PowerSchool commits to strengthened breach measures following engagement with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

July 22, 2025 – Gatineau, Quebec PowerSchool has committed to take steps to ensure that the education technology software company’s security measures are appropriately strengthened following a cyberattack that impacted millions of Canadian students, pa… Continue reading PowerSchool commits to strengthened breach measures following engagement with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada→

Two more entities have folded after ransomware attacks

It is still fairly rare for a ransomware victim to totally shutter its doors permanently as a result of an incident, but a relatively small breach in Georgia was reportedly fatal for Ascension Health Services LLC DBA Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Ce… Continue reading Two more entities have folded after ransomware attacks→

British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers

Mason Boycott-Owen reports: Hospitals, local councils and operators of critical U.K. infrastructure are among the organizations who will be banned from paying ransoms to hackers under new plans unveiled by the British government. The move — which will … Continue reading British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers→

Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks

Ravie Lakshmanan reports: Microsoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also disclosed details of another vulnerability that it said has been addressed with “more robust protections.&#8221… Continue reading Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks→

Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say

Ellen Nakashima, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Joseph Menn report: Hackers exploited a major security flaw in widely used Microsoft server software to launch a global attack on government agencies and businesses in the past few days, breaching U.S. feder… Continue reading Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say→

Inquiry launched after identities of SAS soldiers leaked in fresh data breach

Amy Clare-Martin reports: Army leaders have launched an inquiry after the identities of soldiers in the SAS were revealed in a fresh data breach. Details about the elite unit, part of the UK special forces, are usually kept so secret that its members a… Continue reading Inquiry launched after identities of SAS soldiers leaked in fresh data breach→