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Cybercriminals swipe 15.8M medical records from French doctors ministry

Tue, 03/03/2026 - 11:00
Third-party software supplier breached leading to leak of notes

Around 15.8 million administrative files were stolen after attackers breached a software supplier to France's health ministry.…

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Gamers furious as Brit studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach

Tue, 03/03/2026 - 06:24
Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won't be a problem isn't going down well

Gamers are ready to unleash their mightiest virtual weapons and point them at British games studio Cloud Imperium, after it sat on news of a data breach and then announced it without fanfare.…

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Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery

Tue, 03/03/2026 - 00:33
Crims hope for payday from malicious payloads rather than stealing access tokens

Microsoft has warned organizations about ongoing OAuth abuse scams that use phishing emails and URL redirects to infect victims' machines with malware and take over their devices.…

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Iran's cyberwar has begun

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 20:52
'Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future'

Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and security researchers urge organizations to expect more cyber intrusions as the war continues.…

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UK Businesses told to brace cyber defenses amid Iran conflict risk

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 18:44
NCSC urges all to review posture as escalating tensions increase risk of indirect digital spillover

The UK's cybersecurity agency is warning British organizations to brace for potential digital blowback as the Middle East conflict spills further into the online world.…

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Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 14:00
We can remember it for you wholesale, and sell it back to you for big bucks

Web scraping bots are increasing the pressure on the tech supply chain by scouring sites for DRAM, so their minders can snap up increasingly scarce inventory and resell it for a quick profit.…

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Scammers try to SIM-swap Dubai citizens hours after Iranian missile strikes

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 13:42
Vulnerable citizens targeted by criminals purporting to represent fake police crisis department

Scammers targeted Dubai citizens mere hours after missiles struck the city, attempting to gain access to their bank accounts, police have warned.…

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UK government's Vulnerability Monitoring System is working - fixes flow far faster

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 03:27
PLUS: Firefox adds XSS protection; Leadership turnover at CISA; FTC exempts some data collection

Infosec In Brief  DNS vulnerabilities are being addressed 84 percent faster in the UK public sector thanks to an automated vulnerability scanning system established as part of a program kicked off early last year.…

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South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto

Mon, 02/03/2026 - 00:51
Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds

South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…

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Denizens of DEF CON are 'fed up with government'

Sat, 28/02/2026 - 11:11
Jake Braun thinks hackers need to create a 'Digital arsenal of democracy' to defend us all

Interview  Hackers – especially Jake Braun – are "fed up with government."…

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Double whammy: Steaelite RAT bundles data theft, ransomware in one evil tool

Fri, 27/02/2026 - 22:59
Credential and cryptocurrency theft, live surveillance, ransomware - an attacker's Swiss Army knife

A new remote access trojan (RAT) being sold on cybercrime networks enables double extortion attacks on Windows machines by bundling ransomware and data theft, along with credential and cryptocurrency stealers, live surveillance, and a whole host of other illicit capabilities, all controllable from a centralized dashboard.…

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