03 Apr 2026
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 04/03/2026

ShinyHunters claim theft of over 3 million Cisco records, threaten public leak The ShinyHunters group is claiming it exfiltrated more than 3 million records tied to Cisco, allegedly obtained through access to Salesforce and AWS environments, and is threatening to release the data if demands are not met. While the full scope and validity of the claims are still being verified, the incident highlights the continued risk around SaaS platforms and third-party integrations as high-value…
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12 May 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 5/12/2025

PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Looks like crooks lied An education tech provider that paid a ransom to prevent the leak of stolen student and teacher data is now watching its school district customers get individually extorted by either the same ransomware crew that hit it – or someone connected to the crooks. In December, PowerSchool – whose student information management system holds records on more than 60 million K-12 students…
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11 Mar 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 3/11/2025

Swiss critical sector faces new 24-hour cyberattack reporting rule  Switzerland's National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) has announced a new reporting obligation for critical infrastructure organizations in the country, requiring them to report cyberattacks to the agency within 24 hours of their discovery. According to the NCSC announcement, this new requirement is introduced as a response to the increasing number of cybersecurity incidents and their impact on the country. The mandate is introduced via an amendment to the Information…
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23 Jan 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 1/23/2025

The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes We’re only three weeks into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be the year of Internet of Things-driven DDoSes. Reports are rolling in of threat actors infecting thousands of home and office routers, web cameras, and other Internet-connected devices. Here is a sampling of research released since the first of the year. A post on Tuesday from content-delivery network Cloudflare reported on a recent…
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