million
-
Blog
DHSC eyes infrastructure overhaul amid £114 million IT spending boost
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) will spend £114 million on IT infrastructure upgrades, new figures show. Using data retrieved under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the Parliament Street thinktank found the DHSC will increase budgets and staffing figures as part of an ongoing NHS restructuring in the UK. Parliament Street’s analysis also revealed that the IT…
Read More » -
Blog
Oracle denies breach after hacker claims theft of 6 million data records
Oracle denies it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be selling 6 million data records allegedly stolen from the company’s Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers. “There has been no breach of Oracle Cloud. The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud. No Oracle Cloud customers experienced a breach or lost any data,” the company told BleepingComputer.…
Read More » -
Blog
.jpg)
Malicious Android ‘Vapor’ apps on Google Play installed 60 million times
Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal credentials and credit card information. The operation was first uncovered by IAS Threat Lab, who categorized the malicious activity under the name “Vapor” and said it has been ongoing since early 2024. IAS identified 180 apps as part of the Vapor campaign,…
Read More » -
Blog
Blockchain gaming platform WEMIX hacked to steal $6.1 million
Blockchain gaming platform WEMIX suffered a cyberattack last month, allowing threat actors to steal 8,654,860 WEMIX tokens, valued at approximately $6,100,000 at the time. During a press conference held yesterday, WEMIX’s CEO Kim Seok-Hwan confirmed the incident occurred on February 28, 2025, explaining that the delay in issuing a public announcement wasn’t an attempt to cover it up, but rather…
Read More » -
Blog
FTC will send $25.5 million to victims of tech support scams
Later this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start distributing over $25.5 million in refunds to those misled by tech support companies Restoro and Reimage’s scare tactics. The FTC will send 736,375 PayPal payments starting March 13 to consumers tricked into paying for unnecessary computer repair services. Between now and March 13, those eligible for a refund will receive…
Read More » -
Blog
Nearly a million devices were infected in a huge GitHub malvertising campaign
Microsoft has alerted users to a malvertising campaign leveraging GitHub to infect nearly 1 million devices around the world. A new advisory from Microsoft Threat Intelligence stated that in December 2024 it detected a large-scale campaign using the developer platform as the primary vehicle to deliver the initial access payloads used in attacks. The campaign’s initial stage injects adverts into…
Read More » -
Blog
US seizes $23 million in crypto stolen via password manager breach
U.S. authorities have seized over $23 million in cryptocurrency linked to the theft of $150 million from a Ripple crypto wallet in January 2024. Investigators believe hackers who breached LastPass in 2022 were behind the attack. Despite the threat actors’ efforts, law enforcement agents traced $23,604,815.09 of the stolen digital assets between June 2024 and February 2025 to the following…
Read More » -
Blog
Jamf snaps up Identity Automation in $215 million acquisition
Apple device management specialist Jamf has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Identity Automation for $215 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions. Founded in 2004, Identity Automation provides RapidIdentity, an identity and access management (IAM) platform for industries that require frequent role adjustments, such as education and healthcare. The offering automates identity and access management workflows to help…
Read More » -
Blog
Microsoft says malvertising campaign impacted 1 million PCs
Microsoft has taken down an undisclosed number of GitHub repositories used in a massive malvertising campaign that impacted almost one million devices worldwide. The company’s threat analysts detected these attacks in early December 2024 after observing multiple devices downloading malware from GitHub repos, malware that was later used to deploy a string of various other payloads on compromised systems. After…
Read More » -
Blog
Quantexa, one of the UK’s leading AI stars, just raised $175 million
Quantexa, one of the rising stars of Britain’s burgeoning AI sector, plans to accelerate international growth after securing $175 million in a Series F funding round. The investment round, led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), values the firm at $2.6 billion and saw participation from existing investors such as Dawn Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, AlbionVC, and HSBC. Quantexa specializes in…
Read More »