Salesforce said it is working with customers who appeared on a Scattered Spider leak site on Thursday. The cybercriminal group is offering to rescind its extortion demands if Salesforce itself paid a ransom therecord.media/salesforce-s...

LinkedIn sued a software company that allegedly used millions of fake accounts to scrape data from the social media giant's customers and sell it to third parties without permission therecord.media/linkedin-sue...

Meta says it will appeal a ruling by a Dutch court, which ordered the company to change the way its recommendation feeds work or face steep fines therecord.media/dutch-court-...

A scam campaign targeting seniors has spread to Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa and the U.K. after the malware at its center was leaked online, making it freely available to hackers therecord.media/seniors-targ...

North Korea's IT worker scheme is expanding outside of the U.S. tech sector, likely due to increasing awareness of the scam, according to a new report therecord.media/north-korea-...

CISA gave federal agencies until October 20 to patch a critical file transfer vulnerability — researchers say hackers may be exploiting it therecord.media/cisa-orders-...

California's privacy authority fined Tractor Supply Co $1.4 million over various state law violations — the largest penalty it has issued to date therecord.media/ccpa-tractor...

Congress is unlikely to move this week to renew two key cybersecurity efforts that were expected to hitch a ride on legislation to keep the government running therecord.media/cisa-2015-st...

Kabul's airport was "nearly deserted" and banking systems, food delivery services and online education were disrupted as Afghan authorities imposed an internet blackout therecord.media/afghanistan-...

A Chinese national accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme pleaded guilty on Monday after U.K. police seized nearly $7 billion worth of Bitcoin during a raid of her home in north London therecord.media/chinese-scam...

Busy law enforcement agencies are trying out AI platforms that process large amounts of evidence to help officers build cases. Experts say there are potential dangers for everyone involved therecord.media/law-enforcem...

Jaguar Land Rover is responsible for repaying a £1.5 billion bank loan, but the lender has received a guarantee that the British government would step in if there was a failure to pay therecord.media/jaguar-land-...

A ransomware attack targeting an Ohio county in May impacted 45,000 people and included data like Social Security numbers and fingerprint data therecord.media/ohio-ransomw...

Google will set up a $48 million fund for Flo app users who had their data shared with the company, while Flo will pay $8 million to resolve the class-action lawsuit therecord.media/google-flo-h...

Three senators introduced a bill that would task the FTC with investigating how neural data can be best safeguarded, as companies like Neuralink aim to gather and use the data to predict human behavior therecord.media/senators-int...

Scientists can now decode attempted speech based on the neural data they collect from Brain Computer Interface technology, prompting some research subjects to question the steps in place to protect their privacy therecord.media/neural-data-...

Researchers said they've observed two Kremlin-linked hacking groups — which normally operate separately — targeting similar Ukrainian digital infrastructure therecord.media/russian-spy-...

The Senate confirmed Katherine Sutton to be the Defense Department's new cyber policy chief — the second individual to serve in the role therecord.media/senate-confi...

OpenAI fixed a vulnerability in ChatGPT’s Deep Research agent that could have allowed attackers to steal sensitive information from people without them needing to click on anything therecord.media/openai-fixes...

Starting in March, Brazil will require digital service providers to adhere to strict new data protection and privacy requirements for minors, and take measures to block children from accessing certain content online therecord.media/brazil-enact...

The Taliban ordered the shutdown of fiber-optic internet in several of Afghanistan's most populous provinces to prevent "immorality," leading to a drop in internet connectivity in the country therecord.media/taliban-bans...

A 19-year-old and an 18-year-old have been arrested and charged in the hack of London's transport agency in 2024 — an attack attributed to the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective therecord.media/scattered-sp...

A judge rejected Meta's attempt to overturn a jury verdict in a class-action lawsuit involving how the company obtained data from a period tracking tool therecord.media/judge-reject...

A British automaker supplier saw its shares drop 55% Wednesday, adding to concerns that a cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is sending a "shockwave" through the country's industrial sector therecord.media/jlr-cyber-sh...

Microsoft obtained a court order to seize more than 300 websites associated with the RaccoonO365 credential stealing tool, and accused a Nigerian national of writing and distributing its code therecord.media/microsoft-cl...

A House bill unveiled Tuesday would extend by seven weeks the life of CISA 2015 and the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program — two key cyber laws that are set to expire at the end of September therecord.media/house-lawmak...

The developer of ChatGPT said it is rolling out age prediction and identity verification systems in a move to differentiate how its chatbot talks to minors and adults therecord.media/openai-age-p...

A Spanish academic and author of books on extremism was placed on the EU's most-wanted list for allegedly aiding a pro-Russia hacking group therecord.media/europol-adds...

With less than three weeks until a digital threat-sharing law sunsets, a top @CISAgov official called on Congress to renew the legislation, saying it provides "stability for the organization and stability for our partners" therecord.media/cisa-officia...

The FTC said it would review how a handful of big tech companies are handling how children interact with AI chatbots, and whether the companies are protecting their data and privacy therecord.media/ftc-opens-in...

Hackers leveraged insecure Microsoft encryption technology known as RC4 to gain access to the network of the hospital chain Ascension, Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate therecord.media/ascension-ra...

House lawmakers voted to approve a $848 billion defense policy bill that would, among other things, create a software bill of materials for AI-enabled tech used by the Pentagon therecord.media/house-passes...

The U.K.'s privacy regulator warned that a majority of insider threat cyberattacks they reviewed targeting schools were caused by students motivated by dares, notoriety and financial gain therecord.media/cyberattacks...

The U.S. had the most investors in the spyware industry in 2024, according to a new report from the Atlantic Council, followed by Israel and Italy therecord.media/us-investors...

Two filmmakers who were arrested in Kenya had their phones infected with spyware commonly used by businesses and parents to track things like location and messages sent on a device therecord.media/researchers-...

The former cyber chief of Ukraine's security service posted bail in an anti-corruption trial where he's accused of illegally enriching himself therecord.media/vitiuk-bail-...

New York Blood Center, which serves millions of people across the U.S., told state regulators that thousands of people had their data impacted by a January ransomware attack therecord.media/blood-center...

The Department of Justice said it was clawing back $5 million in bitcoin taken through SIM swapping attacks in 2022 and 2023 therecord.media/us-seeks-5-m...

A Brazilian dating app for lesbian women went offline and deleted its user database "to focus on cybersecurity" after users said a vulnerability could expose sensitive data like identity verification photos therecord.media/brazil-lesbi...

Exclusive: Sources tell Recorded Future News that top officials have accepted that splitting up the leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency would prove too lengthy and arduous amid other national security priorities therecord.media/cyber-comman...

Costly cyber incidents keep mounting in the UK as the government delays introducing cyber regulations that would require businesses to better protect themselves from attacks, experts say therecord.media/cyberattack-...

U.S. officials levied sanctions on people and businesses involved in cyber scam compounds across Myanmar and Cambodia, saying the fraud has led to more than $10 billion in losses from Americans therecord.media/us-sanctions...

Incident responders said they discovered hackers were exploiting a zero-day vulnerability on an internet-facing Sitecore instance, prompting CISA to order federal agencies to patch the bug on any exposed systems therecord.media/cisa-orders-...

Chess.com told state regulators that more than 4,500 users had data compromised after the company discovered a cyber incident in June involving a file-transfer tool therecord.media/chess-platfo...

A trade group for media giants said it worked with Egyptian authorities to shut down Streameast, a website known for pirating broadcasts of major sports leagues therecord.media/streameast-s...

Cloud storage and remote operation can expose critical sectors to Chinese espionage, warned the Czech Republic's NÚKIB, "making trust in the reliability of the provider absolutely crucial" therecord.media/czech-nukib-...

A jury awarded plaintiffs $425 million in a class-action lawsuit that alleged Google collected and used data in violation of its own privacy policy — the company says it intends to appeal therecord.media/google-hit-w...

Ukraine's cyber chief said in an interview with Recorded Future News that the number of "critical" cyberattacks launched by Russia has decreased since the start of its war with Ukraine — but reasons for the drop are unknown therecord.media/ukraine-cybe...

An EU court said that the U.S. had adequate protections in place for European citizens' data, handing a win to tech companies that do businesses on both continents therecord.media/european-cou...

The FTC and Justice Department issued a fine and complaint against a toy manufacturer for allegedly allowing a Chinese third-party to collect children's data without parental consent therecord.media/chinese-toy-...