August 30, 2025

Nigerian Government Ministry Breaches

Nigeria continued to face a challenging cybersecurity landscape, marked by persistent threats to both public institutions and private organizations. While no confirmed breaches of government ministries were publicly reported during this period, multiple sources highlighted the country’s ongoing vulnerability to cyberattacks, including phishing campaigns, malware, and botnet activity. According to Kaspersky, Nigerian users encountered nearly 6.5 million cyber threats in […]
August 29, 2025

WhatsApp Cloud Ransomware Campaign

WhatsApp faced a significant cybersecurity incident after researchers uncovered a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) affecting its iOS and macOS applications. The flaw was tied to the linked devices feature, which synchronizes data across a user’s phone and secondary devices. Exploiting this weakness, threat actors could inject malicious content from unauthorized URLs, effectively bypassing normal security restrictions. Investigations revealed that the vulnerability […]
August 16, 2025

India Independence Day Government Cyberattack

As India prepared to celebrate its 79th Independence Day, the nation faced an unprecedented surge of cyber threats directed at government, defense, and financial sectors. Security intelligence assessments reported over 4,000 cyber incidents in the weeks leading up to the holiday. The campaign involved a mix of state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), such as APT36 (also known as Transparent Tribe) […]
August 10, 2025

Orange Belgium Data Breach Impacts 850,000 Customers

Orange Belgium, a subsidiary of the global telecommunications group Orange SA, confirmed a significant cyberattack affecting approximately 850,000 customer accounts. The breach involved unauthorized access to an internal IT system, exposing personal data such as full names, phone numbers, SIM card numbers, PUK codes, and tariff plans. Importantly, sensitive information, including passwords, email addresses, or financial data was not compromised, […]
August 7, 2025

Air France and KLM customers’ personal details exposed via data breach

Air France KLM Group disclosed a data compromise incident affecting its customer base, traced to a breach at a third-party service provider that supported its contact center operations. The company confirmed detecting unusual activity on the external platform, after which it initiated an immediate response involving the vendor, cybersecurity experts, and relevant authorities.The exposed information primarily consisted of customer names, […]
August 2, 2025

Google’s Salesforce CRM Breach by ShinyHunters

Google disclosed that its Salesforce CRM environment had been compromised by the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters, exposing customer contact data from its small- and medium-sized business clients. The breach, which occurred in June 2025 but was revealed publicly in August, was executed through social engineering tactics, particularly voice phishing (vishing). Attackers impersonated trusted personnel to trick an employee into granting access, […]

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