Medicare data breach exposes personal details of 100,000 Americans

Healthcare data continues to be a top target for cybercriminals. In June alone, two major breaches compromised over 13 million patient records. Now, a newly confirmed Medicare data breach has affected more than 100,000 Americans. The Centers for Medicare & Read More …

Bluetooth security flaws could affect thousands of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars

Security researchers have discovered four vulnerabilities in the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack which could be chained together for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. This stack is used by multiple vendors across different industries – including car manufacturing giants Mercedes, Volkswagen, and Read More …

Australia’s Qantas says cyber criminal contacts one week after data breach

A cyber criminal has made contact with Australia’s Qantas following a data breach last week that exposed personal information of six million customers, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The hacker had targeted a call centre and gained access Read More …

Payout offered to Afghans hit by UK data breaches

Afghan nationals whose personal information was mistakenly exposed by the Ministry of Defence in 2021 will be offered up to £4,000 each in compensation, the government has said. The data breaches affected 277 people, some of whom had worked for Read More …

Mexican drug cartel hacked cameras and phones to spy on FBI and identify witnesses

The “El Chapo” Mexican drug cartel snooped on FBI personnel through hacked cameras, and listened in on their phone calls to identify and kill potential witnesses, the US Department of Justice has said. And seven years on, the Bureau’s defenses Read More …

Data breach reveals Catwatchful ‘stalkerware’ is spying on thousands of phones

A security vulnerability in a stealthy Android spyware operation called Catwatchful has exposed thousands of its customers, including its administrator. The bug, which was discovered by security researcher Eric Daigle, spilled the spyware app’s full database of email addresses and Read More …

Qantas hit by cyber attack, leaving 6 million customer records at risk of data breach

Qantas is warning a “significant” amount of customer data has likely been stolen from its records during a cyber attack. The airline has released a statement saying that, on Monday, it detected unusual activity on a third-party platform used by Read More …

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides’ emails

Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump’s circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. In online chats with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers, Read More …

Data possibly stolen and council services offline after Glasgow cyber attack

Glasgow City Council has warned that personal data may have been stolen in a cyber attack affecting its services. The local authority was alerted to malicious activity on servers managed by a third-party supplier on June 19. Due to affected Read More …