Data Security

Nearly 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees had their COVID-19 vaccination status data breached last year due to inadequate data protection measures at the VA, FedScoop reports.

Novel DuckLogs malware-as-a-service detailed More than 6,000 victims have been compromised by the new DuckLogs malware-as-a-service operation, whose platform is being leveraged by over 2,000 cybercriminals, according to BleepingComputer.

Facebook credentials belonging to more than 300,000 users across 71 countries have been compromised by the Android threat campaign dubbed "Schoolyard Bully Trojan," reports The Hacker News.

Numerous zero-day flaws in Windows, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox were noted by Google's Threat Analysis Group to have been leveraged by Spanish custom security solutions provider Variston IT as a means to distribute spyware, TechCrunch reports.

Over 2.2M pediatric patients impacted by Connexin Software breach More than 2.2 million patients across almost 120 pediatric physician practices and practice groups in the U.S. may have had their data compromised by a breach at pediatric health IT vendor Connexin Software in August, according to HealthITSecurity.

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Virginia's Southampton County has disclosed being impacted by a ransomware attack in September that may have compromised personal data, SecurityWeek reports.

North Carolina-based Guilford College has confirmed having sensitive student, faculty, and staff data stolen in a ransomware attack last month by the Hive ransomware gang, which posted a sample of the stolen data on Friday, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.