860K Compromised in Columbia University Data Breach Summary Columbia University confirmed that an unauthorised actor accessed its network on 16 May and stole files, with the incident identified during a…
Data Dump From APT Actor Yields Clues to Attacker Capabilities Summary A substantial data release, published in Phrack and attributed to two hackers calling themselves Saber and cyb0rg, exposes files…
Prime Security Wins Black Hat’s Startup Spotlight Competition Summary At Black Hat USA 2025 in Las Vegas, Prime Security won the Startup Spotlight competition, taking both the judges’ prize and…
PwC Announces Addition of Morgan Adamski to Leadership of Cyber, Data & Technology Risk Platform Summary PwC has appointed Morgan Adamski as a US leader within its Cyber, Data &…
Ransomware Attacks Fall by Almost Half in Q2 Summary A Dark Reading press release reports a sharp drop in ransomware incidents in Q2 2025: June saw 371 attacks (a 6%…
Cybersecurity Incident at Allianz Life Exposes Personal Information of Hundreds of Thousands Summary Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America disclosed a cybersecurity incident in a July 29, 2025 press…
Charon Ransomware Emerges With APT-Style Tactics Summary Researchers from Trend Micro observed the first documented real-world deployment of a new ransomware family called Charon, used in a targeted campaign against…
60 RubyGems Packages Steal Data From Annoying Spammers Summary Since March 2023 a Korean threat actor operating under names such as “soonje” has published 60 malicious packages to RubyGems. Marketed…
Water Systems Under Attack: Norway, Poland Blame Russia Actors Summary Nation-state and other sophisticated attackers are increasingly targeting water and wastewater systems. Recent incidents include an April attack on a…
China Questions Security of AI Chips From NVIDIA, AMD Summary China has publicly challenged the security of advanced AI processors from US manufacturers Nvidia and AMD, saying Nvidia must prove…
