Latest Compromise news

BORN Ontario child registry data breach affects 3.4 million people

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), a healthcare organization funded by the government of Ontario, has announced that it is among the victims of Clop ransomware's MOVEit hacking spree.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 01:31 PM
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Backdoored Chrome extension installed by 200,000 Roblox players

Chrome browser extension 'SearchBlox' installed by more than 200,000 users has been discovered to contain a backdoor that can steal your Roblox credentials and assets.
- Ax Sharma
- November 23, 2022
- 06:07 AM
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Popular Python and PHP libraries hijacked to steal AWS keys

PyPI module 'ctx' that gets downloaded over 20,000 times a week has been compromised in a software supply chain attack with malicious versions stealing the developer's environment variables. Additionally, versions of a 'phpass' fork published to the PHP/Composer package repository Packagist had been altered to steal secrets.
- Ax Sharma
- May 24, 2022
- 07:42 AM
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Broward Health discloses data breach affecting 1.3 million people

Florida's Broward Health healthcare system has disclosed a large-scale data breach incident impacting 1,357,879 individuals.
- Bill Toulas
- January 03, 2022
- 11:50 AM
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Gumtree classifieds site leaked personal info via the F12 key

British classifieds site Gumtree.com suffered a data leak after a security researcher revealed that he could access sensitive personally identifiable data of advertisers simply by pressing F12 on the keyboard.
- Bill Toulas
- December 16, 2021
- 11:20 AM
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FBI to share compromised passwords with Have I Been Pwned

The FBI will soon begin to share compromised passwords with Have I Been Pwned's 'Password Pwned' service that were discovered during law enforcement investigations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 28, 2021
- 12:05 AM
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This new Microsoft tool checks Exchange Servers for ProxyLogon hacks

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script that admins can use to check whether the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities have hacked a Microsoft Exchange server.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 06, 2021
- 02:04 PM
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Hands on with iOS 14's new data breach notification feature

With the release of iOS 14, Apple has introduced a new feature that warns users when their stored passwords have been compromised in data breaches.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 17, 2020
- 05:49 PM
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Google Chrome is making it easier to reset compromised passwords

Google Chrome is adding a new feature that will make it easier for users to reset stored passwords that have been detected as compromised in data breaches.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 16, 2020
- 05:29 PM
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Dharma ransomware created a hacking toolkit to make cybercrime easy

The Dharma Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation makes it easy for a wannabe cyber-criminal to get into the ransomware business by offering a toolkit that does almost everything for them.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 12, 2020
- 02:46 PM
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New Silent Starling Gang Targets 500+ Vendors in BEC Scam Twist

In a variation of the classic business email compromise (BEC) scam, a cyber gang managed to compromise email accounts of more than 700 employees from over 500 companies in 14 countries.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 02, 2019
- 07:48 AM
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Twitter Suspends SMS-Based Tweeting After High-Profile Account Hacks

Twitter on Wednesday announced that it would turn off its Tweet via SMS feature for an unspecified period following abuses that led to hackers posting from at least two high-profile accounts.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 05, 2019
- 07:14 AM
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Power Company Has Security Breach Due to Downloaded Game

South African energy supplier Eskom Group has been hit with a double security breach consisting of an unsecured database containing customer information and a corporate computer infected with the Azorult information-stealing Trojan.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 06, 2019
- 09:39 AM
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