DDoS extortion gangs returned and made new ransom demands as Bitcoin price surged. Four out five Radware customers who received the threats experienced intense DDoS attacks.
A petition was issued to block Google’s proposed merger with Fitbit as it will give the company access to health data from fitness devices of 28 million customers.
New papers reveal the National Security Agency (NSA) regularly purchases internet data about Americans from private data brokers, including categories that could normally only be obtained via a court order.
Declassified report reveals 2016 Wikileaks breach of CIA hacking tools was due to the agency’s focus on developing cyber weapons and a systemic lack of access control.
The database leak incident comes as DeepSeek is experiencing an amazing period of rapid success, but has also been tripped up by several other security issues in quick succession. The chat history exposure is joined by a DDoS and jailbreak issues that could undermine trust.
The Italian data protection authority has announced that DeepSeek was formally blocked for failure to provide sufficient information in response to the request. The Chinese company appears to have taken a combative tone.
A number of attendees of the most recent DEF CON are accused of jamming a Delta flight's Wi-Fi network during their flight home and attempting to get other passengers to connect to a rogue hotspot they controlled.
ODIN Intelligence, a law enforcement technology vendor, has experienced a chain of security incidents as of late including a defaced website (and possibly much worse). Company had already been a magnet for controversy over some of its more privacy-invasive products.
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.
Hackers have released internal documents stolen from Leidos Holding, a defense contractor and federal IT services provider, after a third-party data leak.
