A disgruntled IT worker wreaked havoc on a school district's systems for over a year and a half, causing chaos and destruction, after being terminated from his job. The sabotage spree, which included deleting crucial data and altering systems, earned him a 21-month jail sentence.
Meet Oleksii Lytvynenko, a Ukrainian hacker who just pleaded guilty to his role in the notorious Conti ransomware case, which targeted over 1,000 victims worldwide and raked in a staggering $150 million in ransom payments. He's now facing up to 20 years in prison for his involvement.
Over 400 Arch Linux packages were compromised in a shocking discovery, distributing a sneaky Linux rootkit and infostealer to unsuspecting users through the Arch User Repository (AUR). A cleverly spoofed maintainer account was used to modify the packages and download malicious code.
Experts are debunking Handala's claims of being able to shut off water in US cities, with no evidence to back up the group's bold assertions. According to Sean Malone, Chief Information Security Officer at BeyondTrust, the breach appears to be limited to non-critical systems, with no impact on water treatment or distribution.
In a major crackdown, the FBI and Europol have dismantled AudiA6, a massive cryptocurrency laundering operation that helped cybercriminals move a whopping $389m in illicit funds between 2022 and 2025. The service was linked to at least 15 ransomware operations and multiple cryptocurrency theft schemes, making it a key player in the digital underworld.
Novo Nordisk revealed that a cyberattack has compromised patient data, specifically information related to clinical-trial participants, though assured that the data is not directly linked to patients by name or other identifiers. The company is working with outside experts to investigate and contain the breach.
Attackers are quietly buying and selling access to trusted integrations, developer accounts, and unattended credentials on the dark web, revealing early warning signs of supply-chain attacks. Monitoring underground forums for these subtle signals can help flag potential risks long before a breach makes headlines.
Imagine a sneaky new attack that tricks AI coding assistants into doing an attacker's bidding - without ever touching the victim's infrastructure. This clever hack, dubbed Agentjacking, uses a sneaky sequence of steps to get AI tools to execute malicious code on developers' machines.
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Google is taking a stand against scammers, suing a Telegram-based group called "Outsider Enterprise" for allegedly sending millions of AI-powered scam texts and impersonating trusted brands. The lawsuit aims to put a stop to their large-scale fraud operations.
Cyber-attacks have hit a staggering 84% of sports organizations in the past year, with over half of those being targeted multiple times - a worrying trend in an industry where timing and spectacle are everything. This alarming statistic highlights the vulnerability of professional sports teams, venues, and event bodies to cyber threats.
In a major global crackdown, INTERPOL dismantled the notorious Sniper Dz phishing platform, a hub for cybercriminals to buy and use ready-made phishing kits, in a coordinated effort that resulted in 201 arrests across 13 countries. The operation, dubbed Operation Ramz, dealt a significant blow to the phishing-as-a-service industry.
A careless mistake by Plymouth City Council's Elective Home Education team has led to a data breach, exposing the email addresses of around 500 home-schooling families after a single email was sent with all recipient addresses visible. The council is now dealing with the fallout after compromising the personal email addresses of hundreds of families.
Novo Nordisk revealed a clinical trials data breach, confirming that hackers accessed and copied sensitive personal data, including patient information and healthcare professional records, from its internal IT systems without authorization. The stolen data includes patient IDs, trial details, and health information such as biomarkers, lifestyle factors, and more.
Federal agencies are on high alert: a severe vulnerability in Ivanti's Sentry gateway, already exploited by attackers, must be patched within three days to prevent further backdoor attacks. CISA's urgent directive demands swift action to secure vulnerable devices and shield against malicious cyber threats.
Europol's operation has cut off a major crypto laundering service linked to ransomware gangs, freezing hundreds of millions in illicit profits and disrupting a key financial pipeline used by criminals. The crackdown seized over €86,000 in cash, froze €692,000 in cryptocurrency, and took down 25 domains and 30 servers.
A major data breach at France's digital affairs directorate, DINUM, has exposed the sensitive information of 73,000 public-sector employees, affecting nearly 9% of the Tchap instant messaging platform's users. The breach compromised public chat rooms, user metadata, and shared files, but thankfully, private conversations remained encrypted and secure.
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A shocking data loss incident has hit Japanese utility company Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., with a staggering 10.9 million client records exposed after an external storage device went missing. The device, last seen on April 27, was found to be missing on May 26, sparking a frantic investigation.
A fake data breach notice was recently submitted to Maine's breach disclosure portal using VRChat's name, but the company quickly reassured fans that their data and systems are safe. The incident highlights a vulnerability in the portal's submission process, which allows anyone to post a breach notice without verification.
ShinyHunters hackers have exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability, CVE-2026-35273, to launch targeted attacks on US organizations, particularly in the higher education sector. The attacks, which involved data theft and extortion, hit a whopping 68% of US higher education institutions.
Hackers have struck 68% of breached organizations in the higher education sector, with a whopping majority being US universities, by exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft. This severe flaw, rated 9.8/10, allows for remote code execution with no login or user interaction required.
A Russian national, Denis Nikolayevich Obrezko, has been charged with helping facilitate a massive cyber-espionage scheme that infiltrated at least 11 US companies, with authorities suspecting many more victims nationwide. Obrezko allegedly played a key role in the Void Blizzard campaign by buying a virtual private server and registering domain names used in the intrusions.
A critical zero-day flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft, known as CVE-2026-35273, has been exploited by hackers to steal sensitive data from over 100 organizations, with a staggering 300 instances affected. Oracle has issued emergency mitigations and is working on a patch to address this highly vulnerable issue.
ShinyHunters, a notorious data theft group, claims to have exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-35273, to breach over 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham. The group allegedly stole sensitive data, posting some of it on their leak site.
A security researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse has made a startling discovery, unveiling exploit code called GreatXML that can bypass Microsoft's BitLocker encryption on systems that have run a Microsoft Defender Offline scan. This accidental find took just four hours to uncover, leaving many to wonder about potential vulnerabilities.