Flock cameras are tracking people as well as cars

Flock Safety’s cameras are automated license plate readers (ALPRs) designed to help police find stolen cars or wanted suspects. A joint investigation by 404 Media and WIRED, based on data recovered from a physically removed Flock camera, found that its Read More …

CenterPoint Energy confirms hackers compromised networks and stole data, and the hackers claim theft of 7.5 million files

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and data theft, days after a criminal advertised the stolen files on an underground hacking forum. CenterPoint Energy is a large US energy utility company that delivers electricity and natural gas to homes Read More …

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information. The hackers said they published the stolen data on its leak site “because the victim did not pay a Read More …

Iranian Cyber Targeting of Dissidents, Activists and Journalists

CHOSEN BRICK is a malware family that has been used to target individuals around the world including in the UK, US and the Netherlands from at least 2025. CHOSEN BRICK enables Iranian state cyber actors to collect information on a Read More …

Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

British fintech Revolut confirmed that it disclosed sensitive customer information to an unauthorized third party after receiving fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government agency email domain. The exposed data included customers’ identity and contact details, including their birth date, Read More …

Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach

An attacker breached an email marketing platform and launched targeted attacks against the newsletter subscribers of some of its customers, especially those working in cryptocurrency and adjacent fields. The incident was a supply-chain phishing campaign carried out through Brevo, an Read More …

More than 1 million users affected in Mathspace data breach across Australia and New Zealand

More than a million people, including students, school staff, and parents, have been affected following a data breach at Mathspace, according to the learning provider. The company said, in a blog post, “unauthorised parties had accessed an internal reporting system Read More …

Ransomware hackers dump 1.4 million stolen records from German government

A cybercriminal group known as Rhysida allegedly broke into the network of Berlin’s state government and exfiltrated 1.44 million files. They then tried to extort the government entity for money and when that failed, they leaked it all into the Read More …

LG TV flaws could let attackers listen in, even in standby mode

Smart TVs are internet-connected computers with microphones, app stores, advertising systems, and access to the same home networks used by your family’s phones, laptops, printers, and smart-home devices. In the past, we reported on Samsung settling a lawsuit with the Texas Attorney General over how Read More …

Free streaming boxes may be routing criminal traffic through your home

“Free” movies and TV could cost you your privacy, bandwidth, and control of your home network. We’ve warned about illegal streaming and modded Amazon Fire TV Sticks in the past. Now, researchers have found that certain SuperBox devices and apps could quietly enroll a Read More …