A password compromise affecting business intelligence and analytics firm Sisense has triggered a CISA alert urging customers to reset their account login credentials and secrets.
The case began with a probe opened by an assortment of state attorneys general in 2018 in response to consumer complaints. The investigation found that Google had been misleading about its use of location tracking dating back to at least 2014.
Amidst a recent storm of controversy in which leaks have revealed that repressive governments and even criminal groups have wound up with access to its Pegasus spyware, NSO Group now finds itself unwelcome in the US.
There have been rumblings about antitrust lawsuits targeting Silicon Valley's biggest companies. The first has finally emerged. If the suit is ultimately successful it could break up Facebook.
The Russian hackers call themselves "Killnet" and first made the news in April with declarations of intent to conduct cyber attacks on critical infrastructure in other countries. The group has been linked to prior DDoS campaigns.
Kia Motors America suffered a suspected DoppelPaymer ransomware attack that shut down internal and customer-facing systems. Hackers demanded 404 Bitcoins worth about $20 million.
A third-party data breach has leaked personal information, including government IDs, from the messaging app Discord after threat actors breached a customer support vendor.
About half a million dollars was taken from retirement accounts in an early April cyber attack on Australia's largest superannuation funds, information first shared by an anonymous inside source that provided details to the media.
As with many of these recent attempts at a comprehensive federal privacy law, the bill has bipartisan support. But its fate is just as uncertain as any of its predecessors during a Congressional period in which data privacy has been kept in the backseat.
South African Banking Risk Information Centre warned that banks in the country had been experiencing repeated DDoS attacks and ransom notes were delivered to a number of staff email addresses.
