Tag: Cybersecurity
Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, which marks the first time this...
PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole ‘all’ historical student and teacher data
U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool have told TechCrunch that hackers accessed “all” of their historical student...
UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months
Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth-owned healthtech company that lost more than 100 million people’s sensitive health data in a ransomware attack last year, said...
Hackers are exploiting a new Fortinet firewall bug to breach company networks
Security researchers say malicious hackers have been exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in Fortinet firewalls to break into corporate and enterprise networks.
In an...
UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers
U.K. public sector and critical infrastructure organizations could be banned from making ransom payments under new proposals from the U.K. government.
The U.K.’s Home...
How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups
Toward the end of 2023, an Israeli security researcher from Tel Aviv said that he was approached on LinkedIn with an opportunity to...