A survey by BlackBerry Secure Communications found that 98% of security decision-makers in government and critical infrastructure across the US, UK, Canada, and Singapore use foreign-hosted platforms not designed for confidential communications.
Legislation that would provide a 10-day extension for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been approved by the House, representing a setback for President Donald Trump and House GOP leaders, who had sought an 18-month renewal, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
About half of 6 million internet-connected systems using the legacy File Transfer Protocol continue to lack encryption, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to SecurityWeek.
Major Dutch online store Bol, which also operates in Belgium, had information from more than 400,000 of its Belgian users allegedly compromised by the hacker using the alias "Jeffrey Epstein," reports Cybernews.
The French Interior Ministry has disclosed a cyberattack against the country's National Agency for Secure Documents' ANTS platform, which is being used for driver's license, passport, and ID issuance, according to Security Affairs.
A security researcher, operating under the handle @weezerOSINT, reported that a simple free account on Lovable provided access to other users' source code and database credentials.
The attackers asserted they breached Seiko USA's Shopify backend, exfiltrating sensitive customer data including names, email addresses, phone numbers, order history, shipping addresses, and account details.
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