Rhode Island Current reports that the state has settled with Deloitte, the contractor responsible for the RIBridges data breach. A $7 million handshake between the Rhode Island Department of Administration and global consultancy Deloitte over the latter’s role in the 2024 RIBridges data breach has brought the state’s total windfall to $12 million for the […]
The Register reports: A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics – Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation – is also using custom malware in its data-stealing attacks, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. The threat hunters say they spotted a “large email campaign” in late December 2025. The attack started by spamming […]
The Record reports: A British hacker pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. federal court to participating in a sweeping cybercrime campaign that siphoned at least $8 million in cryptocurrency from companies and individuals, federal prosecutors said. Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count […]
Will P3 wind up on a vendors not to be trusted list? DataBreaches.net reports: P3 Global Intel advertises itself as a “fully integrated and state-of-the-art tip acquisition and tip management solution that has quickly become the leading choice of Crime Stoppers Programs, Law Enforcement Agencies, Campus Safety Programs, and Federal Agency Initiatives.” 35,000 U.S. schools use P3 Campus, which […]
Comply or risk class-action litigation? IAPP explains: Last year, the California Privacy Protection Agency adopted a major new rule requiring certain businesses to conduct an annual cybersecurity audit. The rule went into effect 1 Jan. 2026. This pioneering requirement, the first of its kind among state data privacy laws of general applicability, may entail substantial compliance efforts […]
The Crypto Citizens Network reports on a somewhat different breach tactic where threat actors made a video of internal systems and threaten to leak the videos if their payment demands are not met. Kraken is standing firm that it won’t pay: In crypto, breaches usually start with code. This one didn’t. Kraken, one of the […]
Does it matter whether President Trump calls the situation with Iran a “war” or an “excursion” or something else if your company is hit by a cyberattack that may be in retaliation? The Wall Street Journal reports: From Europe to the Middle East, geopolitical conflicts have companies rereading the fine print on insurance policies that […]
A cybersecurity incident knocked out key systems, canceling chemotherapy appointments, closing pharmacies and pushing Brockton Hospital to divert ambulances while staff switch to paper records MassLive reports: Brockton Hospital is diverting ambulances and canceling some services as it responds to a cybersecurity incident that began impacting its information systems on Monday. Chemotherapy infusion services for […]
GDN Online reports: Cyber-attacks targeting Bahrain and its Gulf neighbours have skyrocketed eight-fold this month in the wake of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, security experts have warned. Hacktivists aligned with Tehran have dramatically ramped up Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) strikes across the Middle East, capitalising on the chaos of the widening […]
Newsbytesapp reports that Google has issued a security warning for its Chrome browser after confirming that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the system with a zero-day exploit. This is the second issue reported recently and is dubbed CVE-2026-5281. The vulnerability can be used to corrupt data, crash systems, and execute malicious code via a […]
