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.
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Page 7: 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.
Security
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.
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Computer Sciences
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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Security
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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Software
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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Telecom
Researchers uncover critical security flaws in global mobile networks
In an era when recent cyberattacks on major telecommunications providers have highlighted the fragility of mobile security, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have identified a class of ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers uncover vulnerabilities allowing fraudulent high-value contactless transactions
Convenience features built into contactless payment systems are quietly undermining their security, as a study led by the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, exposes hidden weaknesses ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Anonymity's ARX nemesis
A team of faculty and students from George Mason University recently discovered a vulnerability in a widely used anonymization tool. They presented their findings last week in Taiwan at the Association for Computing Machinery ...
Oct 23, 2025
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Hardware
Vulnerability in confidential cloud environments uncovered
Some data is so sensitive that it is processed only in specially protected cloud areas. These are designed to ensure that not even a cloud provider can access the data. ETH Zurich researchers have now found a vulnerability ...
Oct 13, 2025
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