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Seized database helps Europol snare botnet customers in ‘Operation Endgame’ follow-up sting
Europol has detained several people believed to be involved in a botnet operation as part of a follow-up to a major takedown last year. Following the Operation Endgame investigation, major malware droppers including IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader and Bumblebee, were shut down last year. According to Europol, analysis of the contents of a seized database enabled it to identify customers…
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Police detains Smokeloader malware customers, seizes servers
In follow-up activity for Operation Endgame, law enforcement tracked down Smokeloader botnet’s customers and detained at least five individuals. During Operation Endgame last year, more than 100 servers used by major malware loader operations (e.g. IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, SystemBC) were seized. In a press release today, Europol informs that the operation continues as law enforcement officers analyze the…
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Europcar data breach could affect up to 200,000 customers
Europcar has reportedly suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 200,000 customers. The car rental firm has confirmed the hack to BleepingComputer, adding that it’s assessing the damage and notifying affected individuals. The statement follows a post in an underground forum from a hacker claiming to have obtained all the firm’s GitLab repositories, accessing more than 9,000 SQL…
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Europcar GitLab breach exposes data of up to 200,000 customers
A hacker breached the GitLab repositories of multinational car-rental company Europcar Mobility Group and stole source code for Android and iOS applications, as well as some personal information belonging to up to 200,000 customers. The actor tried to extort the company by threatening to publish 37GB of data that includes backups and details about the company’s cloud infrastructure and internal…
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Verizon Call Filter API flaw exposed customers’ incoming call history
A vulnerability in Verizon’s Call Filter feature allowed customers to access the incoming call logs for another Verizon Wireless number through an unsecured API request. The flaw was discovered by security researcher Evan Connelly on February 22, 2025, and was fixed by Verizon sometime in the following month. However, the total period of exposure is unknown. Verizon’s Call Filter app is…
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Databricks and Anthropic are teaming up on agentic AI development – here’s what it means for customers
Databricks has announced a landmark partnership with Anthropic to provide the firm’s flagship models on its Data Intelligence Platform. The five-year partnership will see Anthropic’s Claude model family offered directly to over 10,000 enterprise customers, the duo said. Databricks revealed the partnership will also include access to Anthropic’s newest frontier model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a hybrid reasoning model fine-tuned for…
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Oracle customers confirm data stolen in alleged cloud breach is valid
Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, BleepingComputer has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor are valid. Last week, a person named ‘rose87168’ claimed to have breached Oracle Cloud servers and began selling the alleged authentication data and encrypted passwords…
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Alabama credit union warns customers of data breach that leaked SSNs, financial info
Heritage South Credit Union in Alabama this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a February 2025 data breach that compromised Social Security numbers and financial account info. Ransomware gang Embargo claimed responsibility for the breach on February 14, 2025, saying it stole 300 GB of data from Heritage South. The group says it stole debit card…
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23andMe files for bankruptcy, customers advised to delete DNA data
California-based genetic testing provider 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell its assets following years of financial struggles. 23andMe has been providing direct-to-consumer DNA testing services since November 2007 to customers who send a saliva sample and receive a report on their ancestry and genetic predispositions. Since then, 23andMe has sold over 15 million DNA testing kits.…
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Old ServiceNow vulnerabilities could cause havoc for unpatched customers
Hackers are having another go at exploiting ServiceNow vulnerabilities first revealed a year ago, researchers at threat intelligence firm GreyNoise have warned. The three vulnerabilities – CVE-2024-4879 (Critical), CVE-2024-5217 (Critical) and CVE-2024-5178 (Medium) – were first discovered by researchers at Assetnote in May last year. ServiceNow deployed a patch immediately at the time, and later disclosed the issues in July…
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