Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme Breach at Inflite The Jet Centre is latest in series of leaks involving private information of Afghan refugees The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025
Congresswoman Files Hundreds Of Stock Trades Late, Including Palantir Stock Up Over 600% Efforts to ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks could continue to rise with several recent disclosures violating the STOCK Act. A new filing by a member of Congress lists hundreds of trades since March 2024. Benzinga · Aug 15, 2025
Russia hacked and took control of a Norwegian dam, police chief claims — released over 1,900,000 gallons of water before attack was noticed Moscow is to blame for a cyberattack on a dam, which remotely opened the floodgates for a period of around four hours, says Norway's security chief. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 15, 2025
Over 190 million hit in UnitedHealth data breach — confirmed largest in history The total number of people exposed in the UnitedHealth data breach has almost doubled to over 190 million. Tom’s Guide · Aug 15, 2025
How to get your AT&T settlement as the deadline to claim up to $7,500 nears The U.S. telecoms giant was impacted by two severe data breaches in 2024 – now, customers can seek compensation The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Football on a Fire Stick –How to stream games safely from anywhere with a VPN We take a look at the use of Amazon Fire TV Sticks to stream football online FourFourTwo · Aug 15, 2025
US Facebook Users To Receive Settlement Checks In $725 Million Data Privacy Case—Check If You Are Eligible Millions of users of Meta Platforms‘ (NASDAQ:META) Facebook in the U.S. are set to receive their long-awaited compensation for a data privacy breach that occurred over a decade. Benzinga · Aug 15, 2025
In Washington police takeover, federal agents and National Guard take on new tasks Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025
$177 Million AT&T Settlement Announced — Are You Eligible for a Payout? Millions of current and former AT&T customers may be eligible for payments after two 2024 data breaches exposed personal information. Kiplinger · Aug 14, 2025
7 easy changes I made that drastically improved my digital security Taking a little extra time to make some small changes can make a big difference when it comes to your digital security. Tom’s Guide · Aug 14, 2025
AT&T could pay $7,500 to customers in data breach settlement — how to get yours AT&T customers may be eligible for a portion of a $177 million settlement due to two data breaches. Tom’s Guide · Aug 14, 2025
Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says Beate Gangås says attack in April by Norway’s ‘dangerous neighbour’ aimed to cause fear and chaos The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025
This Android spyware is posing as an antivirus app to steal your photos and passwords — how to stay safe This fake 'antivirus' app is just a front for spyware designed to go after the sensitive personal and financial data on your Android phone. Tom’s Guide · Aug 13, 2025
Passwords Under Threat As Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. International Business Times · Aug 13, 2025
Windows Central · Aug 12, 2025 Russian-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting a WinRAR Flaw — Here’s How to Stay Safe A critical flaw in WinRAR (CVE-2025-8088) is under active attack by Russian-linked hackers. Update to version 7.13 now as WinRAR won't do it for you
Tom’s Guide · Aug 12, 2025 National Public Data is giving out your address and phone number — here's how to stop them National Public Data has new owners but is still providing your personal information for free online.
Tom’s Guide · Aug 12, 2025 I’m a security editor and this is one security rule I never break If there's one rule that I'll never ever break as a security editor, it's this one.
Tom’s Guide · Aug 11, 2025 1.4 million customers exposed in Allianz life insurance data breach — what to do now Allianz Life Insurance has revealed that it recently feel victim to a data breach in which the personal information of the majority of its customers was exposed.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2025 Revealed: oligarchs spied on UK lawyers who ran Serious Fraud Office cases The Guardian has obtained surveillance images taken by hired spies whose goal is said to have been identifying sources and gaining ‘leverage’
Tom’s Guide · Aug 8, 2025 Almost 900,000 students and alumni hit in major college data breach — financial-aid info, Social Security numbers and more exposed A data breach at Columbia University has exposed the personal information of nearly 870,000 people including current students and likely alumni too.
Tom’s Guide · Aug 5, 2025 Over 900,000 hit in massive healthcare data breach — names, addresses and Social Security numbers exposed online DaVita fell victim to a cyberattack back in March of this year during which time hackers gained unauthorized access to its servers.
Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025 'Dating has never felt more unsafe': How the Tea app hack exposed the very issue it was built to solve An app built to protect women has been targeted in a terrifying revenge attack — underscoring just how unsafe dating is in the process. So where can we go from here? Katie Strick reports
Tom’s Guide · Aug 4, 2025 200,000 passwords, credit card data and more stolen by this dangerous new malware — how to stay safe Hackers are using a new info-stealing malware strain to steal sensitive personal and financial data right from your browser.
Tom’s Guide · Aug 4, 2025 Email security features are being hijacked to steal Microsoft 365 logins — what you need to know Hackers are abusing link-wrapping services to add links to phishing pages in what appear to be official emails.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025 Legal aid cyber-attack has pushed sector towards collapse, say lawyers Barristers report going unpaid and cases being turned away amid fears firms will desert legal aid work altogether