DNA testing firm said the data breach exposed personal and financial data of 2.1 million people, and hackers removed some files from the national genetic testing organization system database.
The narrative around NSO Group's Pegasus spyware thus far has been one of authoritarian governments using it to suppress internal criticism. The story may be shifting to one of international espionage with US State Department iPhones hacked by it.
The SolarWinds hackers (thought to be backed by Russian intelligence) are up to their old tricks with new cloud providers, and have reportedly already breached a number of companies.
Lloyd’s of London has issued a bulletin indicating that its cyber insurance products will no longer cover the fallout of cyber attacks exchanged between nation-states. This definition extends to operations that have "major detrimental impact on the functioning of a state."
Facebook is expanding mandatory two-factor authentication for users flagged as having high-risk accounts and will eventually be locked out of the platform until they enable it.
Google's new Cybersecurity Action Team warned that cybercriminals compromised unsecured or misconfigured Google Cloud instances to perform cryptocurrency mining.
Grinch bots have been a problem in the retail space for years and even beyond the Christmas season, snapping up everything from concert tickets to new video games.
Google's "Privacy Sandbox" project will proceed with the UK’s CMA taking a direct hand due to concerns that whatever Google develops will allow it to take an even greater share of the search advertising market.
Security flaw exposes the firmware encryption key allowing attackers to run arbitrary code on Intel Management Engine and access TPM, BitLocker, and EPID encryption keys.
Clearview AI faces fresh legal trouble in the UK, where it may soon be fined for violation of the country's data protection laws and forced to delete any biometric data it has collected.
