Ubisoft apparently stopped a 900GB data breach

Just days after Insomniac suffered a horrible data breach, Ubisoft may have avoided the same fate. Security collective VX-Underground shared a report on X that, on Dec. 20, an “unknown Threat Actor” got access to Ubisoft’s internal tools, sharing screenshots Read More …

The rising threat of phishing attacks with Crypto Drainers

A recent investigation by Check Point Research exposes a troubling trend in the cryptocurrency landscape. The cryptocurrency community has been witnessing an alarming increase in sophisticated phishing attacks. These threats are unique in their approach, targeting a wide range of Read More …

Rhode Island: Data breach at Wyatt steals info of detainees, staff and vendors

At least 1,454 detainees of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, 438 current and former staff members and 92 vendors have been affected by a virus in the facility’s computer system, Wyatt announced Friday. The FBI is now investigating the Read More …

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 …

Why Is an Australian Footballer Collecting My Passwords?

Unit 42 researchers have observed threat actors using malicious JavaScript samples to steal sensitive information by abusing popular survey sites, low-quality hosting and web chat APIs. In some campaigns, attackers created chatbots that they registered to someone noteworthy such as 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 …

Former Chelsea player Rati Aleksidze arrested in Germany for ‘gang-related investment fraud’

A former Chelsea striker played a possible minor role in a global investment crime gang, according to prosecutors investigating a cyber scam worth “billions”. Rati Aleksidze was temporarily held under a European arrest warrant in March. German prosecutors told Telegraph Sport Read More …