Students, Educators Impacted by PowerSchool Data Breach

PowerSchool says the personal information of students and educators was stolen in a December 2024 data breach.

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HPE investigating security breach after hacker claims theft of sensitive data

A well-known hacker claims to have stolen source code and user data from the enterprise IT giant

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HackGATE: Setting New Standards for Visibility and Control in Penetration Testing Projects

Imagine receiving a penetration test report that leaves you with more questions than answers. Questions like, “Were all functionalities of the web app tested?” or ” Were there any security issues that could have been identified during testing?” often go unresolved, raising concerns about the thoroughness of the security testing. This frustration is common among many security teams. Pentest

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PNGPlug Loader Delivers ValleyRAT Malware Through Fake Software Installers

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks that have targeted Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China with a known malware called ValleyRAT.
The attacks leverage a multi-stage loader dubbed PNGPlug to deliver the ValleyRAT payload, Intezer said in a technical report published last week.
The infection chain commences with a phishing

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CERT-UA Warns of Cyber Scams Using Fake AnyDesk Requests for Fraudulent Security Audits

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of ongoing attempts by unknown threat actors to impersonate the cybersecurity agency by sending AnyDesk connection requests.
The AnyDesk requests claim to be for conducting an audit to assess the “level of security,” CERT-UA added, cautioning organizations to be on the lookout for such social engineering attempts that seek to

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Ukraine restores state registers after suspected Russian cyberattack

Ukraine has restored the infrastructure of its state registers, which were disrupted last month by a major cyberattack believed to have been carried out by Russian military intelligence hackers.

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Belsen Group Leaks 15,000+ FortiGate Firewall Configurations

FortiGate firewall leak exposes 15,000+ configurations, impacting organizations globally. The actor behind the leak is Belsen Group. Learn…

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Name That Toon: Incentives

Feeling creative? Have something to say about cybersecurity? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 gift card.

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Washington Man Admits to Role in Multiple Cybercrime, Fraud Schemes

Marco Raquan Honesty has pleaded guilty to his roles in several fraud schemes, including smishing, identity theft, and bank account takeover.

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Unsecured Tunneling Protocols Expose 4.2 Million Hosts, Including VPNs and Routers

New research has uncovered security vulnerabilities in multiple tunneling protocols that could allow attackers to perform a wide range of attacks.
“Internet hosts that accept tunneling packets without verifying the sender’s identity can be hijacked to perform anonymous attacks and provide access to their networks,” Top10VPN said in a study, as part of a collaboration with KU Leuven professor

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