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Data offered for sale
The British telecommunications company Colt Technology Services has been struggling with the consequences of a ransomware attack since this week. The cyber criminals from the WarLock group claim to have stolen over one million internal documents.
House of Commons
Unknown persons have compromised the IT system of the Canadian House of Commons and gained access to the personal data of parliamentary staff. The incident is suspected to be linked to the current wave of attacks against Microsoft SharePoint installations.
Large-scale data theft
The US insurer Allianz Life was the target of a cyber attack in mid-July. Unknown hackers have now published sensitive data from around 2.8 million data records containing information on customers and business partners.
Hackers penetrate booking systems
A criminal hacker group has obtained the personal data of tens of thousands of vacationers from Italian hotels through the identification documents that guests must provide during registration.
New attack technique discovered
Passkeys and FIDO authentication are designed to provide robust protection against phishing attacks. However, researchers have now discovered a critical loophole that can undermine even strong passkey authentication. Attackers can exploit a targeted downgrade technique to force users into using insecure login methods. This risk grows as FIDO adoption
Data leak
Following the attack by the hacker group ShinyHunters on a Salesforce instance, Google has clarified that its own systems were spared, only the business contacts of potential Ads customers were affected.
CVE-2025-8088
Attackers exploited a directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR to spread malware via manipulated archives. The vulnerability CVE-2025-8088 has been patched since version 7.13.
Warning of phishing attempts
European airlines Air France and KLM are the latest victims of a series of cyberattacks on large companies. Attackers gained access to customer data via a compromised third-party provider.
Wave of attacks continues
Google has become the latest victim in a wave of cyberattacks by the Shiny Hunters group targeting Salesforce instances, which is currently affecting numerous companies worldwide. Contact data from small and medium-sized businesses has been compromised in these incidents.
Another luxury brand
The hacker group “Shiny Hunters” steals customer data from the French fashion house Chanel via a compromised Salesforce platform.