Data breach stories - Page 4

AI-fuelled ransomware hit record levels in 2025, with BlackFog warning that around 86% of attacks worldwide are never publicly disclosed.

Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.

Portnox extends zero trust network access to RDP, SSH, VNC and Telnet, promising passwordless admin access and fewer VPN dependencies.

Bitsight launches an AI-driven dark web monitoring tool to give organisations earlier warning of cyber threats targeting key suppliers.

Cyber firms warned over 'verification crisis' as tools flag floods of flaws but only 0.47% prove exploitable, leaving real risk unresolved.

Moltbook, the all-bot social network, faces scrutiny after researchers reportedly accessed its live database and user emails without checks.

Record digital squatting surge sees 6,200 disputes in 2025, as lookalike domains drive costly phishing, malware and payment fraud.

Guardsquare snaps up Verimatrix's XTD tech, adding real-time mobile threat detection and response to its end-to-end app security platform.

Legacy VPNs are emerging as a prime security liability as hybrid work, identity‑based attacks and cloud apps expose their design flaws.

Tenable warns 'LookOut' flaws in Google Looker could hand attackers server control, expose secrets and enable cross-tenant cloud access.

Moltbook left a Supabase key exposed, leaking AI chats, 30,000 emails and 1.5 million API keys in a cautionary tale of vibe coding risk.

Tenable warns critical Google Looker flaws could enable server takeover and data theft, leaving unpatched self-hosted deployments exposed.

Tenable warns unpatched self-hosted Google Looker systems face remote takeover, data theft and cross-tenant cloud attack risks.

YubiKey rollout boosts ROI by 265% and slashes breach exposure 99.99%, Forrester study finds, delivering multi-million USD $ gains.

Infostealer attacks are increasingly compromising enterprise SSO, with Flare warning 16% of late-2025 infections exposed identity access.

Data Privacy Day spotlights a shift from privacy promises to provable controls, as AI, governance and regulation demand accountable data use.

A security lapse at AI agent service Moltbook exposes risky default database settings, raising fresh alarms over agentic system safeguards.

YubiKey deployment delivers 265% ROI, USD $5.3 million NPV and 99.99% lower breach risk in Forrester model of a 5,000-staff enterprise.

A critical ICM Viewer flaw lets a single malicious click hijack IDIS CCTV hosts, exposing Australian networks to deep lateral attacks.

Panera data breach exposes details of 14 million customers, spotlighting a surge in SaaS-focused extortion and identity-driven cyber attacks.