Data Security

Cybersecurity
23andMe Pays $18M to 43 State AGs Over Genetic Data Breach
Coalition of 43 state AGs reaches $18M settlement with 23andMe successor Chrome Holding Co. over its genetic data breach; total penalties exceed $50 million.
Cybersecurity
Italy Fines WINDTRE €1.7M for Breaches Exposing 365K Customers
Italy's Garante fined telecom operator WINDTRE €1.7 million for two 2024 data breaches in which social engineering attacks exposed data on 365,000 customers.
Cybersecurity
300 Fake GitHub Repos Deliver BoryptGrab Chrome Bypass Infostealer
ArcticWolf exposed a campaign using 300 fake GitHub repos to deliver BoryptGrab, an infostealer that bypasses Chrome App-Bound Encryption via code injection.
Application Security
Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Exposes Gmail and Calendar Data
Manifold disclosed two unpatched flaws in Claude for Chrome allowing malicious extensions to invoke the AI agent and silently access Gmail and Google Calendar.
Application Security
Progress Orders ShareFile SZC Server Shutdown Over Security Threat
Progress Software ordered ShareFile Storage Zone Controller customers to shut down internet-facing servers amid an undisclosed security threat investigation.
Application Security
Socket Finds 17 Malicious Payment SDKs Stealing AWS Keys via npm, PyPI
Socket found 17 malicious npm and PyPI packages impersonating Paysafe, Skrill, and Neteller SDKs that stole AWS keys and payment credentials while returning fake success ...
Cybersecurity
NHS Forth Valley Employee Emails Maternity Data to Personal Account
NHS Forth Valley disclosed a breach after a staff member emailed maternity patient data, including NHS numbers and pregnancy records, to a personal account.
Cybersecurity
Accenture Confirms Breach After Hacker Lists 35 GB for Sale
Threat actor '888' listed 35 GB of Accenture source code, RSA keys, SSH keys, and Azure access tokens for sale on a criminal forum in ...
Application Security
India IDRBT .bank.in Registry Leaked 5,576 Employee Records
India's IDRBT domain registry for the RBI-mandated .bank.in namespace exposed 5,576 bank employees' credentials through 33-plus unauthenticated API endpoints.
Application Security
Microsoft Removes 119 StegoAd Extensions from Edge Add-ons Store
Microsoft removed 119 malicious Edge extensions in the StegoAd takedown, exposing a steganography campaign hiding malware in image and font files since 2021.