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Researchers from the cybersecurity firm GreyNoise reported this week that an ongoing exploitation campaign is targeting over 9,000 internet-exposed ASUS routers. Cybercriminals gained long-term access by exploiting an undisclosed vulnerability. Experts suggest that attackers were planning on

The FBI issued a warning about the cybercriminal group Silent Ransom Group (SRG) and its recent social engineering calls and callback phishing emails targeting law firms in the United States. The government agency noted that while the group has historically targeted multiple industries, it has

Leading VPN provider NordVPN has announced that it will roll out post-quantum encryption on all its major app-supported platforms. In NordVPN’s implementation, post-quantum encryption is integrated with its proprietary NordLynx protocol. Based on WireGuard, NordLynx is available on all of its

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected cloud system exposing 184 million credentials. The collection, containing around 47.42 gigabytes of data, included sensitive information from popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, as well as government

Crypto exchange giant Coinbase is reeling from a cyberattack that exposed sensitive customer data, prompted a $20 million extortion attempt, and could cost the company up to $400 million in remediation. The breach, disclosed this week via Coinbase’s official blog and a filing with U.S. regulators,

The White House has officially withdrawn a major data privacy proposal that would have made it harder for data brokers to sell Americans’ personal and financial information. The move reverses a key effort launched in late 2024 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to crack down on the

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that personal customer data was stolen in the recent cyberattack that disrupted its services for weeks. The breach exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, and order histories. While account passwords and full card details were not compromised, the retailer urged

Google has agreed to pay a record $1.375 billion to the state of Texas to resolve lawsuits accusing the tech giant of unauthorized data tracking and biometric data collection. It marks the largest privacy settlement ever obtained by a US state. Texas’s payout surpasses all previous state-level

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about an unencrypted and non-password-protected database that contained 3,154,239 records presumably belonging to a platform designed to assist high school athletes in securing college sports scholarships. The

The cybergang behind a massive PowerSchool data breach is now attempting to directly extort schools and districts across the US and Canada — despite PowerSchool reportedly paying an undisclosed ransom for the deletion of the stolen data. According to BleepingComputer, PowerSchool was given