the phishing attempts can look very convincing. ITPro reports: Cyber criminals are increasingly using PDF attachments to impersonate […]
Comes less than two years after the ICC revealed a major breach in September 2023, later attributed to a cyber-espionage operation Computing reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed it is investigating a fresh and “sophisticated” cyberattack that targeted its systems last week, marking the second such incident in recent years. In March […]
Airline Routes & Ground Services reports: Qantas has confirmed a significant cyberattack affecting the personal data of up to six million customers, marking one of Australia’s most serious data breaches in recent years and delivering a fresh blow to the airline’s reputation. The breach, which targeted a third-party customer service platform used by a call […]
An important press release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was published yesterday.
