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Cloudflare Breach: Nation-State Hackers Access Source Code and Internal Docs
2024-02-02 06:21

Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and...

Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies
2024-02-02 01:12

Cloudflare has just detailed how suspected government spies gained access to its internal Atlassian installation using credentials stolen via a security breach at Okta in October. The October Okta security breach involved more than 130 customers of that IT access management biz, in which snoops swiped data from Okta in hope of drilling further into those organizations.

FTC orders Blackbaud to boost security after massive data breach
2024-02-01 22:23

Blackbaud has settled with the Federal Trade Commission after being charged with poor security and reckless data retention practices, leading to a May 2020 ransomware attack and a data breach affecting millions of people. The FTC's complaint alleges that the company "Failed to monitor attempts by hackers to breach its networks, segment data to prevent hackers from easily accessing its networks and databases, ensure data that is no longer needed is deleted, adequately implement multifactor authentication, and test, review and assess its security controls" and "Allowed employees to use default, weak, or identical passwords for their accounts."

Biden will veto attempts to kill off SEC's security breach reporting rules
2024-02-01 17:15

The Biden administration has expressed to congressional representatives its strong opposition to undoing the Securities and Exchange Commission's strict data breach reporting rule. The SEC's rule require public companies hit by cybercriminals to report the incident within four days.

Europcar denies data breach of 50 million users, says data is fake
2024-01-31 19:25

Car rental company Europcar says it has not suffered a data breach and that shared customer data is fake after a threat actor claimed to be selling the personal info of 50 million customers. The post included samples of the stolen data for 31 alleged Europcar customers, including names, addresses, birth dates, driver's license numbers, and other information.

Keenan warns 1.5 million people of data breach after summer cyberattack
2024-01-29 22:39

Keenan & Associates is sending notices of a data breach to 1.5 million customers, warning that hackers accessed their personal information in a recent cyberattack.Since 2017, it has been part of AssuredPartners NL, one of the largest brokerage firms in the U.S. The company submitted a notification to the Office of the Maine Attorney General, warning that 1,509,616 people were impacted by a data breach incident that occurred in the summer of 2023.

23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports
2024-01-25 22:05

Genetic testing provider 23andMe confirmed that hackers stole health reports and raw genotype data of customers affected by a credential stuffing attack that went unnoticed for five months, from April 29 to September 27. The credentials used by the attackers to breach the customers' accounts were stolen in other data breaches or used on previously compromised online platforms.

Tech Giant HP Enterprise Hacked by Russian Hackers Linked to DNC Breach
2024-01-25 05:48

Hackers with links to the Kremlin are suspected to have infiltrated information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) cloud email environment to exfiltrate mailbox data. "The...

Automated Emulation: Open-source breach and attack simulation lab
2024-01-25 05:30

Automated Emulation is an open-source Terraform template designed to create a customizable, automated breach and attack simulation lab. The creator of Automated Emulation, Jason Ostrom, aimed to develop an infrastructure security lab to enhance skills in adversary simulation, focusing on linking TTPs and evaluating various endpoint security products.

What Microsoft's latest email breach says about this IT security heavyweight
2024-01-24 11:02

Microsoft declined to answer The Register's questions about the digital heist, or its security in general. This marks the second time since 2020 the same gang of Kremlin-backed cyber spies - whom Microsoft now calls Midnight Blizzard, used to track as Nobelium, and most call Cozy Bear - has invaded Microsoft.