Recent Security News
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Hundreds of websites cloned to run ads for Chinese football gambling outfits
November 15, 2023 at 10:37PM Swedish digital rights organization Qurium has uncovered approximately 250 cloned websites that are suspected of redirecting users to Chinese gambling sites. Investigations revealed that various organizations had their websites copied and pasted, including private businesses, universities, and public libraries. Qurium alleges that the gambling ads on these cloned sites are…
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Ransomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach
November 15, 2023 at 09:04PM The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against software company MeridianLink for not disclosing a cyberattack within the four-day rule. The ransomware group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom was paid. MeridianLink confirmed the cyberattack and stated that it…
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Clorox CISO flushes self after multi-million-dollar cyberattack
November 15, 2023 at 07:46PM The chief security officer of Clorox, Amy Bogac, has left her position following a corporate network breach that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. In separate news, ransomware group AlphV has claimed to have breached digital lending firm MeridianLink and filed a complaint against the company with the…
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Samsung hit by new data breach impacting UK store customers
November 15, 2023 at 06:12PM Samsung Electronics has experienced a data breach in the UK, affecting customers who made purchases between July 2019 and June 2020. The breach was caused by a hacker exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party application used by the company. Customer names, phone numbers, addresses were exposed, but financial information and…
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ALTR Closes $25M Series C Financing
November 15, 2023 at 05:46PM ALTR Solutions, Inc. has closed its $25 million Series C Preferred financing to meet the growing demand for its SaaS-based data access governance and security solutions. The funding will be used to strengthen ALTR’s position in the cloud data access governance and security market, expand its footprint across data sources,…