A hacker claims to be selling millions of user records relating to Indian startup Shadowfax, which offers logistics services to e-commerce and hyperlocal platforms across the country. The pseudonymous hacker said in a listing on a known cybercrime forum that…
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British Library confirms customer data was stolen by hackers, with outage expected to last ‘months’
The British Library has told customers that their personal data may have been stolen during a recent ransomware attack that knocked the library’s systems and website offline for the past month. In a notice sent to customers this week, which…
Okta admits hackers accessed data on all customers during recent breach
U.S. access and identity management giant Okta says hackers stole data about all of its customers during a recent breach of its support systems, despite previously stating that only a fraction of customers were affected. Okta confirmed in October that…
LockBit claims cyberattack on India’s national aerospace lab
The notorious ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting India’s state-owned aerospace research lab. On Wednesday, LockBit added the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) to its dark web leak site, which ransomware gangs use to extort victims for…
Europol arrest hackers allegedly behind string of ransomware attacks
Europol and its international law enforcement partners have arrested five individuals who authorities accuse of involvement in a string of ransomware attacks affecting more than 1,800 victims worldwide. The arrested individuals, which include the criminal gang’s ringleader, 32, and four…
AWS brings Amazon One palm-scanning authentication to the enterprise
Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS (Amazon Web Services) has lifted the lid on a new palm-scanning identity service that allows companies to authenticate people when entering physical premises. Amazon One Enterprise, as the service is called, builds on the company’s…
Ukraine detains Victor Zhora, former top government cyber official
Last week, the Ukrainian government fired two of its top cybersecurity officials, who are accused of embezzlement. Now, one of them has been detained. Ukraine’s senior cabinet official Taras Melnychuk announced the firings in a public post on Telegram last…
Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers
Last Tuesday, Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider of title insurance and escrow services, and North America’s largest title insurance company,” announced that it had experienced a cyberattack. Since…
Cyberattack on legal tech provider causing widespread disruption to UK law firms
CTS, a U.K.-based provider of managed IT services for law firms and the professional services industry, is experiencing a cybersecurity incident that is causing ongoing widespread disruption across the legal sector. In a statement on its website, the Cheshire-headquartered CTS…
North Korea-backed hackers target CyberLink users in supply-chain attack
North Korean state-backed hackers are distributing a malicious version of a legitimate application developed by CyberLink, a Taiwanese software maker, to target downstream customers. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team said on Wednesday North Korean hackers had compromised CyberLink to distribute a…
Fidelity National Financial shuts down network in wake of cybersecurity incident
Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a Fortune 500 company that provides title insurance and settlement services for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced on Tuesday that it was the victim of a “cybersecurity incident that impacted certain FNF systems..”…
3 skills could make or break your cybersecurity career in the generative AI era
While many employers emphasize problem-solving skills in job descriptions, the ability to think outside the box is imperative in cybersecurity. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Thousands of new honeypots deployed across Israel to catch hackers
On October 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel, killing more than 1,200 people with hundreds taken hostage. The attack prompted a deadly response from the Israel Defense Forces, which has reportedly left more than 10,000 people dead…
Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
The Ukrainian government has fired two of its most senior cybersecurity officials following accusations of alleged embezzlement. Yurii Shchyhol, head of Ukraine’s Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, or SSSCIP, and his deputy Victor Zhora (pictured), who served as…
British Library confirms data stolen during ransomware attack
The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries, has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to the theft of internal data. In late October, the British Library first disclosed it was…
Hackers accessed sensitive health data of Welltok patients
Hackers accessed the personal data of more than a million people by exploiting a security vulnerability in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform owned by Virgin Pulse. Welltok, a Denver-based patient engagement company that works with…
Healthcare startups scramble to assess fallout after Postmeds data breach hits millions of patients
More than two million people across the United States will receive notice that their personal and sensitive health information was stolen earlier this year during a cyberattack at Postmeds, the parent company of online pharmacy startup Truepill. For some of…
Cybersecurity investor Ballistic Ventures seeks $300M for new fund
Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to funding and incubating cybersecurity startups, is looking to raise as much as $300 million for a new fund, according to a regulatory filing. The San Francisco-based VC firm Wednesday filed with the…
Children’s tablet has malware and exposes kids’ data, researcher finds
In May this year, Alexis Hancock’s daughter got a children’s tablet for her birthday. Being a security researcher, Hancock was immediately worried. “I looked at it kind of sideways because I’ve never heard of Dragon Touch,” Hancock told TechCrunch, referring…
Samsung says hackers accessed customer data during year-long breach
Samsung has admitted that hackers accessed the personal data of U.K.-based customers during a year-long breach of its systems. In a statement to TechCrunch, Samsung spokesperson Chelsea Simpson, representing the company via a third-party agency, said Samsung was “recently alerted…