Could the portrayal of heists in entertainment be more than mere fiction? The French television series Lupin recently seemed to foreshadow a dramatic theft at the Louvre, which unfolded on the morning of October 19. This incident saw professional thieves executing a meticulously planned break-in at one of the world’s…
In a significant security breach, JumpCloud has confirmed that a sophisticated nation-state actor infiltrated its systems, targeting a select group of its customers. Shortly following a reset of API keys for affected clients, Bob Phan, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at JumpCloud, stated, “The adversary gained unauthorized access to our…
Endpoint Security, Litigation, Standards, Regulations & Compliance U.S. Court Bars NSO Group from WhatsApp and Orders Destruction of Hacking Code Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • October 20, 2025 Image: Shutterstock/NSO Group/ISMG A significant legal ruling from a U.S. district court has permanently restricted Israeli spyware firm NSO Group from utilizing its…
Cybersecurity Incident: Dodo and iPrimus Email Accounts Compromised In a recent incident, Vocus Group has confirmed a significant data breach affecting its telecommunications brands, Dodo and iPrimus. The breach has led to the unauthorized access of approximately 1,600 Dodo email accounts and subsequent SIM swap fraud affecting 34 Dodo Mobile…
Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Veeam Service Provider Console Veeam has issued immediate security updates addressing a significant vulnerability within its Service Provider Console (VSPC). This flaw poses a serious risk, enabling potential remote code execution on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2024-42448, has been assigned a critical CVSS score…
A recent phishing campaign has emerged, leveraging socially engineered SMS messages to deliver malware to Android devices. This operation appears to impersonate Iranian governmental and social security entities, aiming to extract credit card information and facilitate financial theft from victims’ bank accounts. In contrast to other forms of banking malware,…
A federal court ruling has mandated that NSO Group, a prominent spyware manufacturer, must cease using its Pegasus application to target WhatsApp users. This significant decision, delivered by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, comes in response to a lawsuit initiated…
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the founder of the now-defunct BreachForums site, has entered a guilty plea in connection with various charges linked to the cybercrime forum he ran, which also included possession of child pornography. This significant development, first reported by DataBreaches.net, follows Fitzpatrick, also known as pompompurin, being formally charged…
Ransomware Group Lynx Allegedly Compromises 4TB of Data from UK Military Contractor The U.K. Ministry of Defense is currently probing an alleged data breach by Russian-speaking ransomware group Lynx, which claims to have stolen a substantial four terabytes of data from the Dodd Group, a contractor associated with British military…
