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One criminal, 50 hacked organizations, and all because MFA wasn't turned on
If you don't say "yes way" to MFA, the consequences can be disastrous. Sensitive data belonging to about 50 global enterprises is listed for sale – and, in some cases, has already been sold – on the dark web following a major infostealer campaign, with apparent victims including American utility engineering firm Pickett and Associates; Japan's homebuilding giant Sekisui House; and Spain's largest airline Iberia.…
Congrats, cybercrims: You just fell into a honeypot
Resecurity offered its "congratulations" to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters cybercrime crew for falling into its threat intel team's honeypot – resulting in a subpoena being issued for one of the data thieves. Meanwhile, the notorious extortionists have since removed their claims of gaining "full access" to the security shop's systems.…
Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn't saying if it will buy security start-up
Palo Alto Networks is on shopping spree. The company is reportedly considering a $400 million purchase of Israeli cybersecurity start up Koi, which raised $48 million in funding last year. …
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3.…
New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack
New Zealand health minister Simeon Brown has ordered a review into the cyberattack at ManageMyHealth, which threatens the data of hundreds of thousands of Kiwis.…
Trump admin sends heart emoji to commercial spyware makers with lifted Predator sanctions
infosec in brief The Trump administration has cleared a trio of individuals sanctioned by the Biden administration for involvement with the Intellexa spyware consortium behind the Predator surveillance tool, removing restrictions that had barred them from doing business with the US.…
Palo Alto Networks security-intel boss calls AI agents 2026's biggest insider threat
interview AI agents represent the new insider threat to companies in 2026, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, and this poses several challenges to executives tasked with securing the expected surge in autonomous agents.…
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