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Virgin Red, Pluralsight, and Munich Re unfazed by Cl0p attacks
ERGO Group parent Munich Re, Virgin Red, and several other companies have confirmed they were attacked via Fortra’s GoAnywhere vulnerability.
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Procter & Gamble confirm breach
Procter & Gamble (P&G), a US consumer goods behemoth, confirmed one of its companies was affected by Fortra’s GoAnywhere vulnerability.
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Qilin’s hefty ransom cuts on $3m payouts revealed by undercover sting
Qilin ransomware group has been well and truly busted – not by the authorities, but by cybersecurity investigators who went undercover and learned the gang’s dark trade secrets, including commissions crooks earn for successful attacks.
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Virgin Group added to Cl0p gang’s victim leak site
Virgin Group, a multi-billion-dollar British conglomerate, has appeared on Cl0p’s dark web blog, which cyber crooks use to announce their latest victims.
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Dole confirms employee data was breached in ransom attack
The Dole Food Company revealed in an SEC filing that employee data was accessed during last month's ransomware attack.
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ChatGPT flaw exposed users’ chat histories
A flaw in OpenAI’s ChatGPT allowed users to see parts of conversations other users had with the chatbot.
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TikTok CEO launches PR campaign against app ban – on TikTok of course
In the run-up to his widely anticipated battle with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has posted a message on the video sharing app to gain support from its millions of users.
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Oakland’s nightmare continues as LockBit strikes again
Oakland continues to suffer from cyberattacks as LockBit, the infamous ransomware gang, adds the Californian city to its list of victims.
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Ferrari hacked, refuses to pay ransom demand
An unknown threat actor has hacked the Italian luxury automaker Ferrari and is now demanding a ransom in exchange for certain client contact details.
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Chinese military jamming flight communications midair, says Qantas
Chinese military warships are being accused of deliberately interfering with aircraft communications systems and ordering pilots to make changes to flight paths – while planes are in midair.
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BreachForums cybercrime website down, admin busted
The feds have arrested suspected cybercrime marketplace administrator Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, known as Pompompurin, prompting his cohorts to preach continuity. However, BreachForums is down following the arrest.
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NBA warns fans over data breach, personal details copied
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has notified its fans of a data breach after segments of personal information stored on a third-party service were stolen. The organization has warned of a heightened risk of phishing attacks.
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Hitachi Energy confirms data breach
Hitachi Energy, owned by the Japanese engineering giant of the same name, said employee data in some countries might have leaked due to a suspected attack.
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse sees cyber risks rise
In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, cybersecurity companies have been keeping an eye on cyber threats to businesses and consumers. One such firm, ReliaQuest, has just released an assessment on some scenarios we might see.
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Essendant confirms ransomware attack
Essendant, a wholesale distributor of office supplies, said a ransomware attack was behind its March 6 network outage.
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UK next to ban TikTok as US mulls legislation
TikTok will be banned from all government phones and devices in the UK due to security concerns, the authorities have announced.
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Ukraine, Lithuania, and Vatican among targets of pro-Russian digital spies, claims analyst
A previously undetected cyber-espionage campaign, thought to be aligned to Belarusian and Russian interests, has been spotted by analyst SentinelLabs, working off intelligence gleaned by Ukraine and Poland.
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New threat actor wages espionage campaigns across Central Asia and Eastern Europe
A cybergang named YoroTrooper has been active since at least June last year. Already its victim list includes an EU health care agency and UN agency the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Cybersecurity firm Rubrik confirms breach
US-based data security company Rubrik has confirmed there was “unauthorized access” to one of its servers amid reports of a Cl0p ransomware attack.
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ChatGPT: how OpenAI’s bot is used in war-torn Ukraine
As ChatGPT, the machine learning-powered chatbot from OpenAI, finally becomes available in Ukraine, we look at its practical uses in the country.
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