Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Medium-sized businesses accounted for roughly three-quarters (73%) of ransomware incidents between 2023 and the first half of 2026, according to the risk management firm Black Kite. Manufacturing was the most targeted industry (accounting for more...Read More
Apollo Global Management, a leading asset management firm, disclosed a data security incident after threat actors leveraged social engineering tactics to infiltrate its internal network and exfiltrate confidential information from its cloud-based systems. Headquartered in New York City, USA, Apollo Global Management is a global asset management company. It provides investment management and financial...Read More
500,000 WEMIX to Be Bought Back Wemade will provide full compensation of approximately $1.14 million (about 1.6 billion won) to users who suffered losses from the hacking incident involving its stablecoin Wemix Dollar (WEMIX$) that occurred last month. Wemix Security Incident Compensation. Screenshot from Wemix Official Website View original image On August 26, Wemade announced...Read More
500,000 WEMIX to Be Bought Back Wemade will provide full compensation of approximately $1.14 million (about 1.6 billion won) to users who suffered losses from the hacking incident involving its stablecoin Wemix Dollar (WEMIX$) that occurred last month. Wemix Security Incident Compensation. Screenshot from Wemix Official Website View original image On August 26, Wemade announced...Read More
Olivia Rine, Contributing Writer VCU students raised concerns with campus online safety, following recent cyber attacks to VCU online systems. Over 7,000 VCU students were sent phishing emails earlier this month from cybercriminals attempting to compromise their email accounts, according to VCU News. The scammers posed as “VCU IT Department,” threatening to remove students from...Read More
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly $30 million) because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers. It’s the South American nation’s latest move against social media companies. The regulatory body said in its ruling...Read More
The Penang State Education Department (JPNPP) has activated emergency protective measures for a 17-year-old student facing a sophisticated and relentless sexual cyberbullying campaign just months ahead of her critical Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations. The disturbing case, which involves the malicious circulation of the minor’s personal identifiable information alongside obscene imagery, underscores the severe psychological...Read More
A TPA breach hits plan participants Paylogix handles benefit deductions, payroll integration, and insurance administration for employers and their carriers. That role places it at the center of benefit plan data flows. The files potentially involved in the breach span dates of birth, Social Security numbers, voluntary benefit information, health insurance information, medical information, financial...Read More
Kenya targets to exchange information on cybercrime and child pornography with 76 countries including the US, UK, Israel and Germany amid escalated global crackdown on illegal access to computer systems, unlawful interception and interference with data and explicit content involving minors. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said Kenya would accede to the Budapest Convention on...Read More
