Email Blackmail Scams Targeted by Data Breaches: An Increasing Concern for Businesses Recent reports indicate a troubling trend in the realm of cybercrime: the rise of email blackmail scams, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated due to personal data breaches. Business owners should be particularly vigilant, as their organizations may unwittingly…
A significant security vulnerability has been identified in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF), which, if leveraged, could enable remote code execution. This issue, designated as CVE-2024-7490, has received a CVSS score of 9.5 out of a possible 10. The vulnerability constitutes a stack overflow fault within ASF’s implementation of…
In a significant cybersecurity incident, the Colonial Pipeline, a crucial fuel pipeline operator in the United States, fell victim to a ransomware attack that has led to a regional emergency declaration from the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). This declaration affects 17 states and the District of Columbia,…
The ransomware group Cl0p has reportedly claimed responsibility for a significant data breach involving the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. On November 11, 2026, the group made an announcement on its dark web leak site, criticizing NHS for its perceived negligence in safeguarding customer data, stating, “The company…
A significant security vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange’s Autodiscover protocol has led to the exposure of nearly 100,000 credentials for Windows domains globally. This flaw poses a critical risk, as attackers who manage to gain control over these domains could intercept and capture sensitive credentials transmitted in plaintext during authentication processes,…
Government, Industry Specific, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Lawmakers Propose Renewing Cyberthreat Sharing Law Amid Government Shutdown Issues Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 11, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Recent legislative developments may restore a critical framework for sharing cybersecurity information as the U.S. government prepares to reopen following a six-week shutdown.…
Data Breach at Genea Fertility Exposes Sensitive Patient Information A significant data breach at Genea Fertility, one of Australia’s leading IVF providers, has compromised the sensitive medical information of numerous patients, raising serious cybersecurity concerns. Following a cyber attack earlier this year, sensitive data—including medical histories and personal identification details—has…
Recently, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a serious security vulnerability affecting Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following indications of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-7593, has a CVSS score of 9.8 and allows a remote,…
Rapid7 Source Code Repositories Compromised Following Codecov Incident Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has disclosed that an unauthorized entity gained access to a limited subset of its source code repositories. This revelation follows a recent security breach linked to software auditing tool Codecov, which was compromised earlier this year due to a…
