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Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach

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On Wednesday, Evolve Bank and Trust, a financial institution that’s popular with fintech startups, announced that it had been victim of a cyberattack and data breach that could have affected its partner companies as well.   The incident, according to the company’s statement, involved “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and […]

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PortSwigger, the company behind the Burp Suite of security testing tools, swallows $112M

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Sometimes the most successful startup ideas come from people building tools to solve their own needs. Such was the case with Dafydd Stuttard, a security expert who goes by Daf.  Nearly two decades ago, living in the small market town of Knutsford in Cheshire in the northwest of England, Daf was working as a security

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US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

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The Department of Justice has charged a Russian civilian with conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian government computer systems as part of a widespread hacking effort by Russia ahead of its illegal invasion of Ukraine.  U.S. prosecutors in Maryland said Wednesday that Amin Stigal, 22, is wanted for helping to set up servers used by Russian government

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Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

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Last week, the U.S. government announced an unprecedented ban on selling in the United States any software made by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.  Just days after the ban’s announcement, some American companies that are official Kaspersky resellers — or managed service provider (MSP) partners — say they have been left confused, angry and worried

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Hacker claims data breach of India’s eMigrate labor portal

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A hacker claims to be selling an extensive database associated with an Indian government portal meant for blue-collar workforce emigrating from the country. Launched by India’s ministry of external affairs, the eMigrate portal helps Indian labor legally emigrate overseas. The portal also provides emigration clearance tracking and insurance services to migrant workers. According to a

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Experts say Telegram’s ’30 engineers’ team is a security red flag

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Over the weekend, a clip from a recent interview with Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov went semi-viral on X (previously Twitter). In the video, Durov tells right-wing personality Tucker Carlson that he is the only product manager at the company, and that he only employs “about 30 engineers.”  Security experts say that while Durov was bragging

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Hacker claims to have 30 million customer records from Australian ticket seller giant TEG

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A hacker is advertising customer data allegedly stolen from the Australia-based live events and ticketing company TEG on a well-known hacking forum. On Thursday, a hacker put up for sale the alleged stolen data from TEG, claiming to have information of 30 million users, including the full name, gender, date of birth, username, hashed passwords,

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U.S. government sanctions Kaspersky executives

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The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky. In a press release, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it designated the twelve company executives to protect internet users against malicious cyber threats. “Today’s action against the leadership of Kaspersky

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Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans

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Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft of medical records affecting a “substantial proportion of people in America.” In a statement Thursday, Change Healthcare said it has begun the process of notifying affected individuals whose information

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US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia 

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The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it is banning the sale of Kaspersky antivirus in the country, and is asking Americans who use the software to switch to a different provider. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said it imposed the “first of its kind” ban, arguing that Kaspersky threatens U.S. national

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