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CISO Role Expands: From Operator to Enterprise Risk Lead

🔒 The CISO role has evolved from a primarily technical post into a broad enterprise leadership responsibility. Foundry’s 2025 Security Priorities Study shows many security leaders now brief boards multiple times a month and oversee areas beyond cybersecurity, including risk, compliance, privacy, and AI oversight. This shift requires stronger strategic communication and executive influence in addition to operational expertise.

2025 Insider Risk Report: Hidden Costs of Everyday Actions

🔍 The 2025 Insider Risk Report finds insider-driven data loss is widespread and costly, with 77% of organizations affected and many incidents stemming from human error or compromised accounts rather than malice. It warns that traditional DLP often lacks behavioral context and visibility across endpoints, SaaS, and GenAI. The report urges adoption of behavior-aware, AI-ready platforms and five practical practices to reduce false positives and prevent data loss.

US Q3 Report: Over 23 Million Data Breach Victims This Year

📊 The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)'s Q3 2025 analysis found 835 publicly reported corporate data compromises in the United States, resulting in approximately 23 million victim notifications. That follows 1,732 incidents in H1 2025 and brings the year-to-date total to nearly 202 million victims. The report attributes 83% of breaches to cyber-attacks, highlights a rise in physical attacks, and criticizes the increasing frequency of notices that omit details about the cause. Major victims this quarter included Anne Arundel Dermatology, DaVita, TransUnion and several large healthcare providers.

MANGO reports marketing vendor breach exposing contacts

🔒 MANGO has notified customers that an external marketing service suffered unauthorized access, resulting in exposure of certain personal contact information. The retailer said the compromised fields included first name, country, postal code, email address, and telephone number, while last names, payment card details, IDs and account credentials were not affected. MANGO confirmed its corporate systems remain secure, authorities have been informed, and a dedicated email and hotline are available for concerned customers.

MANGO customer data exposed via third-party marketing

🔒 Spanish fashion retailer MANGO has alerted customers to a data breach that originated at an external marketing service, not within the company's own systems. The exposed fields include first names, countries, postal codes, email addresses and phone numbers. The company is notifying affected individuals and appears to be reviewing the vendor relationship and communications. Some recipients report receiving the notice in Spanish despite not being customers.

AI-Enhanced Reconnaissance: Risks for Web Applications

🛡️ Alex Spivakovsky (VP of Research & Cybersecurity at Pentera) argues that AI is accelerating reconnaissance by extracting actionable insight from external-facing artifacts—site content, JavaScript, error messages, APIs, and public repos. AI enhances credential guessing, context-aware fuzzing, and payload adaptation while reducing false positives by evaluating surrounding context. Defenders must treat exposure as what can be inferred, not just what is directly reachable.

Cyberattack Targets German Federal Employment Agency

🔒 In a coordinated operation, eight suspects attempted to hijack unemployment payments by accessing roughly 20,000 accounts of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) between late January and mid‑March. Investigators report about 1,000 accounts were accessed and bank details altered in 150 cases; early intervention limited losses to under €1,000. Searches across several states recovered devices, cash, weapons and narcotics, and two suspects are currently detained.

How to Scrub and Minimize Your Digital Footprint Effectively

🔍 Regularly search for yourself—names, emails and usernames—to uncover forgotten accounts, impersonators, and exposed data. Delete obsolete accounts, revoke third‑party access, clear browser and device traces, and use unique passwords stored in a reliable manager. Use tools like Just Delete Me and breach monitors such as Have I Been Pwned, invoke your right to be forgotten where applicable, and request archive removals. Tighten app permissions, unsubscribe from old lists, and consider privacy‑focused services or stronger 'paranoid' measures if needed.

Varonis Interceptor: Multimodal AI Email Defense Platform

🛡️ Varonis introduces Interceptor, an AI-native email security solution that combines multimodal AI—visual, linguistic, and behavioral models—to detect advanced phishing, BEC, and social engineering. It augments or replaces API-based filters with a phishing sandbox that pre-analyzes newly registered domains and URLs and a lightweight browser extension for multichannel protection. Integrated with the Varonis Data Security Platform, Interceptor aims to reduce false positives, accelerate detection of zero-hour threats, and stop breaches earlier in the attack chain.

Unmonitored JavaScript: The Holiday Shopping Risk 2025

⚠️ The article warns that unmonitored JavaScript on e-commerce sites is the single biggest holiday security risk, enabling attackers to steal payment data while server-side defenses like WAFs and intrusion detection systems remain blind. It reviews major 2024 incidents, including the Polyfill.io and Cisco Magecart campaigns, and highlights a dramatic uptick in attacks during peak shopping windows. Recommended mitigations emphasize closing visibility gaps with real-time client-side monitoring, maintaining strict third-party script inventories, and deploying Content Security Policy (initially in report-only mode) using nonces rather than weakening directives.

Millions of Qantas Customers' Data Published Online

🔐 Around three months after an early-July cyberattack, hackers have published online data reportedly belonging to up to 5.7 million Qantas customers. The airline says the information was stolen via a third-party provider's platform and included names, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth and frequent flyer numbers, but not credit card, financial or passport data. Qantas obtained an Australian court injunction prohibiting use of the information; the data appeared on both the dark web and publicly accessible sites.

Fake 'Inflation Refund' Texts Target New Yorkers in NY

🔔 A new smishing campaign impersonates the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, sending texts that urge recipients to submit payment information to process an 'Inflation Refund.' Links lead to a counterfeit site requesting name, address, phone, email and Social Security Number. New Yorkers are reminded the refund is automatic for eligible taxpayers and agencies will not text or call for payment details. Report suspicious messages to the Tax Department or IRS.

Stealit Campaign Abuses Node.js Single Executable Packaging

🔍 FortiGuard Labs identified an active Stealit campaign that distributes malware packaged with Node.js Single Executable Application (SEA) technology to create standalone Windows binaries. Operators deliver fake game and VPN installers via file-sharing sites and Discord, using multi-layer obfuscation and in-memory execution. The modular payloads harvest browser data, extension-based crypto wallets, and provide remote access, with persistence via a startup Visual Basic script. Fortinet provides detections and recommends updating protections and user training.

Class Action in Germany Targets Meta over 2021 Facebook Leak

⚖️ A German consumer association has launched a model declaratory action against Meta after data from more than 530 million Facebook users was posted on the dark web in April 2021. The Federation of German Consumer Organisations argues Meta failed to protect user data and to inform affected people adequately. Plaintiffs seek tiered compensation of €100–€600 and the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court will first address jurisdictional and formal matters in the hearing.

Protecting Your Car from Hacking: Practical Guidance 2025

🚗 Modern vehicles increasingly rely on interconnected electronics and external services, creating multiple remote attack vectors — from CAN, LIN and OBD ports to Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth and cellular links. The article notes that attackers now often target manufacturer servers (e.g., Toyota’s 2024 data loss) and references UN R155/R156 and ISO/SAE 21434. It describes vehicle risk categories, practical buyer and setup checks, and step‑by‑step advice if you suspect a compromise.

Hotel Booking Software Vulnerability Exposed Millions' Data

🔓 Security researchers from Zerforschung discovered a vulnerability in the Gubse AG hotel booking system that exposed customer data including names, addresses, identity documents and credit card details. Investigators estimate more than 35.5 million reservations and 48.5 million guest records were retrievable, with Motel One especially affected. A number of hostel and hotel groups, including DJH state hostels, AWO SANO and the DeHoGa campus, were named. Vendors report the gaps have been closed and say there is no confirmed misuse or public leak so far.

ClayRat Android Spyware Campaign Targets Russian Users

🛡️Researchers at Zimperium zLabs have identified a rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign, dubbed ClayRat, targeting users in Russia via Telegram channels and phishing sites. The malware is distributed inside fake apps impersonating services such as WhatsApp, TikTok, Google Photos and YouTube, and operators are using fake reviews, download counts and step-by-step guides to trick victims. Once granted privileges, ClayRat can exfiltrate SMS, call logs and notifications, take front-camera photos, and even send messages or place calls while abusing Android's SMS handler role. Security firms report over 600 samples and coordinated disclosure to Google resulted in Play Protect protections.

UK Upper Tribunal Upholds ICO Claim Against Clearview

🔍 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) won an Upper Tribunal ruling that bolsters its authority to enforce the UK GDPR against Clearview AI and increases the likelihood of a previously issued £7.5m penalty being upheld. The tribunal found that Clearview’s scraping and global database usage involved monitoring the behavior of UK residents and is not beyond the reach of UK law even when services are provided to foreign law‑enforcement customers. The UT has directed the First‑Tier Tribunal to reconsider its earlier decision in light of this jurisdictional clarity, though Clearview may still appeal.

Kantsu’s Ransomware Crisis: Recovery, Costs, and Lessons

🔒 Kantsu, a midsize Japanese logistics firm, was hit by ransomware on Sept. 12, 2024 that encrypted servers, cut communications, and halted shipping operations for hundreds of clients. The company refused to pay a ransom, shut down networks, replaced PCs, and rebuilt its cloud WMS Cloud Thomas on AWS while using analog processes to maintain critical shipments. Executives prioritized speed, cash availability, and employee welfare during an expensive recovery process that exposed gaps in cyber insurance.

Hackers Claim Discord Zendesk Breach Exposed 5.5M Users

🛡️ Discord says it will not pay extortionists who claim to have stolen data from a third‑party customer support service and disputes claims that 2.1 million ID photos were exposed. Attackers allege they obtained 1.6 TB of data from the company's Zendesk instance, impacting 5.5 million users and including partial payment and MFA‑related information. Discord says roughly 70,000 ID photos may have been exposed and characterizes the larger figures as part of an extortion attempt.