Cybersecurity

Nonprofit Service Provider Blackbaud Settles Data Breach Case for $49.5M With States

The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of 49 states and Washington, D.C., related to a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 nonprofits. Health information, Social Security numbers and the financial information of donors or clients of the nonprofits, universities, […]

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Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company

ESET researchers have uncovered a Lazarus attack against an aerospace company in Spain, where the group deployed several tools, most notably a publicly undocumented backdoor we named LightlessCan. Lazarus operators obtained initial access to the company’s network last year after a successful spearphishing campaign, masquerading as a recruiter for Meta – the company behind Facebook, […]

Cybersecurity

Stratascale acquires Vector0 to strengthen its cybersecurity services – Help Net Security

Stratascale, an SHI company, announced the acquisition of Vector0, an Attack Surface Management (ASM) provider. Through the acquisition, Stratascale professionals and their customers gain visibility of attack vectors and points of vulnerability, enhancing Stratascale’s ability to deliver proactive cybersecurity services. “Vector0 enables us to offer a comprehensive and proactive approach to Attack Surface Validation (ASV), […]

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T-Mobile data breach exposes personal customer information

Telecommunications company T-Mobile has been accused of two data breaches – one caused by a “system glitch” that accidentally exposed the personal information of its customers and the other that allegedly exposed employee personal information. The data breach was recognized by customers on September 20, who noticed that, upon logging into the T-Mobile app, that […]