Instagram Denies Claims of Major Data Leak In a recent development, Instagram has officially dismissed allegations regarding a significant data leak affecting its platform. The concerns emerged in the cybersecurity community, where users speculated that sensitive personal information may have been compromised. Instagram’s spokesperson stated that the claims are unfounded…
Apple Issues Urgent Security Patches for Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities On Thursday, Apple announced the immediate release of emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to rectify two critical zero-day vulnerabilities. These flaws had already been leveraged in attacks to deploy the notorious Pegasus spyware developed by the NSO…
Recent developments have confirmed that U.S. prosecutors have unintentionally disclosed the existence of unspecified criminal charges against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. This revelation emerged from newly unsealed court documents tied to an unrelated ongoing sexual offense case in the Eastern District of Virginia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kellen S.…
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Twitter CEO Hacked: A High-Profile Security Breach In recent developments, a prominent security incident has come to light involving the Twitter account of CEO Jack Dorsey. The breach was executed by the hacking group OurMine, known for targeting high-profile individuals and organizations. This incident was marked by benign yet unauthorized…
Data Privacy, Data Security, Regulation California Regulators Crack Down on Sale of Sensitive Health Data Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 12, 2026 In a stringent action against data brokers, California regulators have imposed fines and enacted a ban on Texas-based DataMasters for selling personal information of Californians. (Image: DataMasters)…
LPL, Ameriprise, and Ashton Thomas Report Cybersecurity Breaches to Maine Regulators In a recent development highlighting ongoing cybersecurity risks, financial services firms LPL Financial, Ameriprise Financial, and Ashton Thomas have disclosed breaches that potentially expose sensitive client data. The disclosures were made to regulatory authorities in Maine, as mandated for…
New Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of GitHub Repositories to Repojacking Attacks A recently disclosed vulnerability in GitHub has raised concerns about the security of thousands of repositories, putting them at risk for repojacking attacks. According to findings from Checkmarx security researcher Elad Rapoport, this flaw allows attackers to exploit a race…
Compromised NodeJS Module Poses Threat to Bitcoin Wallet Users A well-known NodeJS module, Event-Stream, has suffered a significant security breach, compromising the safety of numerous Bitcoin wallet applications. This popular library, which garners nearly 2 million downloads weekly, fell victim to malicious code inserted by a rogue contributor. The purpose…
