Privacy

TechCrunch reports that New Jersey-based assistive technology firm AngelSense was disclosed by cybersecurity firm UpGuard to have had its users' personally identifiable information and precise location details exposed online as a result of an unsecured server.

Japanese graphics tablet manufacturer Wacom has disclosed the potential compromise of its customers' personal and credit card information following a breach of its online store that may have happened from Nov. 28, 2024 to Jan. 8, 2025, The Register reports.

New York Blood Center Enterprises, one of the leading independent blood centers across the U.S., had its blood drives and donation center activities deferred following a ransomware attack, which has not yet been claimed by any known threat operation, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

More than 17 million individuals across the U.S. were disclosed by the Department of Justice to have had their stolen data exposed on the Cracked and Nulled cybercrime forums, which have been taken down as part of the international law enforcement effort Operation Talent, TechCrunch reports.

In a letter sent to Congressional leaders, the organizations argued that a national privacy standard would benefit businesses by reducing regulatory complexity and promoting competition, which could lower costs and increase consumer access.

Jan. 24 update from UnitedHealth indicates February 2024 ransomware breach has nearly doubled.

With Cloudflare conducting media resource caching at the data center closest in proximity to its users, security researcher Daniel discovered that an information-disclosure intrusion could be conducted through the delivery of a unique image hosted on Cloudflare's CDN to a vulnerable app, which would use the Cloudflare Teleport tool to route the requests to certain data centers.

The meeting, which was called for by the United States and 15 other nations, sought to address the proliferation and misuse of government and mercenary spyware.