South African Weather Service systems restored amid increasing cyber attacks

The SAWS Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems went down on January 26 following a security breach by criminals. Aspects of critical services including aviation and marine were all interrupted. The SAWS email system and website, which is the hub Read More …

New York amends data breach law

On December 24, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed into law an amendment to section 899-aa of the N.Y. General Business Law, also known as The Shield Act, modifying the law’s data breach notification requirements. The amendment, which took Read More …

Over a million clinical records exposed in data breach

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the DM Clinical Research database containing 1,674,218 records, totaling 2TB, including names, medical information, phone numbers, email addresses, medications, and health conditions – along with other data. Although the name of the dataset indicates the Read More …

North Korean Hackers Were Behind Crypto’s Largest ‘Theft of All Time’

Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence said North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind Bybit’s $1.46 billion hack. In an earlier post on social media platform X, Arkham offered a bounty of 50,000 ARKM tokens for anyone who could identify the attackers Read More …

Finastra Notifies Customers of Data Breach

British financial technology firm Finastra has notified customers impacted by a data breach that occurred over three months ago. Between October 31 and November 8, 2024, an unauthorized third party accessed the company’s secure file transfer platform (SFTP), used to Read More …

Australia: Cyber attack at University of Notre Dame still disrupting services, resolution time unclear

The University of Notre Dame says it does not know when its services will be fully restored following a cyber attack which has disrupted services for nearly a month. About three weeks out from the start of its first semester, Read More …

Philippines reports foreign cyber intrusions targeting intelligence data, but no breaches

The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so far. Attempts to steal data are wide-ranging, said minister for information and communications Ivan Uy. Advanced Persistent Read More …

50,000 electronic attacks countered daily by UAE Cybersecurity Council

Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al Kuwaiti, Chairman of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, stated that the UAE possesses an advanced cybersecurity system capable of predicting and countering most electronic attacks before they occur. He noted that the average daily cyberattacks on key Read More …

US Coast Guard Suffers Data Breach, Pay Delayed for 1,135 Members

The Coast Guard’s personnel and payroll system experienced a data breach resulting in a delay in pay for 1,135 service members. The breach will affect bi-weekly pay for 1,135 members, according to a Coast Guard statement to USNI News. “The Read More …

Upper Michigan: Cyber attack hits Sault Tribe offices

A ransomware attack that shut down gaming at all five Kewadin Casino locations also impacted other offices at an eastern Upper Peninsula tribe. The tribe made the announcement Monday and said it could be a week or more before regular Read More …