Google has issued a global security alert following one of the largest breaches in its history. The massive cyberattack has exposed data from more than 2.5 billion Gmail users and compromised a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform. Hacker group ShinyHunters is behind the breach which security experts are calling one of the largest […]
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Ransomware groups are now targeting Microsoft SharePoint—a platform trusted by more than 190 million users worldwide for collaboration and document management. It’s the latest development in a growing wave of cyberattacks targeting known vulnerabilities in the system. Recent reports suggest the scale of the attacks is far worse than initially thought. What started as an
A new survey from Google, in partnership with Morning Consult, paints a clear picture: Americans are more aware than ever of online scams—but they’re not all protecting themselves the same way. More than 60% of U.S. consumers say scam activity has increased over the past year. A third have experienced a data breach personally. The
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IT software provider ConnectWise reported a breach linked to a suspected nation-state actor, affecting a small number of its popular remote IT management tool, ScreenConnect (previously ConnectWise Control). The announcement was made in a brief statement published May 28 on the company’s website. Used widely by government agencies and enterprises, ScreenConnect has long been a
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Americans have lost a record $16 billion in cybercrime, according to a recent report from the FBI. The annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows the latest trends and statistics in cybercrime and related financial losses and victim reports. The $16 billion in losses is a 33% rise over the previous year. Victims most
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Phishing remains one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks—and thanks to AI, phishing emails are becoming more convincing and harder to detect than ever before. Even though only 0.7–4.7% of phishing emails that made it past filters in 2024 were AI-generated, researchers at Hoxhunt say the level of sophistication is quickly rising. AI
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As more drivers hit the road for spring and summer travel, a new FBI alert warns consumers about an E-ZPass unpaid toll scam. Text message scams are rapidly evolving and this new wave of “smishing” text scams is targeting toll users nationwide. What started with fraudulent texts posing as E-ZPass, EZDriveMA, or other toll collection
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A November cyberattack on Infosys McCamish Systems, a service provider for Bank of America, exposed personal data of over 57,000 customers enrolled in deferred compensation plans. Although the breach, linked to the LockBit ransomware group, occurred November 3 it wasn’t reported to Bank of America until November 24—leading to a nearly 90-day delay in notifying
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Biggest Data Breaches of 2025 to Date If the first few months of this year are anything to go by, 2025 is shaping up to be an unprecedented year for data breaches. Here is a look at the biggest data breaches of 2025 to date: PowerSchool breach PowerSchool, a leading K-12 edtech provider, suffered one
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A recent cyberattack on education technology software firm PowerSchool is developing into one of the biggest breaches of the year. Multiple companies have come forward to say their data was stolen in the hack of the company which helps schools track tens of millions of students. The attack appears to be the largest breach of
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