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Ransomware Victims Lack Choice, SMB Attacks Underreported: PhD Research

Tom Meurs' PhD research, conducted for the Dutch police, reveals that ransomware victims often have no choice but to pay, and that attacks on small and medium-sized businesses are significantly underreported; interventions such as taking down leak sites are effective deterrents.

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Israel's Insurance Sector Tightens Cybersecurity Regulations

The Israeli Securities Authority's 2025 cybersecurity regulation plan targets insurance brokers, addressing their vulnerability to cyberattacks and the risk to sensitive client data, promoting collaboration between regulators, brokers, and clients for improved security.

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Massive Brute-Force Password Attack Uses 2.8 Million Compromised Devices

A large-scale brute-force password hacking campaign is underway, using 2.8 million compromised devices daily to target Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, and SonicWall security systems; consumers and enterprises should strengthen passwords and implement two-factor authentication.

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Judge Blocks Musk's "Doge" from Accessing Treasury Data

A federal judge blocked Elon Musk's "Doge" from accessing the Treasury Department's payment system, which contains sensitive personal data of millions of Americans, following a lawsuit by 19 Democratic attorneys general alleging the Trump administration violated federal law by granting Doge access.

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CIA Email Listing New Hires Raises National Security Concerns

To comply with an executive order to downsize the federal workforce, the CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing new hires with less than two years of experience, potentially jeopardizing the identities of those officers and hindering their future assignments.

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Password Managers Under Attack: One Billion Stolen Passwords, Sophisticated Malware on the Rise

Picus Security's report reveals a 25% increase in malware targeting password managers over the past year, totaling one million samples, with one billion passwords already on the dark web; this sophisticated "SneakThief" malware uses advanced techniques like memory scraping and registry harvesting.

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Japanese Finance Ministry Employee Loses Sensitive Data After Drinking

A Japanese Finance Ministry employee lost a bag containing the personal data of 187 people, including a drug smuggling suspect, after a night of heavy drinking, highlighting Japan's problematic work culture and outdated technology.

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Treasury Employee Mistakenly Granted Access to Sensitive Payment System

A former Treasury Department employee and Elon Musk associate, Marko Elez, was mistakenly given read/write access to a sensitive federal payment system processing over $5 trillion annually; officials claim the error was quickly corrected, and an investigation found no evidence of misuse, but his acc...

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Australian Healthcare Sector Hit Hardest by Cyberattacks in 2024

Australian healthcare suffered the most cyberattacks in 2024 (17 percent), with the MediSecure breach affecting 12.9 million Australians and exposing 6.5 terabytes of data, highlighting the sector's vulnerability to financially motivated attacks and inadequate security measures.

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Judge Blocks Musk's DOGE from Accessing Sensitive Treasury Data

A federal judge blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive Treasury Department records containing personal data of millions of Americans following a lawsuit by 19 Democratic attorneys general alleging violations of federal law; the judge ordered the immediate de...

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X Social Media Platform Under Password Theft Attack

Attackers are using a phishing campaign to steal passwords from X's 650 million users, impersonating the platform to trick victims into resetting their passwords, leading to account lockouts and cryptocurrency scams.

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1 Million+ Americans at Risk After Major Healthcare Data Breach

A data breach at Connecticut's Community Health Center (CHC) exposed the personal and medical information of 1,060,936 patients, including Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses, prompting an urgent warning and offers of credit monitoring.

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