Nicola Mawson reports: Cell C, South Africa’s fourth largest mobile network operator, said on Wednesday morning that RansomHouse had unlawfully disclosed data after a security breach for which RansomHouse is claiming responsibility. The operator, with 7.7 million subscribers as of February, was attacked in early November 2024 and RansomHouse acquired 2TB of data, which has been corroborated…
Here’s today’s reminder of the insider threat (well, this, and the fact that U.S. government officials continue to deny any problem with discussing attack plans on Signal). The Argus reports: A former GCHQ intern has admitted risking national security by taking top secret data home. Hasaan Arshad, 25, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to…
Regulatory compliance is no longer just a concern for large enterprises. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly subject to strict data protection and security regulations, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CMMC, GDPR, and the FTC Safeguards Rule. However, many SMBs struggle to maintain compliance due to limited IT resources, evolving regulatory requirements, and complex security…
Microsoft is calling attention to an emerging threat cluster it calls Storm-2372 that has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks aimed at a variety of sectors since August 2024. The attacks have targeted government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas
Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch has found. The exposed data included users’ display names, dates of birth, dating and sexual preferences associated with the Raw app, as well as users’ location. Some of the location data included…
AG James Sued Citi for Failing to Protect Customers from Fraud, Costing New Yorkers Millions NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a significant victory in her case against Citibank (Citi) after a judge denied Citi’s motion to dismiss the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) lawsuit on its core claims…
