4 in 5 small businesses had cyberscams in 2025 and almost half of attacks were AI powered
One more reason things cost more today: cybercrime.
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Page 2: 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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N. Zealand health hackers seek cash and 'good reputation'
Hackers claiming to have accessed more than 100,000 people's health records in New Zealand have reportedly extended a ransom deadline until Friday, after saying they want to build a "good reputation."
Jan 6, 2026
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Pixel tracking can significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites
Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites.
Dec 9, 2025
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Business
Crypto hacks: Price drops often outweigh direct losses
In the crypto world, reports of cyberattacks tend to focus mainly on the funds that vanish immediately. A new study by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) now shows that the indirect consequences—such as falling ...
Dec 1, 2025
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French soccer federation hit by cyber-attack, member data stolen
The French soccer federation has been hit by a cyber-attack that resulted in the theft of data relating to members, it said on Thursday.
Nov 27, 2025
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Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack
Japanese beer giant Asahi said on Thursday it had not received any specific demand from the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" cyberattack that could have leaked the data of around two million people.
Nov 27, 2025
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WhatsApp security vulnerability discovered by researchers
IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion ...
Nov 18, 2025
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An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions
Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the "first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign."
Nov 17, 2025
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Online age checking is creating a treasure trove of data for hackers
A variety of websites now have processes designed to verify the ages of their users. These checks are carried out in several ways. For instance, AI can be used to analyze whether a photo of the person looks old enough for ...
Nov 11, 2025
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Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data
Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security vulnerabilities that could reveal or alter genetic information without detection, according to a new study.
Nov 10, 2025
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