The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Sergiu Gatlan has covered cybersecurity, technology, and other news beats for more than a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.

US oil giant Halliburton confirms cyberattack behind systems shutdown

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Halliburton, one of the world's largest providers of services to the energy industry, has confirmed a cyberattack that forced it to shut down some of its systems earlier this week.

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CISA warns of Windows bug exploited in ransomware attacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity Windows vulnerability abused in ransomware attacks as a zero-day to its catalog of actively exploited security bugs.

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Insurance giant Globe Life investigating web portal breach

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 American financial services holding company Globe Life says attackers may have accessed consumer and policyholder data after breaching one of its web portals.

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Christie's starts notifying clients of RansomHub data breach

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British auction house Christie's is notifying individuals whose data was stolen by the RansomHub ransomware gang in a recent network breach.

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FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out

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 The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward after revealing that it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that they can use to recover encrypted data for free.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024