Privacy
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Qantas cuts executive bonuses by 15% after data breach
Qantas cut senior executive short-term bonuses by 15% after a late-June data breach that exposed millions of customers, reducing CEO Vanessa Hudson’s bonus by A$250,000 and five other executives’ bonuses by a combined A$550,000 while noting overall executive pay rose and the airline posted an A$2.4 billion underlying pre-tax profit.
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Wealthsimple reports data breach affecting under 1% of customers; breach tied to third‑party software in suspected supply‑chain attack
Wealthsimple disclosed a data breach affecting less than 1% of its customers, with attackers accessing personal data but not funds or passwords. The breach is linked to a compromised third-party software package and is being treated as part of a broader Salesloft supply-chain attack. The firm is offering two years of free credit monitoring and…
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Chess.com discloses data breach linked to third-party file-transfer app; around 4,500 users affected
Chess.com says a data breach tied to a third-party file-transfer app affected about 4,500 of its 100 million users, with potential exposure of names and other PII but no financial data, and says law enforcement was notified and monitoring continues.
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France fines Google €325 million and Shein €150 million for cookie violations, CNIL says
France’s CNIL fined Google €325 million and Shein €150 million for cookie-consent violations, ordering compliance within six months, as U.S. authorities push parallel privacy actions and other firms face related penalties.
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Misissued TLS certificates tied to Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service raise internet-security concerns
Security researchers disclosed mis-issued TLS certificates tied to Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service, a flaw that could enable impersonation and traffic interception. With the issuer and responsible parties not fully disclosed, the episode underscores ongoing vulnerabilities in the certificate authority system and the role of Certificate Transparency in detecting mis-issuances.
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Iranian-aligned group linked to multi-wave spear-phishing targeting embassies worldwide, researchers say
An Iran-linked threat group is behind a coordinated, multi-wave spear-phishing campaign targeting embassies and consulates worldwide, using VBA macro payloads to deploy malware, according to researchers.
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Palo Alto Networks says Salesforce data exposed in breach tied to Salesloft Drift supply-chain attack
Palo Alto Networks disclosed a data breach linked to a broader Salesloft Drift supply-chain attack that exposed customer data in its Salesforce CRM. The incident involved OAuth token abuse, mass exfiltration of Salesforce records, and credential harvesting, prompting token revocation, Drift disablement, and guidance for customers to review logs and rotate secrets.
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Zscaler confirms Salesforce data exposure tied to Salesloft Drift compromise amid wider Salesforce breach activity
Zscaler confirms a data breach tied to the Salesloft Drift supply-chain attack, exposing customer Salesforce data due to compromised Drift credentials. The company revoked Drift integrations, rotated tokens, and reinforced customer authentication while investigations continue; Google Threat Intelligence links UNC6395 to the broader campaign affecting Salesforce environments.
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ScarCruft Uses RokRAT in HanKook Phantom Campaign Targeting South Korea
Researchers have uncovered a targeted phishing campaign by North Korea-linked ScarCruft (APT37), dubbed Operation HanKook Phantom, delivering RokRAT to South Korean academics, former officials, and researchers via a manipulated LNK attack chain and PowerShell-based payloads, with exfiltration to multiple cloud services and a willingness to use decoy documents tied to high-profile statements.
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WhatsApp patches high-severity vulnerability tied to Apple zero-day in targeted attacks on iOS and macOS
WhatsApp has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its iOS and macOS apps (CVE-2025-55177) that could allow an attacker to process content from an arbitrary URL on a target device, potentially in conjunction with a separate Apple zero-day. Affected versions include iOS and Mac apps; targeted individuals have been notified and advised to reset devices and…
