Data Breaches
Ransomware Group Unsafe Claims Deutsche Bank Data Breach
A ransomware group calling itself Unsafe has claimed responsibility for breaching Deutsche Bank, one of the world's largest financial institutions, and has released what it says is database evidence t...
Mount Royal University Ransomware Breach Hits Student and Employee Data
A ransomware attack on Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary has compromised personal data belonging to both students and employees, raising urgent questions about how post-secondary institutions ha...
KDDI Breach Exposes 12.2M Customer Emails in Japan
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI Corporation has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed the email addresses of approximately 12.2 million customers. The incident is one of the largest tel...
Stewart Home & School Breach: 3,677 Records Lost to Credential Theft
A ransomware incident at Stewart Home & School has put healthcare credential theft ransomware prevention back in the spotlight, and the mechanics of this particular breach are worth examining closely....
DHS Confirms Hackers Breached HSIN Federal Info-Sharing Network
The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that attackers successfully compromised the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), a sensitive platform used to share information between feder...
CISA Confirms BlueHammer Flaw Now Used by Ransomware Gangs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed on Monday that ransomware groups have moved beyond targeted zero-day attacks and are now broadly exploiting BlueHammer, a high-sev...
Data Breach Scam Notifications: How to Spot and Stop Them
When a major data breach makes headlines, cybercriminals are paying close attention. Within hours of a publicly announced incident, fraudsters begin launching waves of fake notifications designed to l...
ShinyHunters Claims 3.1TB Stolen in NAIC Oracle Zero-Day Breach
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has confirmed a significant data breach after the hacking group ShinyHunters posted what it claims is 3.1 terabytes of stolen data online. Th...
49% of Ransomware Victims Lose Data Before Detecting the Attack
Ransomware has always been a painful problem, but a new report reveals just how badly detection is failing: nearly half of all ransomware victims had their data stolen before they even realized an att...
EDR-Killing Ransomware Frameworks Demand a Layered Defense
Ransomware groups have quietly rewritten the rules of their own attacks. Rather than racing to encrypt files before security tools can respond, many are now taking a more calculated first step: disabl...