An AI agent that revealed sensitive data without being asked. An agent that overruled its own guardrails. Another that sent credentials to an attacker via Telegram, because it forgot it wasn’t supposed to do so after a reset. It’s no secret that AI agents have huge potential, balanced by equally big risks. What’s becoming apparent,…
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15-year-old detained over French govt agency data breach
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country’s agency for issuing and managing administrative documents. […]
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Story retracted
BleepingComputer initially published a story about a new data breach at Instructure. Shortly after publication, we determined that the information was incorrect and primarily based on outdated details from a prior incident. The article has been retracted, and we regret the error. […]
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SAS Continues AI Investment, Introduces Quantum AI Lab
During the SAS Innovate 2026 conference, the data and AI company introduced new platforms to manage next-generation innovation and investments in industry accelerators, as well as an update on its digital twin technology. Managing the supply chain: AI tailored to real-world use cases Among the announcements SAS made are continued investments in industry accelerators and…
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SAS Introduces AI Navigator, Enhances SAS Viya
SAS Innovate 2026 has kicked off in Grapevine, Texas, and the data and AI organization has made several key announcements to coincide with the large-scale event. SAS is now focused on the transition from experimentation to enterprise-scale AI, as AI is increasingly embedded in business processes and no longer operates solely as a tool. The…
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realestate.com.au attracts the buyer for 9 in 10 listed homes that sell on the platform
New PropTrack data reveals the impact realestate.com.au has on property sales, with the platform helping Australian buyers find ‘the one’
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Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers
The growth of data centers — and adversaries’ targeting of them — left lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday contemplating whether the federal government has the right setup for defending them. Some industry witnesses and experts at the hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection testified that the answer might be…
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Meta Will Run Some Servers Longer in Response to Memory Shortage
The company is extending the useful life of some of its data center servers from six to seven years as it grapples with a “significant server supply deficit” due to the shortage of memory chips, according to two internal memos viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Anti‑Ransomware Awareness Day (12 May): Why Australian businesses must shift from prevention to cyber resilience
As organisations become reliant on data to operate reliably and effectively, Anti-Ransomware Awareness Day (12 May) invites businesses to recognise that ransomware has become a real, persistent risk, not just a hypothetical.
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Video service Vimeo confirms Anodot breach exposed user data
Vimeo has disclosed that data belonging to some of its customers and users has been accessed without authorization following the recent breach at the Anodot data anomaly detection company. […]
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French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches
A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 – including a hack of the French Ministry of National Education that exposed records on almost a quarter of a million employees – has been arrested at his home in western France. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security…
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82 Chrome Extensions Found Selling User Data, 6.5 Million Users Affected
LayerX research finds 82 Chrome extensions collecting and selling user data, affecting at least 6.5 million users through disclosed but concerning practices.
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ShinyHunters Leaks Data of Udemy, Zara, 7-Eleven in Salesforce Linked Breach
ShinyHunters leaks data of Udemy, Zara, 7-Eleven, exposing Salesforce records, PII, and cloud-linked breaches across multiple targets.
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LINKEDIN BROWSERGATE
BrowserGate claims LinkedIn secretly fingerprints users via extensions and device data, sending encrypted results to third parties for tracking. BrowserGate is an investigation conducted by Fairlinked (https://browsergate.eu/), an association of commercial LinkedIn users, which documents what it describes as one of the largest data breach and corporate espionage scandals in digital history. The central thesis:…
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Widely Used Browser Extensions Selling User Data
Dozens of browser extensions openly sell user data via privacy policy disclosures
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BlackFile Group Targets Retail and Hospitality with Vishing Attacks
Researchers uncover a new data theft and extortion group dubbed “BlackFile”
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The Victorian Government will allocate $3.5 million – Technology Driven Safety Security Measures for Family Violence Victims and Survivors
The funding announcement comes as new data reveals an 8% increase in family and domestic violence offenders over the past financial year, reinforcing the scale and persistence of the issue across the state. Against this backdrop, the latest investment focuses on practical, immediate protections designed to reduce risk for those most vulnerable.
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The Future of Data Platforms: From Pipelines to Intelligent Orchestration
GUEST OPINION: For years, organisations have invested heavily in building data pipelines — structured flows that move data from source systems into warehouses, lakes, and dashboards. These pipelines have been the backbone of reporting and analytics. But as enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI, digital platforms, and real-time decision-making, pipelines alone are no longer enough.
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Trigona ransomware adopts custom tool to steal data and evade detection
Trigona ransomware now uses a custom command-line tool to steal data faster and evade detection, replacing tools like Rclone and MegaSync. Symantec researchers report that recent Trigona ransomware attacks used a custom-built data exfiltration tool instead of common utilities like Rclone or MegaSync. This shift, seen in March 2026 incidents, gives attackers more control and…
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ADT confirms data breach after ShinyHunters leak threat
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. […]
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New BlackFile extortion group linked to surge of vishing attacks
A new financially motivated hacking group tracked as BlackFile has been linked to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks against retail and hospitality organizations since February 2026. […]
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Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept. Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has used Palantir’s Lead and Case Analytics platform to aggregate and analyze a sprawling list of…
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North Korea’s Lazarus Targets macOS Users via ClickFix
Lazarus continues leveraging ClickFix for initial access and data theft, in this case, against Mac-centric organizations and their high-value leaders.
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French Police Arrest HexDex Hacker Over Mass Data Theft and Leaks
French police arrest HexDex hacker, a 20-year-old suspect accused of mass data theft and leaks targeting government, sports groups, and firms.
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Intel Sales Rise 7% as AI Agents Drive Growth
Demand from data centers for its CPUs pushed quarterly revenues to $13.6 billion.
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ClickHouse Expands Strategic Collaboration With Google Cloud, Bringing Deeper Integration, Cloud Flexibility, and Next-Generation Performance
COMPANY NEWS: ClickHouse, a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML, has announced a significant expansion of its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud.
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Cosmetics giant Rituals discloses data breach affecting customers
Dutch cosmetics giant Rituals disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers from its “My Rituals” membership database. […]
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Hacker with a special interest in breaching sports institutions ends behind bars
French police have arrested a suspected hacker linked to a series of data breaches affecting organizations in the country. Citing authorities, Le Parisien reported that the suspect, a 20-year-old man using the alias ‘HexDex,’ was taken into custody on April 22, 2026, in the Vendée region, western France. The suspect admitted to using the alias…
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Apple Fixes iOS Notification Bug Exposing Deleted Messages
Apple patches iOS flaw that retained deleted notifications, exposing message data
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RAMP Uncovered: Anatomy of Russia’s Ransomware Marketplace
Leaked data from RAMP reveals Russia’s ransomware ecosystem, analyzing 1,732 threads, 7,707 users, and 340,000 IP records from the forum. RAMP was not just another dark web forum. It was one of the clearest examples of how ransomware has become an organized marketplace, with sellers, buyers, brokers, and recruiters all playing different roles in the…
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OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI
Since people tend to paste personal data into AI tools such as ChatGPT, OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model designed to detect and redact personally identifiable information (PII) in text. The model is available under the Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face and GitHub. “This release is part of our broader effort to…
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Scenario: Open-source framework for automated AI app red-teaming
Enterprises running customer service bots, data analytics agents, and other AI-driven applications in production handle sensitive records and connect to core business systems every day. LangWatch has released Scenario, an open-source framework that runs automated red-team exercises against AI agents using multi-turn attack techniques that mirror how adversaries operate in the wild. Multi-turn attacks replace…
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Google’s Workspace Intelligence promises privacy while running on your data
Security and data governance are among the key considerations in Google’s latest AI update, which introduces Workspace Intelligence within Google Workspace. Google describes the feature as “a secure, dynamic system that inherently understands complex semantic relationships within your Workspace apps (such as Docs, Slides, or Gmail) content, your active projects, your collaborators, and your organization’s…
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The U.S. Has Long Been a Nation of Inventors—and Luddites
From smashing looms to blocking AI data centers, some Americans have resisted technology’s forward march.
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Cyberattack on French government agency triggers phishing alert for users
France Titres, a French government agency, has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed user data from its online portal. France Titres, also known as the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), operates under the French Ministry of the Interior and manages systems for official identity and registration documents, including driver’s licences, national ID…
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Hitachi Vantara Releases FY2025 Sustainability Report, Highlighting Leadership in Energy-Efficient Infrastructure for AI-Driven Workloads
GUEST RESEARCH: Annual report details advancements in sustainable data infrastructure, including expanded lifecycle design initiatives, governance improvements and energy-efficient systems for AI workloads
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Attacking the MCP Trust Boundary
Every secure API draws a line between code and data. HTTP separates headers from bodies. SQL has prepared statements. Even email distinguishes the envelope from the message. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard for connecting AI agents to external services, inherits that gap from the models it sits on top of. Its central…
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Lotus Wiper Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Systems in Destructive Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented data wiper that has been used in attacks targeting Venezuela at the end of last year and the start of 2026. Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the novel file wiper has been used in a destructive campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela, per findings from Kaspersky. “Two…
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Trojanized Android App Fuels New Wave of NFC Fraud
NGate malware abuses HandyPay app to steal NFC card data and PINs in Brazil
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The 9 best SQL courses online in 2026 ranked
GUEST OPINION: SQL is still the connective tissue of every modern data stack—from cloud warehouses to mobile apps. Recruiters know it, too: employer demand for SQL skills grew 46% year-over-year, according to labour-market analyst Lightcast.
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GapMaps Partners with Panolytica to Deliver Advanced Consumer Segmentation Data
GapMaps has announced a new strategic global partnership with UK-based data specialists Panolytica, providing businesses with access to high quality and granular consumer segmentation data across Australia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and the UK, with planned launches across Southeast Asia and the United Arab Emirates this year.
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Unchecked AI Agents Cause Cybersecurity Incidents at Two Thirds of Firms
Data exposure, operational disruption and financial losses among issues faced by businesses struggling with the rapid rise of AI agents, warns Cloud Security Alliance report
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NGate Android malware uses HandyPay NFC app to steal card data
A new variant of the NGate malware that steals NFC payment data is targeting Android users by hiding in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a legitimate mobile payments processing tool. […]
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Vercel Breach Linked to Context.ai, ShinyHunters Says It’s Not Involved
Vercel confirms a breach linked to Context.ai as a hacker lists alleged data for $2M. ShinyHunters denies involvement and flags imposters.
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France’s ANTS ID System website hit by cyberattack, possible data breach
A cyberattack hit France’s ANTS website, possibly exposing personal data from users applying for IDs, passports, and driver’s licenses. A cyberattack targeted France’s ANTS platform, which handles applications for passports, ID cards, residence permits, and driver’s licenses. Authorities detected the incident on April 15 and warned it may have exposed personal data from both individuals…
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The backup myth that is putting businesses at risk
Backups protect data, but don’t keep your business running during downtime. Datto shows why BCDR is essential to keep operations running during ransomware and outages. […]
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Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control
For organizations that want to keep company data within their own systems and have more control over how AI is deployed, Mozilla is offering an alternative to externally hosted AI services with Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client designed for self-hosted use. Thunderbolt is available through a waitlist, with native applications for web, macOS, Windows, Linux,…
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Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people
A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital (Tennessee) exposed data of 337,000 people after hackers stole 500GB of sensitive information from its systems. A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Tennessee led to a major data breach affecting about 337,000 people. The attack, carried out by the Rhysida group, involved…
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Microsoft’s Windows Recall still allows silent data extraction
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature remains vulnerable to complete data extraction despite a major security overhaul, according to a cybersecurity researcher who says malware running in a user’s context can quietly siphon off everything Recall has captured, without administrator privileges, kernel exploits, or breaking encryption. Alexander Hagenah, executive director at Zürich-based financial infrastructure operator SIX Group,…
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Microsoft’s Windows Recall still allows silent data extraction
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature remains vulnerable to complete data extraction despite a major security overhaul, according to a cybersecurity researcher who says malware running in a user’s context can quietly siphon off everything Recall has captured, without administrator privileges, kernel exploits, or breaking encryption. Alexander Hagenah, executive director at Zürich-based financial infrastructure operator SIX Group,…
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Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion group has leaked data from 13.5 million McGraw Hill user accounts, stolen after breaching the company’s Salesforce environment earlier this month. […]
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Ghost breaches: How AI-mediated narratives have become a new threat vector
A company wakes up to a news story claiming it has suffered a major data breach. The details are specific, technical and convincing. But the breach didn’t happen. No systems were compromised. No data was taken. A language model generated the entire story, filling in plausible details from scratch. And before the company can figure…
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QEMU abused to evade detection and enable ransomware delivery
The use of hidden virtual machines (VMs) enables long-term access, credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and PayoutsKing ransomware deployment Categories: Threat Research Tags: virtual machine, QEMU, PayoutsKing, GOLD ENCOUNTER, CitrixBleed2
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OpenAI pulls out of a second Stargate data center deal
In the space of one week, OpenAI has pulled out of two European Stargate data center deals, one in the UK and the second in Norway. Observers attribute the move to the company taking a more disciplined approach to its massive expenses, with OpenAI executives trying to make their books look better in a common…
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McGraw-Hill Confirms Data Exposure Tied to Salesforce Issue
McGraw-Hill has confirmed unauthorized access to a limited set of internal data following a reported Salesforce misconfiguration. The disclosure comes after an extortion threat that raised questions about the scale and sensitivity of the incident. “ShinyHunters has no shortage of options for potential follow-up campaigns. They can target instructors with convincingly branded messages, pivot into…
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ShinyHunters Leak Rockstar Games Data, No Player Records Impacted
ShinyHunters hackers leak 7.54 GB of Rockstar Games data from Snowflake analytics systems, confirming no player records or personal information were exposed.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Sued by NAACP Over Memphis Data Center
Lawsuit alleges xAI’s efforts to power its data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi are creating a health risk for local residents.
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Personal data of 1 million gym members compromised in Basic-Fit security incident
A breach at Basic-Fit exposed data of 1M members, including names, birth dates and bank details after unauthorized access. Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest gym chain, has disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million members. Hackers gained unauthorized access to the company systems and stole personal. The gym chain said it recently detected the intrusion and…
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Claroty bridges gap between asset visibility and actionable risk reduction with industry-first visibility orchestration capabilities
Claroty xDome’s new visibility orchestration transforms incomplete asset data into prioritised security actions for complex cyber-physical systems environments
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AI might be killing traditional SIEMs, but data advantage is as strong as ever
Over 3 years ago, I talked about the concept of data gravity – the idea that as more and more data gets centralized in a single place, it gives a huge advantage to companies that collect this data. That idea made a lot of sense back then, in January 2023, some 2 months after the…
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Nearly 80% of Enterprises Say AI Is Held Back by Data Access Challenges, New Cloudera Report Finds
GUEST RESEARCH: Cloudera’s latest global survey, The Data Readiness Index, reveals a growing “AI readiness illusion,” where widespread adoption outpaces the data foundations required to deliver real business impact. In APAC, 85% of organisations claim to have complete visibility over where their data resides, but 38% struggle to use their data effectively due to complicated…
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NiCE CXone Integration with Epic Brings Patient Engagement and Context into One Workspace
New integration unifies communications and data in a single, AI-powered interface within Epic, enabling more connected, personalised, and efficient experiences
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Malicious Chrome Extensions Campaign Exposes User Data
108 malicious Chrome extensions steal sessions, Google data, inject ads via single C2 infrastructure
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Booking.com Confirms Data Breach as Hackers Access Customer Details
Booking.com confirms a data breach exposing customer details to hackers. No payment data accessed, but users face risk of targeted phishing scams now!
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ShinyHunters claim the hack of Rockstar Games breach and started leaking data
Leak of 8.1GB data tied to Rockstar Games includes anti-cheat code, game data, analytics and more, reportedly exposed by ShinyHunters. An 8.1GB data leak reportedly linked to Rockstar Games has surfaced, with files shared by ShinyHunters after being obtained via Anodot. The dataset includes anti-cheat source code, player analytics, game assets, Zendesk support tickets and…
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This Booking.com Breach Could Expose Your Travel Plans
Booking.com has disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to customer reservation data, prompting the company to reset reservation PINs tied to affected bookings. The activity, described as “suspicious access” to a subset of reservation records, did not expose payment card data but surfaced a category of information that, from an operational security standpoint, is…
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Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang
Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach linked to a recent security incident at Anodot, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang now leaking the stolen data on its data leak site. […]
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Hackers access Booking.com user data, company secures systems
Hackers accessed some Booking.com user data, including names, emails, phone numbers, and booking details. The issue is now contained. Booking.com warned that hackers may have accessed customer data linked to travel reservations. Exposed details could include names, email addresses, phone numbers, and information shared with accommodations. Booking.com is one of the world’s leading online travel agencies…
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Australia’s EV surge: JOLT signs up record EV drivers for urban charging network
As Australia reaches EV sales records, new data shows drivers are switching for good – and the EV cost savings are real
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Mailbox Rule Abuse Emerges as Stealthy Post-Compromise Threat
Attackers are abusing Microsoft 365 mailbox rules to hide activity, exfiltrate data and retain access after account compromise, researchers warn
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The silent “Storm”: New infostealer hijacks sessions, decrypts server-side
New “Storm” infostealer skips local decryption, sending browser data to attacker servers. Varonis shows how server-side decryption enables session hijacking, bypassing passwords and MFA. […]
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Siemens expands Industrial Automation DataCenter with edge AI and cybersecurity
Siemens will present the next generation of its Industrial Automation DataCenter, a custom-configured data center for IT needs in production, expanding its turnkey solution into an AI-ready platform. Structure of the Siemens Industrial Automation DataCenter and its Remote Industrial Operations Services (Source: Siemens AG) In partnership with NVIDIA and in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks,…
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FBI Recovers Deleted Signal Messages Through iPhone Notifications
Signal messages may persist in iPhone notification data, enabling FBI access even after deletion, a court case reveals.
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ShinyHunters Claims Rockstar Games Snowflake Breach via Anodot
ShinyHunters claims access to Rockstar Games Snowflake data via Anodot breach, threatening a data leak on April 14 if ransom demands are not met.
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Alleged 10 Petabyte Data Theft From China’s Tianjin Supercomputing Hub
Threat actors are claiming responsibility for what could be one of the largest data breaches in China’s history — allegedly stealing more than 10 petabytes of data from a key national supercomputing facility tied to scientific and defense research. “The reports that hackers with the alias of FlamingChina stole 10 petabytes of data containing Chinese…
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Structured Data: Enhancing Your Site’s SEO
In this post, I will talk about structured data for enhancing your site’s SEO. Imagine walking into a huge library looking for one specific book. You could browse every aisle and flip through dozens of covers, or you could simply look it up in the system and find it in seconds. That’s exactly what structured…
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TGS Awards Hyperscale Cloud Migration Contract to Tape Ark
TGS, a global provider of subsurface data and energy intelligence, has awarded a contract to Tape Ark to migrate approximately 40 petabytes of seismic and subsurface data into a cloud environment. The program represents one of the largest cloud-migration initiatives of its kind within the energy sector.
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Eurail data breach impacted 308,777 people
Hackers breached Eurail in Dec 2025, stole names and passport data, and exposed over 300,000 travelers’ personal information. Threat actors breached Eurail in December 2025 and stole names and passport numbers from its network. The company now notifies 308,777 people that attackers exposed their personal data, raising concerns about identity theft and misuse of sensitive…
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GigaOm names Nokia “Leader” and “Outperformer” in Data Center Switching for fifth straight year
Independent analysis highlights Nokia’s Data Center Fabric for innovation, performance and readiness for AI-scale infrastructure Nokia’s Data Center Fabric Solution earns top marks for AI capabilities, automation, and reliability Recognition highlights how Nokia is delivering secure and reliable solutions in data center networking where it has clear technology leadership
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Apple worst, Asus best for laptop repairability
Broken laptops are not becoming easier to fix, despite the availability of public data about their repairability and growing support for right-to-repair legislation. That’s according to US PIRG Education Fund, a consumer protection nonprofit. Its fifth annual Failing to Fix survey found Asus to be the most repairable laptop brand — although its score dropped…
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113,000 explicit prompts from AI girlfriend platform exposed, many linked to user IDs
MyLovely.AI, an AI girlfriend platform, suffered a data breach that exposed over 100,000 users. MyLovely.AI allows people to create personalized not safe for work (NSFW) content and engage in real-time conversations with AI-generated companions, often involving highly personal prompts and interactions. According to Have I Been Pwned, the breach exposed email addresses, user-created prompts, links…
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GrafanaGhost Flaw Allows Silent Data Exfiltration
A vulnerability called GrafanaGhost allows attackers to quietly extract sensitive data from Grafana environments without user interaction or traditional compromise techniques. Discovered by researchers at Noma Security, the flaw highlights how AI-driven features can introduce new, difficult-to-detect attack paths in widely used platforms. “Across ForcedLeak, GeminiJack, DockerDash, and now GrafanaGhost, we keep seeing the same…
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The alleged breach of China’s National Supercomputing Center can have serious geopolitical consequences
A hacker allegedly stole 10+ PB of sensitive military and aerospace data from China’s National Supercomputing Center, risking national security. A massive alleged breach has hit China’s National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin. A hacker claims to have exfiltrated over 10 petabytes of highly sensitive data, including military, aerospace, and missile-related information. The facility supports…
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Inside the Race to Protect Submarine Cables From Sabotage
The U.S. and allies are turning to tech, patrols and new routes to defend crucial underwater data infrastructure against Russia and China.
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Boomi Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide API Management 2026
Boomi, the data activation company, has announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide API Management 2026 Assessment, which evaluates vendors based on their capabilities and strategies for delivering API managementsolutions (APIM) in an increasingly AI-driven, hybrid enterprise landscape.
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Trellix strengthens data security for the GenAI era
Trellix announced enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI while protecting sensitive data from exposure and loss. “The rapid adoption of AI tools across the enterprise is creating new and often invisible data risks,” said Alex Au Yeung, CPO, Trellix. “Trellix brings together policy, visibility, and…
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Data Optimization in Security: A Splunk Architect’s Perspective
Learn how to design security data optimization around detection engineering, Splunk architecture, and faster incident response outcomes.
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Snowflake customers hit in data theft attacks after SaaS integrator breach
Over a dozen companies have suffered data theft attacks after a SaaS integration provider was breached and authentication tokens stolen. […]
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GrafanaGhost Exploit Bypasses AI Guardrails for Silent Data Exfiltration
GrafanaGhost chains AI prompt injection and URL flaws to exfiltrate sensitive Grafana data
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V2 AI achieves Databricks Silver Partner status
Leading AI and Data consultancy in APAC, V2 AI has been recognised as a Databricks Silver Partner, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to delivering advanced data and AI solutions for enterprise organisations.
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Why Security Researchers and Red Teams Are Turning to Workflow Automation
Security researchers and red teams adopt workflow automation to cut alert fatigue, enrich data, and scale operations across SOC, intel and recon tasks.
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Meta’s AI‑agent Data Leak
The recent incident at Meta, where an AI agent exposed sensitive internal data following a routine query, is a timely reminder that AI risk is already operational.
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Qilin ransomware group claims the hack of German political party Die Linke
Qilin ransomware claims it stole data from Germany’s Die Linke and threatens to leak it; the party confirmed the incident, but not a breach. The Qilin ransomware group claims it stole data from Die Linke, a German political party, and is threatening to release it. Die Linke is a left-wing political party in Germany. Its…
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I Uploaded My Blood Work to AI. Am I Oversharing?
When you connect medical records and health data to a chatbot, you get results. But you must understand the risks.
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European Commission breach exposed data of 30 EU entities, CERT-EU says
CERT-EU says a European Commission cloud hack exposed data from 30 EU entities and links the breach to the TeamPCP group. CERT-EU attributed a European Commission cloud breach to the TeamPCP threat group, revealing that data from at least 30 EU entities was exposed. The incident was publicly disclosed on March 27 after inquiries confirmed…
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Inconsistent Privacy Labels Don’t Tell Users What They Are Getting
Data privacy labels are a great idea for mobile apps, but the current versions just aren’t good enough.
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AI Trainer Mercor Offers to Pay People for Prior Work—Work Employers Might Own
AI models from the tech giants constantly need new training data. This $10 billion startup is on the hunt for fresh resources.
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Hims & Hers warns of data breach after Zendesk support ticket breach
Telehealth giant Hims & Hers Health is warning that it suffered a data breach after support tickets were stolen from a third-party customer service platform. […]
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How AWS KMS and AWS Encryption SDK overcome symmetric encryption bounds
If you run high-scale applications that encrypt large volumes of data, you might be concerned about tracking encryption limits and rotating keys. This post explains how AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and the AWS Encryption SDK handle Advanced Encryption Standard in Galois Counter Mode’s (AES-GCM) encryption limits or bounds automatically by using derived key…
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Evolution of Ransomware: Multi-Extortion Ransomware Attacks
Multi-extortion ransomware relies on stolen data to pressure victims with public leaks. Penta Security explains how its D.AMO platform keeps exfiltrated files encrypted and useless to attackers. […]