Privacy concerns may be getting lost in the stampede to find a 'better Twitter,' as researchers warn that Meta's new app collects much more sensitive personal information than comparable platforms.
The purpose of the cyber attack on WSJ appeared to be espionage, with information exfiltrated from email and Google Drive accounts since at least February 2020. Mandiant believes government-backed Chinese hackers conducted the operation.
Cybercriminals could run DDoS attacks on Next Generation 911 systems by using anonymized phones to issue repeated emergency calls that cannot be blocked by the network.
Cloud-based electronic health records and management solutions provider NextGen Healthcare has notified authorities of a data breach that leaked 1 million patient records.
The cyber attack impacted a "small number of servers" but nevertheless caused issues with NHS 111 scheduling, and the system outages may not be fully resolved for at least several days.
Public Health England announced that personal identifiable information collected by NHS Test and Trace program to control COVID-19 will be kept for 20 years.
Most ransomware attacks begin with some combination of phishing and social engineering. An enterprising ransomware gang in Nigeria appears to be skipping this messy step, simply making a direct pitch to employees to join in on the attack.
Nissan has confirmed that the North American data breach exposed the sensitive personal information of over 53,000 employees, contrary to its previous assessment that had ruled out PII.
Nissan Oceania is notifying approximately 100,000 individuals in Australia and New Zealand that the December 2023 data breach by the Akira ransomware gang leaked their personal information.
Federal agencies NIST and CISA issued guidelines to defend organizations and vendors against acquiring or distributing programs compromised through software supply chain attacks.
