Pokémon hack exposes future games, beta designs and more

Pokémon developer Game Freak has confirmed its servers were hacked in August. The breach meant internal materials — from source codes to early and even scrapped character designs — were circulating on social media over the weekend. Leaked documents and Read More …

Critical Veeam Backup & Replication Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

Security researchers have reported CVE-2024-40711 is under active exploitation by ransomware groups. These groups are reportedly exploiting CVE-2024-40711 as a second stage exploit to create new local Administrator accounts to facilitate further objectives on compromised networks. Reports warn of exploitation Read More …

National Public Data Files for Bankruptcy Following Massive Data Breach

Jerico Pictures, the parent company of National Public Data (NPD) and the center of a massive data breach that exposed the personal data of an estimated 2.7 billion people, has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. National Public Data is a Read More …

Burning Zero Days: Suspected Nation-State Adversary Targets Ivanti CSA

Today FortiGuard Labs is releasing this blog post about a case where an advanced adversary was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities affecting the Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA). At the time of the investigation, two out of the three identified vulnerabilities Read More …

UNODC report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific

The Pacific is increasingly becoming an important transshipment hub and an operational and destination point for organized crime syndicates, according to a new report launched today by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Titled Transnational Organized Crime in Read More …

Internet Archive data breach exposes more than 31 million user accounts

The Internet Archive, a popular digital library known for its Wayback Machine, was hacked and suffered a data breach that reportedly exposed 31 million user accounts. Founder Brewster Kahle confirmed in a post on the social media platform X that Read More …

Nokia Report Highlights Surge in Cyber Attacks on Telecom Infrastructure

The latest findings from Nokia’s Threat Intelligence Report reveal an alarming increase in cybercriminal activity targeting telecom infrastructure, largely fueled by advances in Generative AI and automation. This escalation has significant implications for network security and operational reliability within the Read More …

Digital arrests – the newest deepfake tool used by cybercriminals

An Indian textile baron has revealed that he was duped out of 70 million rupees ($833,000) by online scammers impersonating federal investigators and even the Supreme Court chief justice. The fraudsters posing as officers from India’s Central Bureau of Investigation Read More …

Education under siege: How cybercriminals target our schools​​

Education is essentially an “industry of industries,” with K-12 and higher education enterprises handling data that could include health records, financial data, and other regulated information. At the same time, their facilities can host payment processing systems, networks that are Read More …