UK water supplier, South Staffordshire PLC, suffered a Clop ransomware attack during one of the country’s worst droughts, with the gang mistakenly identifying another water utility as the victim.
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73% of organizations intensified software supply chain security efforts to address risks posed by open source code used by 80% of the companies, a Synopsys/ESG study found.
Company confirmed that a five-year-old Slack bug leaked your hashed password to other group participants if you interacted with an invite-sharing feature.
An SMS phishing attack compromised cloud communications giant Twilio, leaking customer data and targeted content delivery network provider Cloudflare. Twilio says the data breach impacted at least 125 customers.
The FCC warned about increased robotext scams from automated smishing attacks stealing personal information by impersonating known companies such as credit card companies, parcel delivery services, and law enforcement agencies.
A cybersecurity startup Buguard said hackers used malware to steal passwords for Wiseasy's remote control dashboards to compromise payment terminals worldwide. Hackers could control payment terminals, install and remove apps, access personal information, and make configuration changes using the remote control dashboards.
Online trust and identity management giant Entrust suffered a security breach by a notorious ransomware gang that exfiltrated files from the company’s internal network.
Intel 471 researchers found that hackers leveraged messaging apps and their infrastructure to distribute malware, steal and store data, and deliver malicious payloads.
The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency and the Postal Police are investigating an alleged ransomware attack on the country's tax agency that potentially leaked 100 GB of data.
Malwarebytes discovered a malvertising campaign targeting top keywords and users' search behavior to display malicious Google Ads and redirecting to Windows support scam websites.
