eSecurity Planet

MAY 16, 2025

Crypto giant Coinbase is grappling with one of its most serious security challenges to date: An insider-led data breach that has shaken customer trust and could cost the company as much as $400 million. The stolen information was then used in social engineering scams that tricked users into giving away their crypto.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verdict: prediction not fulfilled Our predictions for 2025 Data breaches through contractors When abusing company-contractor relationships (trusted relationship attacks), threat actors first infiltrate a supplier’s systems and then gain access to the target organization’s infrastructure or data.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Phishing scams, ransomware attacks, data breaches, and identity theft are part of a growing list of online dangers that are a daily reality. From online shopping and banking to remote work and social media, most of us spend a significant portion of our lives connected.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The research found a sharp rise in mobile phishing attacks, with cybercriminals moving away from traditional email scams in favor of SMS-based attacks. Cybercriminals disguise messages as urgent notifications from banks, government agencies, or corporate IT teams, tricking users into providing credentials or downloading malware.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Its a cyber attack where scammers impersonate legitimate organizations or trusted individuals to steal sensitive information like passwords, financial data, or access credentials. Todays phishing scams are sophisticated, tailored for you, and often indistinguishable from real communications. And theyre getting better at it.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation,” group reveals Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS Google Search user interface: A/B testing shows security concerns remain AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen MoneyGram confirms customer data breach Exposing (..)

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

Poorly managed subscriptions can open the door to cyber threats, data breaches, and financial risks. Many users reuse passwords across platforms, and a breach in one forgotten subscription service can lead to credential stuffing attackswhere hackers use stolen login details to access other accounts, like your email or bank.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. The more variables in your network, the more potential vulnerabilities and data breaches. EU, and China.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2025

In mid-May, the company disclosed a data breach after the April security incident and revealed that threat actors had stolen sensitive customer data. For some of our customers, bank account numbers (for pre-authorized payment) may also have been impacted, if this information was provided by these customers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Here’s how data awareness can help HTTP Client Tools Exploitation for Account Takeover Attacks Dangerous hacker responsible for more than 40 cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested Whos Behind the Seized Forums Cracked & Nulled? What are the risks?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

McAfee Overview Better for Privacy & Data Cleanup Features Overall Rating: 3.8/5 Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. I recommend McAfee if you’re looking for features like social media privacy, personal data monitoring, and scans of old internet accounts.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2025

The digital conveniences that power our bank transfers, telemedicine, and food delivery apps all run on oceans of personal and corporate data. When that data spills in a breach, it rarely stays idle. These comforts keep the dark economy humming even as sites vanish in exit scams or police takedowns.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 30, 2025

Third-party risk rises as a factor in breaches: Verizon DBIR 2025 Verizons latest annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows some concerning trends with a sharp escalation in global cyber threats. Landed earlier than usual, the 2025 edition found that 30 per cent of breaches involved third-parties, doubling from 2024.

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Webroot

JUNE 17, 2025

Research shows that the travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattacks, with nearly 31% of hospitality organizations experiencing a data breach and a record 340 million people affected by cybercrimes. Phishing scams: Phishing scams that target travel-related platforms are on the rise.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2025

Even if you take the time to manually erase data from your electronic devices, digital traces remain and cybercriminals can access these using specialized toolsgaining access to everything from your sensitive personal information and bank details to your photos and Social Security number.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that the recent data breach exposed data belonging to 69,461 individuals. Coinbase disclosed that a data breach impacted 69,461 individuals after overseas support staff improperly accessed customer and corporate data. We said no.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CISA adds Palo Alto Expedition, Android, CyberPanel and Nostromo nhttpd bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog DPRK-linked BlueNoroff used macOS malware with novel persistence Canada ordered ByteDance to shut down TikTok operations in the country over security concerns Critical bug in Cisco UWRB access points allows attackers to run commands (..)

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 2, 2025

Email hacks are not just inconvenient; they can lead to identity theft and data breaches. Monitor Bank and Credit Card Statements: Look for unauthorized transactions. Be Wary of Phishing Scams Scrutinize Emails: Look for typos, incorrect domains, or urgent requests.

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Zero Day

JULY 9, 2025

PT Reviewed by David Grober Adam Smigielski/Getty Images Over the last few decades, compromised usernames and passwords have typically been at the root of some of the most sensational, damaging, and costly data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

McAfee Overview Better for Privacy & Data Cleanup Features Overall Rating: 4.4/5 McAfees most basic plan consists of a VPN and text scam detection features that Microsoft Defender lacks. McAfee benefits organizations wanting features like social media privacy, personal data monitoring, and scans of old internet accounts.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. AI-powered scams will soar: As attackers leverage commoditized AI tools, scamsespecially romance, investment, and fraudwill grow more convincing and costly.

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Webroot

JULY 21, 2025

Some of these scams are directly aimed at children, including a rash of fake school emails designed to steal sensitive personal information. Since more than 80% of data breaches start with stolen passwords, it’s more important than ever that your children use strong passwords that are difficult to crack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2025

Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme Experts warn of the new sophisticate Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857 U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns Attackers are exploiting recently disclosed OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw Laboratory Services Cooperative data breach impacts 1.6

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation. The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 3, 2019

A new phone-based phishing scam that spoofs Apple Inc. It starts with an automated call that display’s Apple’s logo, address and real phone number, warning about a data breach at the company. 2, 2019: What Westby’s iPhone displayed as the scam caller’s identity.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. No matter your payment of choice, check bank and credit card statements daily for suspicious or erroneous charges. Choose credit over debit.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database. The targeted phishing message that went out to classicfootballshirts.co.uk

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Troy Hunt

JULY 31, 2024

TL;DR — Tens of millions of credentials obtained from info stealer logs populated by malware were posted to Telegram channels last month and used to shake down companies for bug bounties under the misrepresentation the data originated from their service. How many attempted scams do you get each day? Of the total count, 89.7%

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 19, 2022

5 Data Breach Trends to Anticipate This Year. In its recent annual Data Breach Industry Forecast, credit reporting agency Experian made five predictions for cybercrime and data breach trends to expect this year. Here are five data breach and cybercrime trends to anticipate this year.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

English: the international language of scamming. Ageing, data breaches, and fewer devices. Whether this is due to older users being theoretically more susceptible to scams, or simply that their online footprint is easier to find, is not decided either way. Previous data breaches bump up the risk.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Risk Level 3 Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone. Remember when we talked about Facebook , Marriott , easyJet , and J.Crew ’s data breaches in past years? My data was breached. Now what do I do?"

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Category Awareness, Guides Risk Level Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone. Remember when we talked about Facebook , Marriott , easyJet , and J.Crew ’s data breaches in past years? My data was breached.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

To cash out the payment card data obtained, the scammers attempted to make purchases at the catalogue retailer Argos. Clearly, the scammers were aware of the clients’ reservations, for this reason, the Ritz is investigating a “potential data breach” and notified the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

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