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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

Security Affairs

Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was compromised in an attack targeting a third-party service provider. The hacked third-party company manages the Acer employee attendance data.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 463 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison

Security Affairs

Furman for crimes of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of Court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography.” The huge trove of data, called “ Vault 7 ,” exposed the hacking capabilities of the US Intelligence Agency and its internal infrastructure. District Judge Jesse M.

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Electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach impacting 1.7M individuals

Security Affairs

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised.

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Microsoft & Google Offer Discounted Cybersecurity Solutions to Rural Hospitals

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware attacks , where hackers encrypt critical data and demand payment for decryption, have skyrocketed. In 2023 alone, the healthcare industry witnessed a staggering 130% increase in ransomware attacks. These attacks not only compromise sensitive patient data but also disrupt essential hospital services, putting lives at risk.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines.

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Strengthening cybersecurity in life sciences with IBM and AWS

IBM Big Data Hub

Cloud computing offers the potential to redefine and personalize customer relationships, transform and optimize operations, improve governance and transparency, and expand business agility and capability. In 2017, 94% of hospitals used electronic clinical data from their EHR.