1M Farmers Insurance Customers’ Data Compromised Summary Farmers Insurance and affiliated companies filed breach notifications after a third-party vendor detected unauthorised access to a vendor database. The incident occurred on…
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack Summary Microsoft published research on 27 August 2025 detailing a financially motivated actor, Storm-0501, that shifted to a ‘cloud-based ransomware’ approach. Rather than…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Author: Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading — 27 August 2025 Security researchers at ESET (Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek) have identified a…
Spanish police arrest student suspected of hacking school system to change grades Summary Spanish police have detained a 21-year-old student in Seville suspected of breaching the Séneca education management platform…
Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier Summary A suspected ransomware attack against Miljödata, a Swedish software provider that handles sick leave and HR reporting,…
Finnish police wiretap reveals Russian ‘shadow fleet’ captain instructed to destroy evidence Summary The captain of the Eagle S, a tanker linked to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, was instructed by…
Hackers use fake NDAs to deliver malware to US manufacturers Summary Researchers at Check Point have detailed a phishing campaign that targets manufacturers and tech firms by abusing companies’ ‘Contact…
Allied spy agencies blame 3 Chinese tech companies for Salt Typhoon attacks Summary Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from 13 allied countries have publicly attributed a global cyber-espionage campaign known as…
Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge Summary Docker patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-9074, CVSS 9.3) in Docker Desktop that left its internal Engine API…
Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach Summary US insurer Farmers Insurance has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal information for just over 1.1 million…
