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Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts
2025-05-08 04:00

Healthcare organizations are facing a growing data security challenge from within, according to a new report from Netskope Threat Labs. The analysis reveals that employees in the sector are...

PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Looks like crooks lied
2025-05-08 00:43

Now individual school districts extorted by fiends An education tech provider that paid a ransom to prevent the leak of stolen student and teacher data is now watching its school district...

LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed
2025-05-08 00:06

The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump. [...]

After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan – jobs cuts, leaning on AI
2025-05-07 23:28

CEO: Neural net tech 'flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate' CrowdStrike – the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year – plans to cut five percent...

Delta Air Lines class action cleared for takeoff over CrowdStrike chaos
2025-05-07 18:27

Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed A federal judge has cleared the runway for a class action from disgruntled passengers against Delta Air Lines as turbulence from last year's...

PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
2025-05-07 18:25

PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student and teacher data if a ransom is...

CoGUI phishing platform sent 580 million emails to steal credentials
2025-05-07 18:02

A new phishing kit named 'CoGUI' sent over 580 million emails to targets between January and April 2025, aiming to steal account credentials and payment data. [...]

You'll never guess which mobile browser is the worst for data collection
2025-05-07 17:38

We were shocked – SHOCKED – by the answer Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the slurpiest mobile browser of them all? The answer, according to VPN vendor Surfshark, is Chrome.…

Hackers exploit OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw to add admin accounts
2025-05-07 15:37

Hackers are exploiting a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin to create rogue admin accounts on targeted sites. [...]

Play ransomware exploited Windows logging flaw in zero-day attacks
2025-05-07 14:45

The Play ransomware gang has exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges and deploy malware on compromised systems. [...]