Europol has seized First VPN, a service used by ransomware gangs, arrested its administrator and gained access to data linked to thousands of users.
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GitHub links repo breach to TanStack npm supply-chain attack
GitHub says the hackers who breached 3,800 internal repositories gained access via a malicious version of the Nx Console VS Code extension, compromised in last week’s TanStack npm supply-chain attack. […]
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Zara data breach exposed personal information of 197,000 people
Hackers who gained access to the databases of Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara stole data belonging to more than 197,000 customers, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. […]
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Trellix discloses data breach after source code repository hack
Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to “a portion” of its source code repository. […]
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Anthropic Probes Alleged Unauthorized Access to AI Security Tool Mythos
Anthropic is investigating reports that an unauthorized group gained access to its newly launched tool, Mythos, highlighting potential gaps in how early-access AI systems are distributed and secured. “Unauthorized users were able to access Anthropic’s Mythos model, reportedly by just changing a model name,” said Shane Fry, CTO at RunSafe Security in an email to…
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European Gym giant Basic-Fit data breach affects 1 million members
Dutch fitness giant Basic-Fit announced that hackers breached its systems and gained access to information belonging to a million of its customers. […]
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Supply chain attack at CPUID pushes malware with CPU-Z/HWMonitor
Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools. […]
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FBI, CISA issue PSA on Russian intelligence campaign to target messaging apps
Russian intelligence-affiliated hackers have gained access to thousands of users’ messaging apps with a global phishing campaign, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned in a public service announcement on Friday. The high-value targets they’re pursuing include current and former U.S. government officials, political figures, military personnel and journalists, the two agencies…
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Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts
Identity protection company Aura has confirmed that an authorized party gained access to nearly 900,000 customer records containing names and email addresses. […]
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Ransomware’s Opening Play: Target Identity First
For years, ransomware attacks followed a familiar script. Threat actors gained entry through a vulnerable server, a phishing email, or malicious software on an endpoint. Once inside, they moved laterally through the network, then encrypted systems and demanded payment. That playbook has changed. Today’s ransomware operators increasingly target identity infrastructure as their first objective. Active…
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Threat intelligence by ESET is a game changer
Cyber threats have gained the upper hand on many global organizations, attacking through a relentless cycle of new phishing scams, malware attacks and deepfake incidents. As new-age IT and cybersecurity projects continue to proliferate, CIOs, CISOs, and their teams are embracing a variety of cutting-edge strategies to add intelligence to the ever-growing volume of data,…