Today, the cybersecurity world got a major wake-up call as “Have I Been Pwned” (HIBP), the go-to service for checking data breach exposure, added a staggering 284 million accounts to its database. This update, announced by HIBP creator Troy Hunt, stems from a trove of stealer logs uncovered on a Telegram channel dubbed “ALIEN TXTBASE.”…
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When a Simple Download Leads to Devastation: The Story of Matthew Van Andel and the Disney Hack
Imagine downloading a simple AI tool to spark your creativity, only to watch your entire life unravel. That’s the nightmare that Matthew Van Andel, a former Disney engineer, lived through when a seemingly harmless download triggered a massive data breach, upending his career, finances, and personal life. This is a story of cybersecurity risks, corporate…
DISA Global Solutions Year-Long Silence Ends with Massive Data Breach Reveal
In a stunning revelation today, DISA Global Solutions, a major U.S. firm specializing in drug screening and employee background checks, disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 3.3 million individuals. The breach, which began over a year ago on February 9, 2024, and was discovered on April 22, 2024, wasn’t publicly…
NioCorp Hit by $500,000 Loss in Business Email Compromise Hack: A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity
NioCorp Developments, a U.S.-based minerals company, disclosed a troubling cybersecurity breach that cost them approximately $500,000. The incident, detailed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), highlights the growing threat of business email compromise (BEC) scams and serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities even specialized firms face. Here’s a deep…
Daily Cyber Security news for Feb 20, 2025
1. UK Healthcare Giant HCRG Confirms Hack After Ransomware Gang Claims Data Theft 2. Chinese-Linked Attackers Exploit Check Point Flaw to Deploy ShadowPad Malware 3. CISA and FBI Warn of Ghost Ransomware Impacting 70+ Countries 4. Palo Alto Networks Reports Hackers Combining Firewall Vulnerabilities
Busted: The Russian Hackers Behind a Global Ransomware Empire
Have you ever gotten one of those emails that scream, “Your files have been encrypted! Pay $10,000 in Bitcoin or say goodbye to your data forever!”? Yeah, me too. It’s the modern-day equivalent of a digital hostage situation, and let’s be honest—it’s terrifying. Well, guess what? Two of the masterminds behind some of these large-scale…
12 Million Zacks Accounts Leaked—What You Need to Know
Another Day, Another Data Breach… You ever wake up, check your phone, and immediately regret it? That was me this morning. I rolled over, opened my news app, and there it was—“12 Million Zacks Investment Research Accounts Leaked by Cybercriminals.” Great. Just what we needed—another massive data breach. At this point, it almost feels like…