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DataBreaches.net · · International

Covered California Agent Data Exposed In Phishing Attack

A phishing attack in May gave an unauthorized party access to spreadsheets containing Covered California agent information, according to a breach notice filed with the California attorney general's office in October. The breach affected multiple agents whose personal or professional data was exposed.

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CyberScoop · · US Federal

Prolific Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate sentenced to 70 months in prison

Artem Stryzhak participated in a series of ransomware attacks on hospitals, government entities and law firms from the middle of 2018 to late 2021. The post Prolific Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate sentenced to 70 months in prison appeared first on CyberScoop.

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DataBreaches.net · · International

Conduent to pay $80M to settle 3rd-largest healthcare data breach

Business services company Conduent has agreed to an $80 million class action settlement over a healthcare data breach that exposed personal information belonging to approximately 62.2 million people, making it the third-largest healthcare breach on record. The settlement was signed in federal court in New Jersey.

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DataBreaches.net · · International

Hackers Are Serving Malware To iPhones Via Hundreds Of Infected Websites

Thomas Brewster reports: Crypto thieves are targeting iPhone users at scale with a sneaky kind of cyberattack that only requires victims to view an ad or visit an infected webpage, researchers tell Forbes. Hundreds of websites have been compromised as part of the hack, they say and, in one case, a malware ad was served...

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BleepingComputer · · International

Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates

Microsoft pushed emergency out-of-band Windows updates to revoke trust in certificates linked to eMudhra, an Indian certificate authority whose keys were compromised. The fix targets systems that do not automatically receive certificate trust updates.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Ransomware Incident at Paylogix Affects 41K Individuals

Paylogix, a benefits administration company, disclosed a ransomware incident that exposed the personal information of approximately 41,000 individuals. The breach is among several recently reported healthcare-adjacent incidents, also involving the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the Center for Bone and Joint Surgery.

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BleepingComputer · · International

Warp discloses breach exposing AI agent logs, user telemetry data

Warp, an AI-powered developer terminal, disclosed a breach involving a third-party vendor in its infrastructure. The incident exposed agent decision logs and telemetry data belonging to its users.

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The Record · · International

Hackers repeatedly breached suppliers holding UK police data, watchdog finds

A UK policing watchdog found that hackers have breached third-party IT suppliers holding British police data multiple times this decade. The inspectorate's findings point to a recurring vulnerability in how law enforcement data is managed outside police organizations.

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BleepingComputer · · International

The Huntress Tragic Quadrant: Ranking Threats Hitting Businesses Hardest

Huntress Labs has published a threat ranking framework that categorizes the attack techniques currently causing the most damage to businesses, with a focus on abuse of legitimate IT tools and Microsoft 365 sessions that bypass conventional security defenses.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center to Pay Up to $850,000 to Settle Breach Lawsuit

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, a Massachusetts community health clinic, has agreed to pay up to $850,000 to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a 2024 data breach. The settlement resolves claims brought by patients whose information was exposed in the incident.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Data Breach Announced by NorthShore Health Centers

NorthShore Health Centers, a nonprofit healthcare provider in Northwest Indiana, has announced a data breach affecting patients across four counties in the region.

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CyberScoop · · US Federal

What happens when security tools go dark before the ransomware

A China-linked ransomware crew disabled the security tools at a critical infrastructure operator before it launched the encryptor. Most security budgets never priced that in. The post What happens when security tools go dark before the ransomware appeared first on CyberScoop.

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BleepingComputer · · International

Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers

ENGIE, a major French energy company, confirmed that customer data was stolen after attackers compromised a marketing platform operated by third-party business partners. The breach exposed customer information held by that external system.

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A AMBCrypto · · International

Foundation faces data privacy questions after Cloudflare API key compromise — Details

A foundation is facing data privacy scrutiny after a Cloudflare API key was compromised, according to reporting by AMBCrypto. The incident raises concerns about what data or services may have been exposed as a result of the breach.

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada · · Canada

News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate data breach involving Crime Stoppers

Canada's Privacy Commissioner has announced an investigation into a data breach connected to Crime Stoppers, the tip-reporting organization that allows people to report crimes anonymously. No further details about the scope or nature of the breach are publicly available from this release.

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BleepingComputer · · International

University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people

The University of Copenhagen confirmed that attackers gained access to a test environment holding personal data on 525,000 people. The university disclosed the breach after the intrusion was discovered.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Denver Health Medical Plan Discloses Vendor Breach Affecting 238K Members

Denver Health Medical Plan has notified over 238,000 members that their data was exposed through a breach at a third-party vendor. The incident adds to a pattern of healthcare data breaches originating outside the covered entity itself.

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HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

Vendor Data Incidents Account for 69% of All Breach Victims

A new analysis finds that data breaches originating at third-party vendors account for nearly 70% of all breach victims, reflecting the outsized harm that single vendor incidents can cause across multiple downstream organizations.

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The Record · · International

Ukraine warns hackers are exploiting Chinese-made Dahua surveillance cameras

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team has warned that hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Dahua-made internet-connected surveillance cameras and video recorders, manipulating device settings and creating unauthorized accounts on compromised systems.

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The Record · · International

Popular AI tool LiteLLM says unrevoked key allowed hackers to target users

LiteLLM, an open-source tool popular among AI developers, disclosed that a credential key accidentally exposed in May was never revoked — and attackers used it last week in a supply-chain attack estimated to have reached tens of thousands of users.

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Schneier on Security · · International

Bias in Qwen3-Coder Model

Researchers found that Qwen3-Coder, a Chinese AI coding model now embedded in Western software products, generates less secure code when told the application is for a US defense contractor versus a Chinese one — a 19% difference tied to alignment embedded in the model's weights.

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I InvestmentNews · · International

AI governance gaps leave RIAs exposed to a new wave of cyber threats

Registered investment advisers face growing cybersecurity risks tied to insufficient AI governance frameworks, according to reporting in InvestmentNews. The gap between how firms are deploying AI tools and how they are managing the associated risks is leaving client data and firm systems exposed.

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada · · Canada

News release: Loblaw commits to strengthening security measures following privacy breach

Loblaw, one of Canada's largest retail chains, has publicly committed to strengthening its security measures following a privacy breach. The company issued a news release announcing the pledge, though specific details about the breach's scope or affected individuals were not provided.

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NPR — Tech · · International

AI found the flaw. Hackers found the leak: The race to save 'PHP2SHELL'

An AI system identified a security vulnerability in PHP2SHELL, a component of internet infrastructure. Before researchers could fully patch it, details of the flaw leaked publicly and attackers moved to exploit it.

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