CPAP Medical Data Breach Impacts 90,000 People
Healthcare services provider CPAP Medical Supplies and Services is informing tens of thousands of people that their personal and health information has been compromised. Florida-based CPAP Medical provides sleep apnea equipment, including to members of the US military and their families. The organization said in a data security incident notice posted on its website that its systems were accessed by hackers in mid-December 2024. READ MORE...
DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people
Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. DaVita serves over 265,400 patients across 3,113 outpatient dialysis centers, 2,660 in the United States, and 453 centers in 13 other countries worldwide. The company reported revenues of over $12 billion in 2024 and of $3.3 billion for the second quarter of 2025. READ MORE...
'Impersonation as a service' the next big thing in cybercrime
English speakers adept at social engineering are a hot commodity in the cybercrime job market. According to threat detection and response firm ReliaQuest, English-language social engineering is among the most in-demand skill sets on underground forums, with the number of job advertisements mentioning this particular talent more than doubling between 2024 and 2025. The security shop tracked 4 of these types of job listings last year, compared to 10 as of July 2025. READ MORE...
Apple discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS
Apple rushed an emergency software update to its customers Wednesday to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting the software powering the company's most popular devices. The out-of-bounds write defect - CVE-2025-43300 - allows attackers to process a malicious image file resulting in memory corruption. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the defect to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog Thursday. READ MORE...
Hundreds Targeted in New Atomic macOS Stealer Campaign
CrowdStrike warns of a spike in attacks aimed at infecting macOS users with a variant of the infamous Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS) information stealer. Between June and August, the cybercrime group Cookie Spider, which operates the AMOS malware-as-a-service (MaaS) enterprise, used malvertising to direct victims to fraudulent help websites and trick them into installing the malware. READ MORE...
Interpol bags 1,209 suspects, $97M in cybercrime operation focused on Africa
Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says. Operation Serengeti 2.0 took place between June and August this year, and the global policing coordinator confirmed today that it seized $97.4 million gained from cybercriminal enterprises across the continent. READ MORE...
Schneier on Security: AI Agents Need Data Integrity
Think of the Web as a digital territory with its own social contract. In 2014, Tim Berners-Lee called for a "Magna Carta for the Web" to restore the balance of power between individuals and institutions. This mirrors the original charter's purpose: ensuring that those who occupy a territory have a meaningful stake in its governance. Web 3.0-the distributed, decentralized Web of tomorrow-is finally poised to change the Internet's dynamic by returning ownership to data creators. READ MORE...
- ...in 1776, British troops land at Long Island in preparation for the capture and occupation of New York City, lasting until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
- ...in 1864, the International Red Cross is founded as part of the first Geneva Convention, to provide humanitarian aid in times of war.
- ...in 1902, the Cadillac Motor Car Division is founded from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company.
- ...in 1989, Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan becomes the first MLB pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
