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Port of Seattle Says 90,000 People Impacted by Ransomware Attack
The Port of Seattle says the personal information of 90,000 individuals was stolen in an August 2024 ransomware attack.
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Suspected Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty
A 20-year-old arrested last year and charged alongside others believed to be members of Scattered Spider has pleaded guilty.
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Call Records of Millions Exposed by Verizon App Vulnerability
A patch has been released for a serious information disclosure vulnerability affecting a Verizon call filtering application.
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In Other News: Apple Improving Malware Detection, Cybersecurity Funding, Cyber Command Chief Fired
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Apple adding TCC events to Endpoint Security, cybersecurity funding report for Q1 2025, Trump fires the head of NSA and Cyber Command.
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State Bar of Texas Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack
The State Bar of Texas is notifying thousands of individuals that their personal information was stolen in a February ransomware attack.
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US, Allies Warn of Threat Actors Using ‘Fast Flux’ to Hide Server Locations
US and allied countries warn of threat actors using the “fast flux” technique to change DNS records and hide malicious servers’ locations.
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Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack
Oracle has confirmed suffering a data breach but the tech giant is apparently trying to downplay the impact of the incident.
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Critical Apache Parquet Vulnerability Leads to Remote Code Execution
A critical vulnerability in Apache Parquet can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, leading to complete system compromise.
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Compromised SpotBugs Token Led to GitHub Actions Supply Chain Hack
Evidence shows a SpotBugs token compromised in December 2024 was used in the March 2025 GitHub Actions supply chain attack.
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Chinese APT Pounces on Misdiagnosed RCE in Ivanti VPN Appliances
Ivanti misdiagnoses a remote code execution vulnerability and Mandiant reports that Chinese hackers are launching in-the-wild exploits.
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Halo ITSM Vulnerability Exposed Organizations to Remote Hacking
An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Halo ITSM could have been exploited to read, modify, or insert data.
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Hunters International Ransomware Gang Rebranding, Shifting Focus
The notorious cybercrime group Hunters International is dropping ransomware to focus on data theft and extortion.
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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 23 Deals Announced in March 2025
Less than two dozen cybersecurity merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in March 2025.
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39 Million Secrets Leaked on GitHub in 2024
GitHub has announced new capabilities to help organizations and developers keep secrets in their code protected.
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Details Emerge on CVE Controversy Around Exploited CrushFTP Vulnerability
Two CVEs now exist for an actively exploited CrushFTP vulnerability and much of the security industry is using the ‘wrong one’.
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Vulnerabilities Expose Cisco Meraki and ECE Products to DoS Attacks
Cisco fixes two high-severity denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Meraki devices and Enterprise Chat and Email.
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Google Released Second Fix for Quick Share Flaws After Patch Bypass
Google’s patches for Quick Share for Windows vulnerabilities leading to remote code execution were incomplete and could be easily bypassed.
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Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering
Adaptive is pitching a security platform designed to replicate real-world attack scenarios through AI-generated deepfake simulations.
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Vulnerabilities Expose Jan AI Systems to Remote Manipulation
Vulnerabilities in open source ChatGPT alternative Jan AI expose systems to remote, unauthenticated manipulation.
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Cyberhaven Banks $100 Million in Series D, Valuation Hits $1 Billion
Cyberhaven bags $100 million in funding at a billion-dollar valuation, a sign that investors remain bullish on data security startups.
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