Jacqueline Sergeant reports: JPMorgan is seeking a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief in federal court against a former advisor, alleging he stole confidential information and is using it to solicit the firm’s clients to join him at his new affiliate, LPL Financial. In its complaint, filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the…
Connor Jones reports: Researchers in Austria used a flaw in WhatsApp to gather the personal data of more than 3.5 billion users in what they believe amounts to the “largest data leak in history.” The messaging platform allows users to look up others’ details by inputting their phone numbers. The feature, which has been part……
Joseph Topping reports: Officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, say a cyberattack behind a Nov. 19 network outage is still disrupting invoice, permitting and hiring systems, though emergency services remain unaffected. The city first reported a “network outage affecting city services” on Nov. 19 after computer and phone systems began failing late that morning. Outside information technology……
Multiple HTTP/2 implementations have been found susceptible to a new attack technique called MadeYouReset that could be explored to conduct powerful denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. “MadeYouReset bypasses the typical server-imposed limit of 100 concurrent HTTP/2 requests per TCP connection from a client. This limit is intended to mitigate DoS attacks by restricting the number of simultaneous
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called GLOBAL GROUP that has targeted a wide range of sectors in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and the United States since its emergence in early June 2025. GLOBAL GROUP was “promoted on the Ramp4u forum by the threat actor known as ‘$$$,’” EclecticIQ researcher Arda…
Andrew Walsh reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a formal inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) following concerns about the security of children’s health records at its Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) facility. The inquiry comes after the DPC received information from multiple sources, including protected disclosures and a breach notification submitted by CHI…….
When companies have big breaches, they have to notify the big credit reporting agencies. However, it is now one of the major credit reporting agencies that must send notifications. TransUnion has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that 4,461,511 people were affected by an incident on July 28, 2025 that involved an unnamed third-party application…….
