Security News

Disney Slack attack wasn't Russian protesters, just a Cali dude with malware
2025-05-02 16:03

A 25-year-old California man pleaded guilty to stealing and dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse When someone stole more than a terabyte of data from Disney last year, it was believed to...

Hacker 'NullBulge' pleads guilty to stealing Disney's Slack data
2025-05-01 23:13

A California man who used the alias "NullBulge" has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing Disney's internal Slack channels and stealing over 1.1 terabytes of internal company data. [...]

How to prevent data leakage in collaboration tools like Slack and Teams
2025-03-06 06:00

In recent years, collaboration tools have become an absolute necessity for remote and hybrid work. This primarily increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the impossibility of communicating...

Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach
2024-09-20 18:33

The Walt Disney Company is reportedly ditching Slack after a July data breach exposed over 1TB of confidential messages and files posted to the company's internal communication channels. [...]

Secrets Exposed: Why Your CISO Should Worry About Slack
2024-09-03 07:30

In the digital realm, secrets (API keys, private keys, username and password combos, etc.) are the keys to the kingdom. But what if those keys were accidentally left out in the open in the very...

Unpacking Slack Hacks: 6 Ways to Protect Sensitive Data with Secure Collaboration
2024-08-26 10:31

Nowadays, sensitive and critical data is traveling in everyday business channels that offer only the basic level of security and encryption, and companies are often oblivious to the risk. A case...

Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
2024-04-24 19:43

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WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, and other messaging platforms face constant security risks
2023-12-12 04:00

42% of businesses report employees with BYOD devices in business settings that use tools like WhatsApp have led to new security incidents, according to SafeGuard Cyber. Messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Teams face constant threats, emphasizing the need for robust protection.

GitHub's Secret Scanning Feature Now Covers AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack
2023-10-06 08:53

GitHub has announced an improvement to its secret scanning feature that extends validity checks to popular services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, and Slack. Validity...

Slack down: Outage causing connection errors, blurry images
2023-08-02 16:54

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