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Today’s cybersecurity news highlights a significant data breach at Gîtes de France, where 117,574 customer accounts were compromised, exposing sensitive personal information. This incident underscores the ongoing threat of data breaches in the hospitality sector. Additionally, trends indicate a rise in ransomware attacks targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures. Organizations are urged to enhance their data protection strategies and monitor for unusual activity to mitigate potential threats. Overall, the frequency of breaches and ransomware incidents signals a critical need for improved cybersecurity hygiene across all industries.
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Google is discontinuing its "dark web report" security tool, stating that it wants to focus on other tools it believes are more helpful. [...]
Japanese e-commerce giant Askul Corporation has confirmed that RansomHouse hackers stole around 740,000 customer records in the ransomware attack it suffered in October. [...]
How a simple “I found your photo” message can quietly take over your account
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Many website owners follow a similar “security plan,” even if they don’t call it that. They launch the site, add a couple of plugins, and just hope nothing goes wrong.
The issue is that modern website hacks don’t make themselves obvious. Instead, they show up as small signs, like a redirect that onl...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Tracing infrastructure;
- Netfilter;
(CVE-2025-40018, CVE-2025-40232)
There's a strange thing that happens when a person you once knew as your child seems, over years, to forget the sound of your voice, the feel of your laugh, or the way your presence once grounded them. It isnt just loss - it's an internal inversion: your love becomes a shadow. Something haunting,...
A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) information stealer named SantaStealer is being advertised on Telegram and hacker forums as operating in memory to avoid file-based detection. [...]
In cybersecurity, being “always on” is often treated like a badge of honor.
We celebrate the leaders who respond at all hours, who jump into every incident, who never seem to unplug. Availability gets confused with commitment. Urgency gets mistaken for effectiveness. And somewhere along the way, exh...
State and federal lawmakers have introduced multiple proposals in 2025 to curtail or outright block children and teenagers from accessing legal content on the internet. These lawmakers argue that internet and social media platforms have an obligation to censor or suppress speech that they consider “...
Texas' attorney general, who is suing under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, says ACR technology violates Texas law because of how it collects consumer data without the user’s knowledge or consent.
If you’re a Californian, there are a few new state laws that you should know will be going into effect in the new year. EFF has worked hard in Sacramento this session to advance bills that protect privacy, fight surveillance, and promote transparency.
California’s legislature runs in a two-year cycl...
How Do Non-Human Identities Transform Cloud Security Management? Could your cloud security management strategy be missing a vital component? With cybersecurity evolves, the focus has expanded beyond traditional human operatives to encompass Non-Human Identities (NHIs). Understanding NHIs and their r...
Is Your Organization Prepared for the Evolving Landscape of Non-Human Identities? Managing non-human identities (NHIs) has become a critical focal point for organizations, especially for those using cloud-based platforms. But how can businesses ensure they are adequately protected against the evolvi...
Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach. [...]
How Do Non-Human Identities Impact Cybersecurity? What role do Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play cybersecurity risks? Where machine-to-machine interactions are burgeoning, understanding NHIs becomes critical for any organization aiming to secure its cloud environments effectively. Decoding Non-Human...
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in full effect, and financial institutions across the EU face mounting pressure to demonstrate robust ICT risk management and cyber resilience. With...
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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today published a report detailing a series of cyberattacks occurring over multiple years attributable to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) that were aimed primarily at the energy sector in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The latest Amazon Threat Inte...
AWS incident response operates around the clock to protect our customers, the AWS Cloud, and the AWS global infrastructure. Through that work, we learn from a variety of issues and spot unique trends. Over the past few months, high-profile software supply chain threat campaigns involving third party...
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro RĂĽegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered
that the Linux k...