After its infrastructure went offline in October, there was widespread speculation that the REvil ransomware group was done for good. The likelihood of that increased with last week's apprehension of affiliates along with the seizure of $6.1 million.
A little under a decade ago, Google marketed its smart glasses as a combination of fashion and function that it expected to become a hot trend. Facebook is forging ahead with its own version, and regulators are not wasting any time scrutinizing it.
Alibaba's security team was the first to discover the Log4j vulnerability. Though Alibaba Cloud was not compromised, the company is nevertheless facing consequences for failing to notify Chinese regulators within two days as required by new laws passed in September 2021.
Multinational food retailer Ahold Delhaize reports that the November 2024 ransomware attack on its U.S. operations resulted in a massive data breach affecting over 2.2 million individuals.
The ransomware group LockBit put itself in the international headlines once again last week when it boldly claimed to have stolen 33 TB of data from the US Federal Reserve. But the sample of stolen data turns out to have come from just one US bank.
Europe’s highest court will soon deliver a judgement on the 'Schrems II' case that could see the controversial Privacy Shield accord between the EU and the U.S. struck down.
Temu is facing a ₩1.37 billion ($982,420) fine in South Korea over its data transfers to other countries. The privacy law violations are due to failure to adhere to the terms of the PIPA, the law of the land that saw significant amendments come into force in 2023 that put it roughly on par with the protections provided by the GDPR.
New 4iQ report indicates that data breaches were up by over 420% from 2017, exposing a total of almost 15 billion identity records. Small businesses are being targeted much more frequently than previously thought and that even relatively tiny businesses are now on the menu for sophisticated hackers.
Australian-based American defense contractor Austal USA has confirmed a cyber attack after the Hunters International ransomware group listed the company and shared samples of the stolen data as proof. Austal USA undertakes major U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs.
Industrial control systems manufacturer Johnson Controls International has suffered a massive ransomware attack, potentially exposing sensitive information of the Department of Homeland Security.










