Medicare portal database
Dan Diamond and Clara Ence Morse report: The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found. The Ce
Latest Disclosures
How orphaned applications are quietly
Orphaned applications are a significant driver of shadow IT and a major headache for asset and identity management. We all know the drill: an account should have been deprovisioned years ago, but somehow fell through the
AI speeds flaw discovery, forcing
The UK cyber agency NCSC warns AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery, likely causing a “patch wave” of urgent software updates to fix exposed flaws. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that AI is rap
Instructure
Instructure defines itself as the “O.G. champions of open edtech. The makers of Canvas, Mastery, and Parchment (solutions for learning, assessment, and credentialing). Host of the world’s largest online commu
2026: The Year of AI-Assisted
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japa
Edtech Firm Instructure Discloses Data
Hackers disrupted services and stole names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user messages. The post Edtech Firm Instructure Discloses Data Breach Amid Hacker Leak Threats appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Trellix
Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to "a portion" of its source code repository. [...]
Instructure
Educational tech giant Instructure has confirmed that data was stolen in a cyberattack, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang claiming responsibility. [...]
Marcus & Millichap
1,837,078 records exposed — Email addresses, Employers, Job titles, Names and 2 more
ZenBusiness
5,118,184 records exposed — Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers
Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced
Two US security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. A third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were sentence
Story retracted
BleepingComputer initially published a story about a new data breach at Instructure. Shortly after publication, we determined that the information was incorrect and primarily based on outdated details from a prior incide
Aman
215,563 records exposed — Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Language preferences and 6 more
Unprecedented
Tyler Bridegan, Scott Hyman, Patrick Strubbe, and Sarah Wilk of Womble Bond Dickinson write: In a first of its kind, a California federal judge allowed claims against Bain Capital to proceed based on a data breach at its
Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Vulnerability — Linux Kernel contains an incorrect resource transfer between spheres vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation.
Carding service Jerry’s Store leak
Jerry’s Store, a card-checking service used by cybercriminals, exposed 345,000 stolen payment cards after leaving its server open, revealing sensitive data. A cybercriminal operation known as Jerry’s Store has reportedly
In Other News
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OFAC hits Iranian central bank crypto reserves, ADT data leak, CISA guidance for zero trust in OT. The post In Other News: Scattered Spider Hacker Arreste
NYSDFS Secures $2.25 Million Cybersecurity
There is an update regarding the 2023 Delta Dental breach involving MOVEit software. Delta Dental was one of many customers whose patient data was exposed after Clop exploited a zero-day vulnerability to attack MOVEit an
15-year-old detained over French govt
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country's agency for issuing and managing administrative documents. [...]
Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out "rapid, high-impact attacks" operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions.
30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via
A newly discovered Vietnamese-linked operation has been observed using a Google AppSheet as a "phishing relay" to distribute phishing emails with an aim to compromise Facebook accounts. The activity has been codenamed Ac
15-year-old arrested in massive French
France has arrested numerous young hackers in the past decade. You’d think — or hope — that they might have developed an effective diversion program by now. Have they? That’s not to imply that oth
WebPros cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared)
WebPros cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared) Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability — WebPros cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) and WP2 (WordPress Squared) contain an authentication bypass vulnerabil
Private Chats, Photos of Celebs
Private chats and photos of celebrities and influencers were exposed after a suspected stalkerware setup left a database open, revealing sensitive messages and files.