The U.S. government has issued a security warning regarding the utilization of specialized malware by state-sponsored actors targeting industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices. This advisory highlights the increasing sophistication of cyber threats against…
Data-Theft Attacks Compromise Organizations Amid Absence of July Patch Update Mathew J. Schwartz ( euroinfosec ) • October 3, 2025 Image: Shutterstock/ISMG Oracle has reported that its customers are under attack from data-seeking extortionists. While cybersecurity researchers and the software…
US Immigration Authorities Expand Social Media Surveillance Efforts In a significant expansion of their monitoring capabilities, U.S. immigration authorities are gearing up to enhance their social media surveillance. Plans are underway to recruit nearly 30 contractors to sift through online…
Recently, a new and sophisticated DNS threat actor, identified as Savvy Seahorse, has emerged, adeptly exploiting various tactics to lure victims into fraudulent investment schemes. The primary modus operandi involves enticing individuals to register on false investment platforms, deposit funds…
Renault Group UK has reported a data breach affecting the personal information of its customers following a cyber-attack on a third-party data processing partner. This incident underscores the ongoing threat that cyber-attacks pose to major corporations. In an official communication,…
A serious security vulnerability has been identified in the open-source network monitoring and fault management tool, Cacti. This flaw poses a risk of remote code execution for authenticated users on affected installations. The issue has been assigned the identifier CVE-2025-22604…
Data Privacy, Data Security, Healthcare Hospital Sisters Health System’s 2023 Cyberattack Impacted Nearly 900,000 Individuals Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 2, 2025 Hospital Sisters Health System has agreed to a $7.6 million settlement and further bolster its data security…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted a 38-year-old Chinese national and a California resident for allegedly stealing proprietary information from Google while covertly working for two tech firms based in China. The indictment highlights a significant cybersecurity breach…
Opinion In recognition of Cyber Security Awareness Month, a GP expert offers essential guidance for general practices to safeguard their systems and data. Experts warn that general practices and healthcare businesses are prime targets for cybercriminals. Have you logged into…
A recent analysis from a team at Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has unveiled two significant side-channel attacks specifically targeting Apple silicon chips, notably affecting popular web browsers such as Safari and Google Chrome. The attacks have…
