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Wealth Professional: Bybit, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a US$1.5bn security breach that has since triggered US$5.5bn in outflows.
Cybersecurity Dive: Insight Partners suffered a data breach in January stemming from what it described as “a sophisticated social engineering attack.” In a statement the private equity and venture capital firm said it initially detected unauthorized access to “certain Insight information systems” on Jan. 16.
Forbes: As a cybersecurity leader dedicated to safeguarding small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from cyber threats, the shifting sands of the cybersecurity landscape are always top-of-mind.
Cybersecurity Dive: Palo Alto Networks confirmed that a high severity vulnerability, listed as CVE-2025-0108, in its PAN-OS management web interface was being exploited by attackers in the wild.
Bleeping Computer: Financial technology giant Finastra is notifying victims of a data breach after their personal information was stolen by unknown attackers who first breached its systems in October 2024.
The Target: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, an American multinational information technology company.
The Take: A breach notification filing with the state of Massachusetts indicated that Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and credit/debit card numbers were compromised in the attack.
The Vector: HPE was notified on Dec. 12, 2023, that a suspected nation-state threat group had breached its Office 365 email environment. An investigation revealed that starting in May 2023, Midnight Blizzard actors accessed emails and pilfered data from mailboxes “belonging to individuals in our cybersecurity, go-to-market, business segments, and other functions.”
As phishing actors continue to explore every potential abuse opportunity on legitimate service providers, novel security gaps constantly threaten to expose users to severe risks. It is essential not to rely solely on email protection solutions, and also scrutinize every email that lands on your inbox, look for inconsistencies, and double-check all claims made in those messages.
Yahoo Finance/Reuters: Thoma Bravo-backed cybersecurity firm SailPoint will start trading on the Nasdaq, returning to the U.S. stock market more than two years after it went private.
Cybersecurity Dive: Huntress found that ransomware gangs are broadly using the kinds of advanced tactics and techniques that were first tested on large organizations, such as tampering or disabling cybersecurity products.
Yahoo Finance/Reuters: Bain Capital, Advent International and EQT AB are among the private equity firms competing to acquire Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which has a market value of 1.32 trillion yen ($8.54 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.
Cybersecurity Dive: President Donald Trump plans to nominate Sean Cairncross, a former official at the Republican National Committee, as the next national cyber director, according to a list of planned nominees obtained by Cybersecurity Dive.
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