WhatsApp patches exploit allowing hackers to target Apple users
WhatsApp has patched a security vulnerability that allowed sophisticated attacks against the Apple devices of "specific targeted users."
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Page 12: Research news on Cybersecurity breaches
Cybersecurity breaches encompass malicious intrusions into digital systems that compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of data and services across sectors such as healthcare, transportation, finance, retail, and government. Work in this area examines ransomware incidents, large-scale data theft, exploitation of software and hardware vulnerabilities, and emerging threats such as AI-enabled attacks and cybercrime-as-a-service. It also addresses systemic weaknesses in IT infrastructures, illicit data markets, and policy, legal, and organizational responses aimed at mitigating breach risks and impacts.
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What are ShinyHunters, the hackers that attacked Google? Should we be worried?
Cyber crime group ShinyHunters has received global attention after Google urged 2.5 billion users to tighten their security following a data breach via Salesforce, a customer management platform.
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Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method
An international research team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a method to detect compromised hosts at an ...
Sep 1, 2025
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Study examines whether policy intervention could combat ransomware
As ransomware attacks become more common and complex—and costly to the crimes' targets—a University of Texas at Dallas researcher is examining how policymakers might combat cybercriminals.
Aug 28, 2025
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Columbia University data breach affected 870,000 students, applicants
The recent cyberattack at Columbia University affected close to 870,000 students, applicants and employees, compromising their Social Security numbers, health information and other sensitive data, according to school officials.
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FBI, National Guard assist St. Paul as cyber-attackers force shutdown of Internet-based systems
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter declared a state of local emergency on July 29 following a days-long cyber attack on the city's Internet-based computer networks that led the city to call in the FBI and Gov. Tim Walz to enlist ...
Jul 30, 2025
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Tea app takes messaging system offline after second security issue reported
Tea, a dating discussion app that recently suffered a high-profile cybersecurity breach, announced late Monday that some direct messages were also accessed in the incident.
Jul 29, 2025
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Vulnerability found: A single packet can paralyze smartphones
Smartphones must stay connected to mobile networks at all times to function properly. The core component that enables this constant connectivity is the communication modem (baseband) inside the device. KAIST researchers, ...
Jul 29, 2025
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Cyberattack on Russian airline Aeroflot causes the cancellation of more than 100 flights
A cyberattack on Russian state-owned flagship carrier Aeroflot caused a mass outage to the company's computer systems on Monday, Russia's prosecutor's office said, forcing the airline to cancel more than 100 flights and delay ...
Jul 28, 2025
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Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers
Hackers gained access to personal data on the majority of the 1.4 million customers of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the company confirmed Saturday.
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