Security News

Chinese Earth Krahang hackers breach 70 orgs in 23 countries
2024-03-18 20:49

A sophisticated hacking campaign attributed to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat group known as 'Earth Krahang' has breached 70 organizations and targeted at least 116 across 45 countries. Specifically, the hackers have compromised 48 government organizations, 10 of which are Foreign Affairs ministries, and targeted another 49 government agencies.

Fujitsu finds malware on company systems, investigates possible data breach
2024-03-18 20:27

Fujitsu Limited, the largest Japanese IT services provider, has announced that several of the company's computers have been compromised with malware, leading to a possible data breach. The affected computers have been disconnected and the company has strengthened the monitoring of other business computers, Fujitsu said.

Fujitsu found malware on IT systems, confirms data breach
2024-03-18 14:01

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. Fujitsu says it will continue investigating how the malware found its way into business systems and what data it exfiltrated.

Fujitsu found malware on several systems, confirms data breach
2024-03-18 14:01

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. [...]

Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals
2024-03-18 10:43

Nissan Oceania has confirmed that the data breach it suffered in December 2023 affected around 100,000 individuals and has begun notifying them.In early December 2023, the company - a regional Nissan division which includes Nissan Motor Corporation and Nissan Financial Services in Australia and New Zealand - revealed that an unauthorized third party accessed its local IT servers and caused downtime.

43 million workers potentially affected in France Travail data breach
2024-03-18 08:29

French national unemployment agency France Travail and Cap emploi, a government employment service for people with disabilities, have suffered a data breach that might have exposed personal data of 43 million people. The agencies announced on Wednesday that an intrusion exposed data of jobseekers registered in the last 20 years, as well as those with a candidate profile on the sites.

Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data
2024-03-14 16:06

A French government department - responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people - is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to 43 million citizens. "The database allegedly extracted illicitly contains the personal identification data of people currently registered, people previously registered over the last 20 years as well as people not registered on the list of job seekers but having a candidate space on francetravail.fr," the statement reads, which was translated electronically from French.

French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people
2024-03-14 13:32

France Travail has informed the country's data protection agency, the National Commission of Informatique and Liberties, which stated that up to 43 million people may be impacted. This data increases the risk of identity theft and phishing for the exposed individuals, so the agency recommends potentially impacted people to be particularly vigilant with emails, phone calls, and SMS they receive.

QEMU Emulator Exploited as Tunneling Tool to Breach Company Network
2024-03-08 07:48

Threat actors have been observed leveraging the QEMU open-source hardware emulator as tunneling software during a cyber attack targeting an unnamed "large company" to connect to their...

American Express credit cards exposed in third-party data breach
2024-03-04 13:38

American Express is warning customers that credit cards were exposed in a third-party data breach after a merchant processor was hacked. This incident was not caused by a data breach at American Express, but rather at a merchant processor in which American Express Card member data was processed.