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The National Audit Office warns of major gaps in cyber resilience across UK government departments

The Department of Justice is investigating a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil for hacking the phones of climate activists:

The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, according to a lawyer representing the U.S. government. The firm, in turn, was allegedly working on behalf of one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, based in Texas, that wanted to discredit groups and individuals involved in climate litigation, according to the lawyer for the U.S. government. In court documents, the Justice Department does not name either company.

As part of its probe, the U.S. is trying to extradite an Israeli private investigator named Amit Forlit from the United Kingdom for allegedly orchestrating the hacking campaign. A lawyer for Forlit claimed in a court filing that the hacking operation her client is accused of leading “is alleged to have been commissioned by DCI Group, a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies.”

Energy contractor ENGlobal reported that sensitive personal data was stolen by threat actors, with the incident disrupting operations for six weeks

Group-IB researchers have exposed the highly organized affiliate platform and sophisticated operations of the Lynx Ransomware-as-a-Service group

An API supply-chain attack affecting a popular online travel booking service put millions of airline users at risk

A Ponemon Institute survey highlighted the growing impact of ransomware attacks on victims’ revenue and reputation

The number of data breach victims increased 312% annually to exceed 1.7 billion in 2024, according to the ITRC 2024 Annual Data Breach Report

The three Russian hackers are believed to be part of Unit 29155 of the GRU, also known as Cadet Blizzard, Ember Bear and Ruinous Ursa

Three men have been sentenced after pleading guilty to running an account hijacking service for fraudsters

A new phishing tactic has been identified by Cisco Talos, using hidden text salting to evade email security measures