Californians Gain New Tools to Combat Data Brokers as New Law Takes Effect At the start of this year, California implemented a robust legal framework aimed at curbing the extensive practices of data brokers who accumulate and monetize personal information.…
Governance & Risk Management, Remote Workforce Research Highlights Surge in Cyber Attacks During Pandemic Greg Sirico • January 5, 2026 Image: Summit Art Creations/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic served as a critical test of the resilience of secure networking practices, particularly…
The hacking group known as Crimson Collective has reportedly gained access to the personal information of over one million residential customers from the U.S. fiber broadband provider Brightspeed. This claim was made in a post on January 4 via Telegram,…
Recent disclosures have revealed a significant security vulnerability affecting the libcue library, which supports GNOME Linux systems. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-43641, has been assigned a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating its potential severity. The vulnerability stems from memory…
Recent developments reveal a significant cyber breach affecting ASUS customers, attributed to a sophisticated supply chain attack. Kaspersky, a Russian cybersecurity company, disclosed parts of this incident last week, though it withheld the complete list of hardcoded MAC addresses embedded…
In a significant development within the realm of cybersecurity, it has been reported that LeakedSource, a breach notification service infamous for aggregating and disclosing vast amounts of compromised user data, has gone offline following an alleged law enforcement raid. This…
Data Breach Notification, Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Insurer’s Breach Likely to Be the Largest Reported Health Data Breach in 2025 Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 2, 2026 Aflac is notifying 22.65 million individuals that their sensitive data…
Data Breach Exposes Ledger Customers’ Information Ledger, a prominent provider of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, has confirmed that customer names and contact details were compromised following a data breach involving one of its payment processing partners. This incident marks yet another…
In a concerning escalation of cybersecurity threats, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google reported significant progress in defending against unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that utilize a new exploit known as HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. This emerging vulnerability has raised…
A recently disclosed spyware framework, identified as TajMahal, has emerged as a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape, having reportedly operated undetected for over five years. Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery, revealing that this advanced persistent threat…
