DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance
Not content with attacking retailers, this aggressive group is fighting a turf war with other ransomware operators
AI is everywhere now, transforming how businesses operate and how users engage with apps, devices, and services. A lot of applications now have some Artificial Intelligence inside, whether supporting a chat interface, intelligently analyzing data or matching user preferences. No question AI benefits users, but it also brings new security challenges, especially Identity-related security
1News reports: At least 108,000 users of one of the country’s largest patient information portals, ManageMyHealth, are believed to have been affected by a data breach on Wednesday. Impacted customers who used the online service, which allowed clinicians to access patient medical records, should hear from the company within the next 48 hours about whether……
Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to…
Charles Carmakal posted the following alert on LinkedIn: ALERT: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list. 🚨 Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) is aware of multiple incidents in the airline and transportation sector which resemble the operations of UNC3944 or Scattered Spider. We recommend that the industry immediately…
Abraham Gutman reports: Comcast is one step closer to settling 24 class action lawsuits over a 2023 data breach that potentially impacted over 30 million former and current customers. A $117.5 million settlement agreement received preliminary approval from a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania last week. Impacted customers would be able to……
Christopher Brown reports: PowerSchool Holdings Inc. is facing three federal lawsuits alleging the education software provider negligently failed to protect the personal information of students, parents, and teachers that was exposed in a December data breach. Sheilah Buack-Shelton, Tyler Baker, and Kimberly Kinney alleged in separate complaints that PowerSchool breached its duties under common law,…