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  • UK: NHS providers reviewing stolen data published by cyber criminals

    November 11, 2025

    Pathology supplier Synnovis is contacting NHS organisations which had data stolen and published online following a major cyber attack last year. Synnovis has now completed its investigation into patient and staff data published online by the cyber criminal gang on 20 June 2024, which includes personal data such as names, NHS numbers, test results and test ...

  • You Thought It Was Over? Authentication Coercion Keeps Evolving

    November 10, 2025

    Imagine a scenario where malicious actors don’t need to trick you into giving up your password. They have no need to perform sophisticated social engineering attacks or exploit vulnerabilities in your operating system.Instead, they can simply force your computer to authenticate to an attacker-controlled system, effectively commanding your machine to hand over valuable credentials. This attack ...

  • Threat Landscape of the Building and Construction Sector: IA, Supply Chain, and IoT

    November 7, 2025

    In 2025, the construction industry stands at the crossroads of digital transformation and evolving cybersecurity risks, making it a prime target for threat actors. Cyber adversaries, including ransomware operators, organized cybercriminal networks, and state-sponsored APT groups from countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, are increasingly focusing their attacks on the building and construction ...

  • Hyundai IT services breach could put 2.7 million Hyundai, Kia owners in the US at risk

    November 7, 2025

    Hyundai AutoEver America (HAEA), the carmaker’s IT-services subsidiary servicing the North American region, has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and lost sensitive customer data as a result. In a data breach notification letter recently sent out to affected individuals, HAEA explained that the attack began on February 22, 2025, and lasted until March 2, when the attackers ...

  • U.S. Congressional Budget Office confirms it was hacked

    November 7, 2025

    The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has confirmed it was hacked. Caitlin Emma, a spokesperson for CBO, told TechCrunch on Friday that the agency is investigating the breach and “has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems ...

  • SonicWall blames state hackers for damaging data breach

    November 6, 2025

    SonicWall has blamed “state-sponsored threat actors” for the cloud backup security breach which hit its services in September 2025. In an update posted on the company’s website, SonicWall said it completed the investigation into the incident, and confirmed that the malicious activity was “carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor” and was “isolated to the unauthorized ...

  • Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei’s Slack

    November 6, 2025

    Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners.… The company blamed the intrusion on malware that infected an employee’s device, letting attackers pinch Slack credentials and waltz into its chat system. Once the suspicious ...

  • Android malware steals your card details and PIN to make instant ATM withdrawals

    November 6, 2025

    The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska) analyzed a new Android-based malware that uses NFC technology to perform unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals and drain victims’ bank accounts. Researchers found that the malware, called NGate, lets attackers withdraw cash from ATMs (Automated Teller Machines, or cash machines) using banking data exfiltrated from victims’ phones—without ever physically ...

  • Washington Post says it is among victims of cyber breach tied to Oracle software

    November 6, 2025

    The Washington Post said it is among victims of a sweeping cyber breach tied to Oracle software. In a statement released on Thursday, the newspaper said it was one of those impacted “by the breach of the Oracle E-Business Suite platform.” The paper did not provide further detail, but its statement comes after CL0P, the notorious ...

  • When Your Calendar Becomes the Compromise

    November 6, 2025

    It starts innocently enough. A new meeting appears in your Google calendar and the subject seems ordinary, perhaps even urgent: “Security Update Briefing,” “Your Account Verification Meeting,” or “Important Notice Regarding Benefits.” You assume you missed this invitation in your overloaded email inbox, and click “Yes” to accept. Unfortunately, calendar invites have become an overlooked delivery ...