Aflac is the latest insurance company to disclose a security breach following a string of others earlier this week, all of which appear to be part of Scattered Spider’s most recent data theft campaign. The American insurance giant on Friday said it intends to notify regulators that it spotted the “unauthorized access to its network” […]

Cybercriminals are evolving fast-no longer just lone hackers seeking quick exploits, they have transformed into sophisticated data brokers operating vast criminal enterprises. According to Europol’s 2025 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), stolen personal information has become the backbone of a sprawling cybercrime ecosystem, driving fraud, ransomware, identity theft, and even child exploitation at an […]

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Aflac disclosed Friday that it experienced a cyberattack last week that potentially impacted the supplemental insurance company’s data.  The Georgia-based company said it identified unauthorized access on its network June 12. Upon initiating its cybersecurity incident response protocols, Aflac “believes that it contained the intrusion within hours,” the company said in a regulatory filing. “The […]

Open this photo in gallery: Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say 16 billion login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, roughly double the amount of people on Earth today.Jenny Kane/The Associated Press Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals […]

Tonga’s top health official warned the island country’s residents that a ransomware attack has taken down its National Health Information System. The Ministry of Health published statements on Wednesday explaining that it is dealing with a cyberattack on its IT systems affecting the organization’s website and other tools. Minister of Health Ana ‘Akau’ola then told […]

The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure on victims to pay up, as the cybercrime group intensifies its activity and tries to fill the void left by its rivals. The new feature takes the form of a “Call Lawyer” feature on the […]

Aflac revealed on Friday that it had experienced a cybersecurity breach by a “sophisticated cybercrime group,” in which personal information of its customers may have been compromised, making it the latest insurer to fall victim to a cyberattack.  Without specifying a name, the health and life insurance company, in its statement said the breach — […]

North Korean hacking groups have been targeting crypto for years. The 2022 $625 million Ronin bridge exploit was an early wake-up call—but the threat has only evolved. In 2025 alone, North Korean-affiliated attackers have been linked to a string of campaigns designed to siphon value and compromise key players in Web3: They’ve targeted $1.5 billion […]

Well, it’s, you know, I it’s one of those things that it’s an interesting trend that I’ve been saying, you know, if you think about, you know, four or five years ago, a lot of CSOs were not responsible for cloud security, for instance, or they may not have responsibility over identity. That could have […]