An analysis by Kaspersky researchers exposed a collection of advanced malware employed by the Chinese state-sponsored threat group APT31 to exfiltrate the sensitive data of numerous Eastern European organizations last year, The Hacker News reports.
Nearly 1.5 million Albertans personal information was recently compromised in a dental data breach as Alberta Dental Service Corporation of Canada announced that it was hacked on July 26, with the attacker encrypting some of its IT systems and data, SiliconAngle reports.
El Cerrito, California, has reported a potential data threat in its systems after being included in a leak site of a ransomware group, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Security researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz have released a technical report on a newly discovered information malware strain dubbed Statc Stealer, which targets the sensitive payment and personal information of Microsoft Windows users, reports The Hacker News.
Northern Ireland police breach compromises entire force CNN reports that the Police Service of Northern Island had the names and ranks of their entire force consisting of 10,000 police officers compromised following a data breach, which stemmed from improper data sharing following a Freedom of Information request that sought to know the police force's population.
A new Intel speculative-execution flaw lets virtual machines on the same servers steal data from one another, a Google researcher said at the Black Hat security conference.
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