London council slammed for ‘severe’ data breach in ‘avoidable’ cyber attack

Britain’s data watchdog has lambasted London’s Hackney Council for a cyber attack that “severely” impacted residents, saying the breach was “a clear and avoidable error.” In October 2020, hackers infiltrated Hackney’s systems, accessing, encrypting, and in some instances exfiltrating personal Read More …

Disney faces potential data breach, hacker group claims massive leak

The Walt Disney Company is reeling from a suspected cyberattack by a hacktivist group calling itself NullBulge, exposing a significant amount of sensitive information. NullBulge announced its exploit on 12 July on both the cybercrime forum Breach Forums and X/Twitter. Read More …

Rite Aid confirms data breach following ransomware attack

American drugstore chain Rite Aid has confirmed that last month’s ransomware attack resulted in data theft. In a statement, the company said it was currently investigating the cyberattack, and is working on sending out data breach notifications to affected customers. Read More …

I spy another mSpy breach: Millions more stalkerware buyers exposed

Commercial spyware maker mSpy has been breached – again – and millions of purchasers can be identified from the spilled records.… mSpy showed up on Have I Been Pwned on July 11, with the site revealing hacktivists were responsible for Read More …

UNC3944 Targets SaaS Applications

UNC3944 is a financially motivated threat group that carries significant overlap with public reporting of “0ktapus,” “Octo Tempest,” “Scatter Swine,” and “Scattered Spider” and has been observed adapting its tactics to include data theft from software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to attacker-owned Read More …

Insights on Cyber Threats Targeting Users and Enterprises in Brazil

Individuals and organizations in Brazil face a unique cyber threat landscape because it is a complex interplay of global and local threats, posing significant risks to individuals, organizations, and critical sectors of Brazilian society. Many of the cyber espionage threat Read More …

Co-op cyber attack could be any number of things: Cyber security expert

Some stores are still dealing with problems on their shelves after a cyber attack against Federated Co-operatives Ltd. two weeks ago, but the company hasn’t said much about what’s going on. Co-op has kept customers updated as bits and pieces Read More …