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Coalition Headed by Schrems, Wikimedia Europe Urges EU Privacy Regulators to Reject Meta’s Ad-Free Subscription Option

February 23, 2024

The coalition suggests that if privacy regulators sign off on Meta’s ad-free scheme, it will immediately be adopted by every other service that monetizes via personalized advertising. That could undo a great deal of the work GDPR decisions have done.

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Cyber Security News

Insurance Company Prudential Financial Discloses a Security Breach of Internal Systems

February 22, 2024

America's second largest insurance company Prudential Financial has disclosed a security breach by a cybercrime gang that leaked administrative, employee, and contractors’ data.

Handcuffs on a keyboard showing law enforcement operation on Lockbit ransomware group

Cyber Security News

International Law Enforcement’s “Operation Cronos” Snags LockBit Ransomware Group’s Leak Site, Crypto Wallets and Decryption Keys

February 22, 2024

International law enforcement operation appears to have significantly disrupted the capabilities of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the biggest internet-based criminal hacking organizations in the world, seizing about 200 of the group's crypto wallets and over 1,000 decryption keys.

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Cyber Security News

GoldPickaxe Mobile Trojan Malware Captures Facial Data, Intercepts Text Messages to Access Financial Accounts

February 20, 2024

The new GoldPickaxe evolution of the GoldDigger trojan malware takes things a step further, retaining the prior functionality but adding the ability to capture facial data for the purpose of creating a deepfake to defeat biometric logins.

Hacker hands using laptop with virtual brain showing OpenAI tools used by state-sponsored hacking groups

Cyber Security News

Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hacking Groups Are Making Use of OpenAI Tools

February 19, 2024

A recent surge in phishing messages by profit-seeking criminal hackers has been tied to OpenAI tools, but a new report from Microsoft finds that state-sponsored hacking groups are making of use of these new AI abilities as well.

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Cyber Security News

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Over 100 Romanian Hospitals, Including Cancer and Pediatric Centers

February 19, 2024

A massive ransomware attack affected an integrated healthcare management system, disrupting over 100 Romanian hospitals, including pediatric and cancer centers.

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Cyber Security News

Chainalysis: Global Ransomware Payments Top $1 Billion, Beating Prior Record

February 16, 2024

Numerous recent sources have been indicating a resurgence for ransomware in 2023, and perhaps the best evidence yet comes from a new Chainalysis report: for the first time ever, global ransomware payments topped over $1 billion in cryptocurrency.

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Cyber Security News

Record-Breaking Data Breaches of French Payment Providers May Impact Half of the Country’s Population

February 16, 2024

The data breach is thought to impact about 33 million people in total, or nearly half of the country's total population of about 67 million. Both of the data breach subjects are third-party payment providers for France’s medical insurance industry.

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Cyber Security News

Third Party Data Breach Hits Bank of America, At Least 57,000 Records of Sensitive Personal Information Exposed

February 15, 2024

Personal and financial information for at least 57,000 parties doing business with Bank of America was exposed in a third party data breach in late October of last year. Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), an insurance process management services provider, is the third party that was compromised.

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Cyber Security News

Verizon Insider Data Breach Impacted Employee Data of More Than 60,000 Employees

February 14, 2024

A Verizon insider data breach has impacted employee data of 63,206 employees. incident occurred when a Verizon employee violated company policy by gaining unauthorized access to a file containing workers’ personal information.

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Insurance Company Prudential Financial Discloses a Security Breach of Internal Systems

International Law Enforcement’s “Operation Cronos” Snags LockBit Ransomware Group’s Leak Site, Crypto Wallets and Decryption Keys

GoldPickaxe Mobile Trojan Malware Captures Facial Data, Intercepts Text Messages to Access Financial Accounts

Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hacking Groups Are Making Use of OpenAI Tools

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Over 100 Romanian Hospitals, Including Cancer and Pediatric Centers

Chainalysis: Global Ransomware Payments Top $1 Billion, Beating Prior Record

Record-Breaking Data Breaches of French Payment Providers May Impact Half of the Country’s Population

Third Party Data Breach Hits Bank of America, At Least 57,000 Records of Sensitive Personal Information Exposed

Verizon Insider Data Breach Impacted Employee Data of More Than 60,000 Employees

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure