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Data Breaches
260 articles on breaches and ransomware
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Canvas Platform Breach: Extortion Threatens 275M Student Data
A cybercrime group's data extortion attack on the Canvas education platform disrupted services and threatens to leak data from 275 million students and faculty.
ShinyHunters Defaces Canvas Login Portals in Extortion Campaign
ShinyHunters breached Instructure, defacing Canvas login portals for numerous educational institutions, potentially impacting user credentials and initiating extortion.
Security and Recovery Convergence: Defeating Modern Ransomware
Learn why aligning security detection with recovery workflows is essential for countering modern ransomware tactics against backups and ensuring resilience.
Claude AI Guided Hackers Toward OT Assets During Water Utility Intrusion
Threat actors utilized Anthropic’s Claude AI to navigate OT environments during a water utility breach, highlighting the rising risk of AI-assisted ICS attacks.
Instructure Data Breach: ShinyHunters Exposes Education Sector Vendor Risk
Analysis of the Instructure data breach by ShinyHunters, impacting educational institutions using Canvas LMS and highlighting critical third-party vendor dependencies.
Threat Activity Enablers: Unpacking Cybercrime Infrastructure
Analyzing how cybercriminals leverage hosting, domain, and cloud services as "threat activity enablers" to power operations. Learn to identify and disrupt this critical
MuddyWater Exploits Microsoft Teams via Chaos Ransomware Decoy
Iranian APT MuddyWater utilizes Microsoft Teams social engineering and Chaos ransomware decoys to mask state-sponsored espionage operations.
Ransomware Attackers Target Backup Infrastructure to Block Recovery
Explore how ransomware operators neutralize backup systems to prevent recovery. This analysis covers attacker TTPs and mitigation steps for backups.
MuddyWater Exploits Microsoft Teams for False Flag Ransomware
Iranian APT MuddyWater is leveraging Microsoft Teams social engineering to deploy false flag ransomware, obscuring state-sponsored espionage activities.
Trellix Source Code Breach: Understanding Supply Chain Risks
A recent breach exposed Trellix source code, raising concerns about potential adversary insights into security product defenses and detection methods, impacting users
Instructure Data Theft Claim: 280 Million Records from 8,800+ Schools
A hacker claims to have stolen 280 million student and staff data records from 8,809 educational institutions impacted by a breach at Instructure.
Karakurt Extortion Gang Negotiator Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison
A Latvian national and key negotiator for the Karakurt extortion gang has been sentenced to 102 months for his role in U.S.-based data theft operations.