Cybersecurity News

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports a catastrophic, national-level data breach in Sweden. The victim is Miljödata, a core IT systems supplier for an estimated 80% of Sweden’s municipalities. The breach was a failed extortion attempt by the “Datacarry” ransomware group, which demanded 1.5 Bitcoin. After (presumably) ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports a catastrophic data leak from Aviatrix, a major US-based secure cloud networking and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) vendor. The report indicates a complete dump of the company’s core intellectual property and security secrets has been leaked (shared for free) on a hacker forum, ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports a systemic, supply-chain data breach affecting the Spanish financial sector. A threat actor is advertising for sale a massive database containing the “full kit” of customer information from multiple unnamed Spanish banks and insurance companies. This is not a breach of ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports the alleged sale of a highly sensitive database from Mapfre, a top-tier global insurance and financial services company headquartered in Spain (EU). A threat actor is advertising the database for sale on a hacker forum, providing a sample to prove authenticity ...

In January 2024, Russian hackers broke into Microsoft’s systems by slipping past what many believed was an ironclad security setup. The attack proved that even with multiple layers of protection, passwords often remain the weakest link in network security. It was a stark reminder for IT teams that no matter ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports the alleged sale of a patient database from “OakBend,” a US-based healthcare provider (likely OakBend Medical Center in Texas). This is a HIPAA-covered entity, making this a high-stakes, legally severe data breach. A threat actor is advertising the database for sale ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports the alleged sale of a massive database from Inditex, the Spanish (EU) fashion conglomerate and parent company of global giants like Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, and Stradivarius. A threat actor is advertising the “complete archive” for sale on a hacker ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports the alleged sale of a database from Allianz, a top-tier global insurance and financial services company headquartered in Germany (EU). A threat actor is advertising the database for sale on a hacker forum, providing a sample to prove authenticity and using ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports the alleged sale of a 1.5 GB database from Expro Group, a major global oil and gas (O&G) services provider. The data was allegedly stolen from Expro’s operations for one of its key clients, YPF (Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales), Argentina’s national oil ...

Dark Web News Analysis The dark web news reports a major data leak from Airtel Air Fiber, the 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) internet service from Bharti Airtel, a top-tier telecommunications provider in India. A database containing customer PII is allegedly leaked and posted on a hacker forum. Based on ...