Cyberattack forces First American to take some IT systems offline

First American, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, suffered a malware attack that forced the company to shut some of its systems down, including its website. At press time, the official website firstam.com was still offline, Read More …

Ryanair links Booking.com to cyber-attack on its payment system

Ryanair has claimed that internet travel giant Booking.com is partly responsible for a recent “malicious attack” on the airline’s payment processing platform. Lawyers for Booking.com had described the allegation of a cyber-attack as “baseless” and “far-fetched”. “The allegations are baseless Read More …

Here’s Why You’ll Hear About a Lot More Data Breaches in 2024

Cybersecurity incidents are constantly in the news these days, but you’ll soon be hearing about a lot more of them. That’s because a new rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission went into effect on Monday, requiring all public companies Read More …

Xfinity discloses a data breach but doesn’t say how many users are affected

Xfinity is notifying customers of a “data security incident” it says resulted in the theft of customer information, including usernames, passwords, contact information, and more. In a notice on Monday, Xfinity says “there was unauthorized access” to its systems from Read More …

Israeli-linked hacker group behind major cyber-attack on Iran’s petrol stations

An Israeli-linked hacker group claims to have carried out a major cyber-attack on Iranian petrol stations, knocking 70 per cent of them offline on Monday. Predatory Sparrow, or “Gonjeshke Darande” in Persian, said it launched the “controlled” attack in response Read More …

Defense Contractor Austal USA Confirms a Cyber Attack by Hunters International Ransomware Group

Australian-based American defense contractor Austal USA has confirmed a cyber attack after the Hunters International ransomware group listed the company and shared samples of the stolen data as proof. Austal USA is a Contractor for the US Department of Defense Read More …

Snatch ransomware attack claims probed by Kraft Heinz

U.S. multinational food and beverage company Kraft Heinz has launched an investigation into the Snatch ransomware gang’s recently emerged claims of an August attack even though there has been no indication of any systems compromise. Despite admitting responsibility for the Read More …

Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked

Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday. Ledger, a company that makes a widely used and popular crypto hardware and software wallet, among other products, Read More …