Security News

US drug testing firm says data breach impacted 3.3 million people
2025-02-25 16:44

DISA Global Solutions, a leading US background screening and drug and alcohol testing firm, has suffered a data breach impacting 3.3 million people. [...]

US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes
2025-02-24 20:15

'Appropriate action will be taken,' we're told – as federal HR email sparks uproar, ax falls on CISA staff Visitors to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's headquarters in the...

Week in review: PostgreSQL 0-day exploited in US Treasury hack, top OSINT books to learn from
2025-02-23 09:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094) The suspected Chinese...

US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses
2025-02-20 18:47

Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and its parent company, Centene Corporation, have agreed to pay $11,253,400 to settle allegations that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity...

US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K
2025-02-20 16:44

A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue A NASDAQ-listed US minerals company says cybercriminals broke into its systems on Valentine's Day and paid themselves around...

Chinese hackers use custom malware to spy on US telecom networks
2025-02-20 16:11

The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacking group uses a custom utility called JumbledPath to stealthily monitor network traffic and potentially capture sensitive data in cyberattacks on U.S....

US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law
2025-02-20 03:01

That's the way the cookie melts A US Army soldier suspected of hacking AT&T and Verizon has admitted leaking online people's private call records.…

US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware
2025-02-18 17:00

Called it an 'incident' in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service...

A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094)
2025-02-17 13:48

The suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers who breached workstations of several US Treasury employees in December 2024 did so by leveraging not one, but two zero-days, according to Rapid7...

Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend
2025-02-16 23:59

PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more Asia In Brief The head of Fujitsu’s North American operations has warned that the...