Security

Stop & Shop, Albert Heijn, Food Lion: Ransomware gang targets grocery heavyweights

Ahold Delhaize, the €87 billion ($99 billion) retail titan behind your local Stop & Shop and Albert Heijn, has been hit by a data breach. At least that’s what a ransomware gang is claiming on its dark web blog.
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iPhone AI app leaked user-generated NSFW stories

Apple App Store’s Novel AI: Book Creator leaked its Firebase database, revealing that its users generated far spicier stuff than your average ghost story.
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A whopping 46% of US companies’ employees reuse passwords

Cybernews researchers analyzed the top 100 most trusted companies in America – including Nvidia, Costco, Apple, American Express, and others – and found that all of them had experienced data breaches, exposing critical cybersecurity weaknesses.
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YouTuber’s pixelation fail: private video part unmasked in hours

One YouTuber laid out a challenge to his viewers: $50 to anyone who could de-pixelate a heavily obscured section of his video, intended to hide private folders. It was cracked in hours, demonstrating the vulnerability of blurring as a privacy measure.
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GoDaddy flop caused major Zoom outage

Zoom went down on Wednesday, and the company revealed it wasn’t to blame for the major outage.
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Former CISA chief resigns from SentinelOne following White House pressure

Christopher Krebs, whom President Donald Trump fired as head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in 2020, said on Wednesday he is leaving cybersecurity company SentinelOne following pressure from the White House.
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Identity-based attacks most prevalent in cybersecurity incidents

Last year, cybercriminals leaned heavily on stealth and efficiency, favoring straightforward techniques over complex malware and zero-day exploits.
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CVE database funding extended through 2026 – was the panic all for nothing?

Critical funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database, set to expire on Wednesday, has been renewed in full, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced late Tuesday evening. So, was there a real threat to the MITRE-led program ending, or just government business as usual?
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Huge ransomware campaign targets AWS S3 storage: attackers have thousands of keys

A massive database of over 1,200 unique Amazon Web Services (AWS) access keys has been amassed and exploited in a ransomware campaign. Administrators of exposed AWS S3 buckets are finding their files encrypted except for a ransom note demanding payment in bitcoin.
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Android devices to auto-restart if locked for 3 days: why does it matter?

Google is rolling out a new security feature that reboots Android devices if they remain locked for three consecutive days. This makes it much harder to access data from stolen but also seized devices.
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Former MTV execs’ ghost platform still leaking personal data of numerous creatives

The Loop is dead, but your personal data isn’t. Over two million files packed with personal data are still sitting online, waiting to ruin someone's day.
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Think you're downloading Binance? It’s malware in disguise

Hackers are disguising malware as legit crypto trading tools, turning your curiosity about bitcoin into a full-blown system compromise.
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Whistleblower claims DOGE triggered Russian cyberattack at US labor watchdog

A DOGE whistleblower is claiming that online activities carried out by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have resulted in a massive data breach at the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB) – potentially compromising the data of hundreds of millions of Americans.
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US gov’t funding for CVE database ends April 16th, MITRE Corp says

The US Department of Homeland Security’s funding to maintain the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database, used by cybersecurity professionals worldwide, will end on Wednesday, April 16th.
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This infusion center software got hacked, leaving over 100,000 people affected

Hackers just hit a company that manages the digital infrastructure of infusion centers across the US, exposing Social Security numbers.
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We need to talk about tariffs and the dangers of Chinese marketplaces

Will President Donald Trump’s tariffs make consumers buy directly from Chinese marketplaces and potentially sacrifice their privacy for cheap tech?
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4chan down, major hack suspected

Users were unable to access 4chan since early Tuesday, with complaints flooding outage monitoring sites. Security researchers claim the outage may be linked to a “comprehensive hack.”
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Ambulance service breached – now hackers might know your blood type and bank info

A massive cyberattack on a Midwestern ambulance company may have exposed everything from medical records to passport numbers for over 100,000 patients.
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