Insight Partners Confirms Data Breach Amid Ongoing Cybersecurity Concerns In a recent development, Insight Partners, a prominent venture capital firm with extensive investments in cybersecurity companies, has reported a significant data breach. This incident underscores ongoing vulnerabilities within the cybersecurity…
Signal, the encrypted messaging application, has become a significant target for espionage efforts linked to Russian state actors. As usage of Signal rises among users seeking to evade surveillance, reports from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group indicate an uptick in attempts…
Information-Stealing Malware Exploits Defense Sector Organizations In recent developments, significant breaches have been reported involving information-stealing malware targeting various organizations within the defense sector, including military agencies. This malicious software has reportedly infected numerous employees across high-profile firms such as…
British financial technology company Finastra has begun notifying customers about a significant data breach that took place over three months ago. This incident involved unauthorized access to the company’s secure file transfer platform (SFTP), which is utilized for sharing sensitive…
For over ten years, Russia has utilized Ukraine as a proving ground for its cyberwarfare strategies, with hacking techniques often first tested on Ukrainian targets before broader application. Recent alerts from Google have exposed a new espionage tactic employed by…
Quick Response (QR) codes, which emerged in the 1990s, have become a ubiquitous part of modern life, facilitating activities from food orders to museum tours through a smartphone camera. Unfortunately, this advancement in convenience has attracted cybercriminals, who are now…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Warns of Escalating Cyber Tactics Targeting Signal Users; Global Implications Exist Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 19, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Recent investigations reveal that Russian state-sponsored hackers are employing phishing tactics…
A hacker operating under the pseudonym “exelo” has reportedly advertised a database comprising 602,800 Yahoo email accounts on an underground forum. This information is alarming for both individual users and businesses that rely on Yahoo services, as this breach indicates…
Microsoft has reported significant advancements in a malware family known as XCSSET, which now includes enhanced capabilities. This malware variant is notably adept at targeting digital wallets, siphoning data from applications such as Notes, and extracting sensitive system information and…
Recent insights from the Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) indicate that ransomware attacks targeting businesses in the Food & Agriculture sectors are expected to rise in frequency and severity in the coming weeks. The report, titled…
