IBM Report: Canadians’ Data Security Under Increased Threat, While Breach Costs Surge
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Zscaler warns that ransomware attacks on oil and gas surge 935%, as critical sectors targeted
Industrial Cyber reports: New data from Zscaler shows that manufacturing, technology, and healthcare remain the most frequently targeted sectors, representing high-stakes environments that are ripe for extortion and leverage, where disruption can yield maximum leverage for attackers. Meanwhile, ransomware attacks on the oil and gas industry surged 935.3% year-over-year, likely fueled by a growing reliance on automation across rigs, pipelines, […]
Inc Ransomware Claims 1.2TB Data Breach at Dollar Tree (UPDATED WITH CORRECTION)
Update and Correction of July 31: Dollar Tree has firmly denied any breach and states that the breach was a breach of 99 Cents Only Stores. Dollar Tree’s involvement with the bankrupt discount chain was limited and “did not acquire their corporate entity, systems/network, or data. Any allegation of Dollar Tree’s involvement is inaccurate.” HackRead […]
Orange, France’s largest telecoms company, hit by cyberattack
The Record reports: Orange, one of France’s largest companies and among the biggest mobile service providers in both Europe and Africa, announced on Monday detecting a cyberattack affecting one of its internal systems. The company — which serves a customer base of more than 290 million people, and has retail, business and enterprise clients — […]
NASCAR confirms data breach after hackers ‘demanded $4m ransom’
NASCAR has confirmed it was the victim of a data breach after hackers demanded a $4million ransom following a ransomware attack. The racing organization says it suffered the breach between March 31, 2025 and April 3, 2025. Correspondence with multiple state regulators this week (including this example from New Hampshire) confirms the data breach, and says […]
Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
TechCrunch reports: U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. The company disclosed the data breach on Saturday in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general, but did not immediately provide a number of […]
BlackSuit Ransomware Group’s Dark Web Sites Seized in Operation Checkmate
InfoSecurity Magazine reports: BlackSuit’s dark web data leak site and private negotiation panels have been taken offline in what appears to be a large-scale law enforcement operation. On July 24, the ransomware group’s leading site, usually accessible via The Onion Router (TOR), displayed a banner stating, “This site has been seized by U.S. Homeland Security […]
Clorox lawsuit says help-desk contractors handed over passwords in 2023 cyberattack
The Record reports: Cleaning product giant Clorox has filed a lawsuit against Cognizant, a company it hired to operate its IT services call-in help desk, accusing the contractor of being directly responsible for a 2023 cyberattack that cost hundreds of millions. The case, filed on Tuesday in California Superior Court, alleges that contractors working for […]
IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns
It started with cybercrime but has expanded to real world violence. Both the FBI and the NCA have issued warnings about a concerning trend whereby teens are being recruited to engage in real life harm such as violent attacks on others. The Register reports: A subset of an online group that recruits children and teens […]
Major Russian-language hacking forum administrator arrested; forum seized
Help Net Security reports that an alleged administrator of xss.is, a dominant Russian-speaking cybercrime forum, was arrested in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 22 July. The takedown followed a long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with Ukrainian authorities and Europol. As Help Net summarizes the allegations: The forum’s administrator is […]