Published by DataBreaches.net in collaboration with North Country Communications, LLC. January 6, 2026 On December 15, North Country Communications launched as a consultancy dedicated to helping small and mid-sized HIPAA-regulated entities comply with HIPAA’s privacy, security, and breach notification requirements. DataBreaches took the opportunity to interview its founder, Rachel Klugman Seeger, about the services she provides…
Seen at Wilmer Hale: One of the main risks for a company in the event of a data breach is the threat of litigation. Data breach litigation continued to proliferate in 2024, as it has in prior years. In the past year, plaintiffs continued to seek relief following data breaches under state common-law doctrines, and…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added three security flaws, each impacting AMI MegaRAC, D-Link DIR-859 router, and Fortinet FortiOS, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-54085 (CVSS score: 10.0) – An authentication bypass by spoofing
Modern enterprise networks are highly complex environments that rely on hundreds of apps and infrastructure services. These systems need to interact securely and efficiently without constant human oversight, which is where non-human identities (NHIs) come in. NHIs — including application secrets, API keys, service accounts, and OAuth tokens — have exploded in recent years, thanks…
Zack Whittaker reports: A Russian telecom company that develops technology to allow phone and internet companies to conduct web surveillance and censorship was hacked, had its website defaced, and had data stolen from its servers, TechCrunch has learned. Founded in Russia, Protei makes telecommunications systems for phone and internet providers across dozens of countries, including……
Categories: Sophos Insights Tags: Firewall, Ransomware
Kevin Poireault reports: Netherlands-based threat intelligence firm Prodaft revealed on February 20 that internal chatlogs from the BlackBasta ransomware gang have been leaked online. BlackBasta is a ransomware strain that was first detected in April 2022. Early on, cyber threat intelligence experts assessed that the members of the group behind the ransomware were associated with other…
