One Caledonian government agency reported a breach, thanks to a third party that may have serviced other agencies as well.
The ShinyHunters extortion group stole personal information from 1.6 million RingCentral accounts after hacking the company in July, according to the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. [...]
Some weeks have one big security story. Others bring many smaller updates that are easy to miss but still matter. This week has plenty of them, covering cloud services, AI tools, malware, data breaches, scams, and new attack methods. The latest ThreatsDay Bulletin puts all of these short updates in one place, so you can quickly catch up on what happened, what changed, and what security teams
The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. "Its recovery ecosystem combines the Session messaging network with blockchain-backed services that store and deliver resources used throughout the extortion process," the Microsoft Threat
Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines DeadLock ransomware, an emerging financially motivated operation distinguished by its use of decentralized infrastructure to support victim communications, negotiations, and data leak operations alongside double extortion tactics used to pressure victims. The post DeadLock ransomware: Breaking down a Rust-based encryptor with decentralized recovery infrastructure appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Written by: Tyler McLellan, Austin Larsen Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) continues to track UNC6671 actively conducting compromises leading to data theft extortion, despite the alleged announced retirement of the BlackFile extortion brand in May 2026. Telemetry and infrastructure analysis reveal that rather than disbanding, UNC6671 has diversified its operations across multiple extortion fronts including Redact, Pink, Helix, and Falcon. UNC6671 continues to rely on voice p…
Written by: Kelli Vanderlee, Stuart Carrera For years, the cybersecurity industry's understanding of software supply chain compromise has been anchored by a few watershed events, including Russian cyber espionage actor ICE RELIC’s (formerly known as APT29) 2020 compromise of SolarWinds and North Korean cyber espionage actor UNC4736's 2023 compromise of 3CX. However, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has been tracking growth in threat activity targeting open source software repositories to…
For years, security operations followed a familiar sequence: detect suspicious activity, investigate what happened, and respond before it caused significant harm. That model developed in a threat landscape where defenders had considerably more time to establish the facts and decide what to do next. In 2019, the average data breach took 206 days to identify and another 73 days to contain, creating a total breach lifecycle of 279 days.As the time between initial access and attacker movement conti…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 20th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Ernst & Young, a global accounting and professional services company, has disclosed a data breach involving a compromised third-party IT support platform. The exposed support tickets may have contained client documents, tax information, […] The post 20th July – Threat Intelligence Report appeared first on Check Point Research.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including AWS Govcloud keys -- in a public GitHub repository for almost six months before being notified by KrebsOnSecurity. Experts say the gaps identified in the agency's initial response provide important lessons that all security teams should absorb.
Learn what the average cost of a data breach is and how factors like industry and location impact it. Plus, learn how to protect yourself from costly breaches.
ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s new toolset and the group’s growing reliance on legitimate online services to hide its C&C infrastructure and exfiltrate stolen data
See the 27 biggest data breaches in history, what caused each one, and how Huntress helps protect your business from being the next headline.
Introduction Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have identified an active compromise and extortion campaign attributed to UNC6240 (ShinyHunters) targeting Oracle PeopleSoft application infrastructure. The activity was observed between May 27, 2026, and June 9, 2026 and is consistent with the exploitation of CVE-2026-35273, a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in the Environment Management component. The exploitation of this vulnerability directly aligns wi…
Written by: Chad Reams, Tufail Ahmed, Keith Knapp, Ashley Frazer, Tyler McLellan Introduction From January through May 2026, Mandiant identified a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign executed by the threat cluster UNC3753 (also tracked as "Luna Moth," “Chatty Spider,” and "Silent Ransom Group") targeting dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and financial services in the United States. UNC3753 leverages voice phishing (vishing) and social engineering deception tech…
Your child’s first data breach may happen before they’ve even opened a bank account. Here’s how to keep their digital life safe.
An increasing number of data brokers active in Chinese-speaking dark web forums and Telegram channels are advertising large volumes of purportedly stolen data from organizations worldwide. But are they credible?
Written by: Austin Larsen, Tyler McLellan, Genevieve Stark, Dan Ebreo Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track an expansive extortion campaign by UNC6671, a threat actor operating under the "BlackFile" brand, that targets organizations via sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) and single sign-on (SSO) compromise. By leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to bypass traditional perimeter defenses and multi-factor authentication (MFA), UNC6671 gain…
Ignoring a real breach notification invites risk, but falling for a bogus one could be even worse. Stop reacting on autopilot.
Written by: Jamie Collier, Robin Grunewald Germany has reclaimed its position as a primary focus for cyber extortion in Europe. While data leak site (DLS) posts rose almost 50% globally in 2025, Google Threat Intelligence (GTI) data shows that the surge is hitting German infrastructure harder and faster than its regional neighbors, marking a significant return to the high-pressure levels previously observed in the country during 2022 and 2023. Cyber Criminals Pivoting Back to Germany Germany mo…
Posted by Nathan Parker, Chrome security team Chrome has been advancing the web’s security for well over 15 years, and we’re committed to meeting new challenges and opportunities with AI. Billions of people trust Chrome to keep them safe by default, and this is a responsibility we take seriously. Following the recent launch of Gemini in Chrome and the preview of agentic capabilities, we want to share our approach and some new innovations to improve the safety of agentic browsing. The primary ne…
Threat actors are targeting the education sector with data breaches, phishing emails, ransomware hits, brute force RDP attacks, and more.
In the rapidly evolving digital marketplace, e-commerce brands have become prime targets for cybercriminals. Beyond traditional data breaches, these brands now face sophisticated scams that exploit their reputation, deceive consumers, and erode trust. Drawing from investigations conducted by RedHunt Labs’ threat intelligence team, this blog delves into some of the most prevalent scams targeting e-commerce platforms and highlights how a Digital Risk Protection (DRP) solution can help fortify you…
Learn the top data breach statistics of the last several years and learn about common causes, how they vary by industry, and future trends.
Posted by David Adrian, Javier Castro & Peter Kotwicz, Chrome Security Team Android recently announced Advanced Protection, which extends Google’s Advanced Protection Program to a device-level security setting for Android users that need heightened security—such as journalists, elected officials, and public figures. Advanced Protection gives you the ability to activate Google’s strongest security for mobile devices, providing greater peace of mind that you’re better protected against the most s…
Uncover top cybercrime trends, data breaches, and essential workforce insights to bolster your defenses with this comprehensive roundup of cybersecurity statistics.
Following the arrest of the cybercriminal behind the aliases ALTDOS, DESORDEN, GHOSTR, and 0mid16B, Group-IB provides a deep dive into his activities, uncovering striking similarities and unmasking the cybercriminal that breached more than 90 instances of data leaks worldwide over the span of four years in operation.
Discover how smartphone manufacturers conceal security flaws, the risks these vulnerabilities pose to users and businesses, and actionable steps to protect devices from data breaches, identity theft, and exploitative attacks.
If a malicious actor with prior access to an AWS environment has permission to modify the S3 Replication Service role access policy, they could abuse cross-account replication to exfiltrate stolen data to an external bucket under their control. Moreover, when configured to replicate to multiple buckets at once, and if logging is only scoped to specific buckets (as opposed to being set to log "all current and future buckets"), then the S3 Replication Service only logs a putObject event to CloudT…
Unsecured public-facing database allowed anyone to access ID selfies for months
