New York authorities have fined two auto insurance companies nearly $12 million for failing to prevent data breaches that compromised the personal information of 120,000 residents and resulted in fraud.
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Unit 42 threat intel division has detected ongoing exploitation of Palo Alto firewalls via patched PAN-OS web interface zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474.
A massive data breach has exposed a trove of personal information after a threat actor compromised a French hospital’s electronic...
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged five members of the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider for related cyber attacks affecting numerous individuals and organizations, including Okta, Caesars Entertainment, Twilio, DoorDash, MailChimp, Reddit, and Riot Games.
American automaker Ford is investigated a data breach affecting 44,000 customers after prolific threat actor IntelBroker published the stolen data on a dark web hacking forum.
The US has called out Russia for enabling ransomware attacks on the country’s healthcare organizations, jeopardizing lives and threatening international peace and security.
U.S. oil giant Halliburton says the August 2024 ransomware data breach cost the company $35 million due to the disruption of operations affecting the company's clients.
Hot Topic has suffered a data breach affecting 57 million retail customers stemming from a compromised cloud account without multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Google Cloud will enforce mandatory MFA by the end of 2025 due to the sensitive nature of cloud deployments and phishing and stolen credentials being top attack vectors.
French digital automation and energy management giant Schneider Electric is investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed they stole dozens of gigabytes and demanded a hefty ransom in Baguettes, a classic popular French bread item.
