The NHS is investigating claims made by a whistleblower regarding a security flaw at Medefer, an online healthcare provider working with the NHS. The whistleblower alleged that a flaw in the company’s application programming interface (API) exposed NHS patient data.…
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Google Uncovers China-Linked Espionage Campaign Targeting Juniper Routers
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant have uncovered a sophisticated espionage campaign linked to China-nexus threat actors, targeting vulnerable Juniper routers used in enterprise and government networks worldwide. This discovery highlights the ongoing risks posed by state-sponsored attacks against…
New Federal Alert Warns U.S. Businesses of Medusa Ransomware Surge
In a joint advisory, US federal agencies have issued a cybersecurity warning about a sharp increase in attacks by Medusa ransomware, urging business leaders and IT teams to act immediately to protect their organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…
Gloomy News from Kansas as Sunflower Medical Group Disclose Data Breach
Kansas-based Sunflower Medical Group disclosed to authorities on 7th March that they had suffered a data breach compromising the personal and confidential information of 220,968 individuals. In a statement on their website entitled ‘Notice of a Data Security Incident,’ Sunflower provided…
AI-Powered Fraud: How Cybercriminals Target Finance Teams—and How to Stop Them
Last month, employees at the UK-based engineering firm, Arup, were tricked by a deepfake video of the company’s CFO into transferring $25 million to cybercriminals. This isn’t an anomaly. It’s further proof that social engineering has become cybersecurity’s most costly…
Confidence Gap in Cybersecurity Leaves Businesses at Risk
New research has revealed that although 86% of employees believe they can confidently identify phishing emails, nearly half have fallen for scams. The study, conducted by KnowBe4, surveyed professionals in the UK, USA, Germany, France, Netherlands, and South Africa and…
New Bill Aims to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Federal Contractors
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that mandates contractors working with the federal government implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs) in alignment with NIST guidelines. The Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025, introduced by Chairwoman Nancy Mace…
X Under Siege: Massive Cyberattack Sparks Widespread Outages as Experts Call Musk’s Ukraine Claims ‘Garbage’
Elon Musk confirmed yesterday that social media platform X was hit by a “massive cyberattack” affecting users since Monday, causing issues like the inability to view posts or profiles properly. “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against ,” he…
Gone in 120 Seconds: TRUMP Coin Phishing Lure Delivers RAT
A phishing email pretending to be from Binance, offering people the chance to claim newly created TRUMP coins, has turned out to be a phishing lure. Cofense is warning that if victims follow the email’s instructions and download what is…
Deepfake CEO Video Rocks YouTube
YouTube was forced to release a statement last week warning users that fraudulent artificial intelligence (AI)- generated videos depicting their CEO Neal Mohan announcing changes in monetization were in circulation. The deepfake videos were sent out as private videos to…