U.S. companies brace for Israel-Iran cyber spillover

As Israel and Iran exchange airstrikes, cybersecurity experts are warning that a quieter, but still destructive, digital conflict is unfolding behind the scenes. And U.S. companies could soon find themselves in the blast radius. Iran and Israel are home to Read More …

Hackers take aim at Washington Post journalists in an apparent ‘targeted’ cyberattack

Hackers have tried to break into the email accounts of a select number of Washington Post journalists, according to an internal Washington Post memo obtained by CNN. The Post discovered the “possible targeted” hack of its email system last Thursday, Read More …

US airline industry quietly selling flight data to DHS

A data broker owned by some of America’s biggest airlines has been selling access to customer flight data to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The data, compiled by data broker Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), includes names, flight itineraries, Read More …

US government’s vaccine website defaced with AI-generated content

A U.S. government website designed to inform the public about vaccines has been defaced and now hosts apparently AI-generated spam. The domain, which belongs to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), appears to have been hosting the Read More …

Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack

United Natural Foods (UNFI), a major distributor of groceries to Whole Foods and other retailers, said on Monday that it was hit by a cyberattack, warning of disruptions to its ability to fulfill and distribute customer orders. UNFI said in Read More …

Texas: Drivers’ data compromised in TxDOT data breach of nearly 300,000 crash reports

The Texas Department of Transportation said it is reaching out to Texans whose personal data was compromised during a data breach that led to the improper download of nearly 300,000 crash reports. Personal data included in crash reports includes: full Read More …

More than 3 million records, 12TB of data exposed in major app builder breach

Millions of records containing sensitive, personally identifiable information, were sitting online in yet another unencrypted, non-password-protected database, experts have warned. Found by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who discovered and reported his findings to vpnMentor, the database contained 3,637,107 records, and Read More …

Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the hack on Kettering Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and medical centers in Ohio. The healthcare system is still recovering two weeks after the ransomware attack forced it to shut down all its Read More …

Eight things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit

On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than Read More …

FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles

One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday. Some of the recipients realized Read More …