Daily Security Update

A data breach here, a data breach there, data breaches everywhere. Today, we report to you a collection of data breaches across multiple sectors. The first breach involves a cloud-based education platform, which impacted millions. We also have a new Black Basta ransomware attack on a Swiss MNC. Circling back …

Art and entertainment venues have lately become quite a lucrative target for threat actors aiming to get their hands on customer information. After The Met, the latest victim in the list includes the National Gallery of Canada, which partially lost some operational data in a ransomware attack. A two-year-long analytical …

The education sector seems to be a constant target for cyberattacks. Two such incidents came into the spotlight. The first one includes a Washington school district that fell prey to a phishing scam, costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. The other incident involves a data breach at the University …

A breach here, a breach there, and a whole lot of disruptions to the victim. In one such incident, Bitmarck had to shut down its systems and now is unsure of when they will be fully up and running. Talking of breaches, T-Mobile suffered another breach; this time affecting over …

It’s almost never a good sign when you see an announcement stating, “We are currently experiencing some computer system issues.” It is most definitely, probably, a cyberattack. Such is the case of a South Carolina county that got hit by a ransomware attack. South Korean institutions are in peril as …

A Massachusetts city became the victim of a cyberattack that severely disrupted its network and systems. Residents have been notified. Let us introduce you to malverposting – threats delivered through social media. In one such campaign, the attacker has been exploiting Facebook Ads. Moving on, security researchers identified two ransomware …

While healthcare providers are reassessing the use of third-party tracking tools and the cyber risks associated with them, a medical technology provider became the latest to disclose a privacy breach. In other news, FIN7 is back in the headlines. It is targeting a vulnerability in Veeam instances. The education sector …

Organizations with ties with the government are a lucrative target for cybercriminals. One such commercial and defense shipbuilder, which is also a U.S. Navy contractor, fell victim to a ransomware attack. Unsecured databases continue to be a huge problem as Peugeot became the latest in line to leak its user …

Black Basta ransomware claimed a new victim – Yellow Pages Canada. The threat actor ended up leaking a sample archive containing sensitive details. Speaking of ransomware, a Dutch cable TV provider fell prey to one. The attack was quite disruptive, taking offline every service. In a completely new attack tactic, …

An urgent investigation unfolds as a ransomware attack targets a data management company in Northern Ireland, entrusted with protecting the sensitive data of various charities and non-profits, among which are organizations assisting sexual assault survivors. Talking about ransomware attacks, a U.S. payments giant suffered one too – affecting hospitality customers. …