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Cybersecurity Dive: Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America disclosed a massive data breach affecting most of the firm’s 1.4 million U.S. customers, professionals and select employees.
TechCrunch: During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it.
The Target: Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains. The multinational retailer and wholesale company operates over 9,400 local stores across Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, employing more than 393,000 people and serving approximately 60 million customers each week in-store and online.
The Take: The company added that the stolen items vary for each affected individual and that the stolen documents contain a combination of personal information such as name, contact information, financial account information, health information and employment-related information.
The Vector: In a filing with Maine's Attorney General, the retail giant revealed that the attackers behind the November breach stole the data of 2,242,521 individuals after gaining access to the company's internal U.S. business systems on November 6, 2024.
This breach is critical reminder that zero-day exploits do happen, and furthermore that patching software in a timely, effective manner is a key component of ensuring customer data is protected. Ensuring third-party vendors are deploying patches and fixes in accordance with a firm’s cybersecurity policy is an important step in an overall robust security posture.
Hedge Week: The Globe and Mail report cites the firm as revealing the breach in a letter to investors this week, stating that an unauthorised party accessed data through a third-party IT provider, rather than directly penetrating Waratah’s internal network.
Investing.com: Rapid7, Inc., a cybersecurity company generating $849 million in annual revenue with healthy gross margins of 71%, announced the release of Active Patching, a new automated patching and remediation solution integrated into its Exposure Command platform.
Dark Reading: Darktrace has acquired Mira Security, a startup that provides network traffic visibility solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will strengthen Darktrace's network security portfolio through improved insights into encrypted network traffic, the company said.
Cointelegraph: US House Republicans are seeking to cut the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2026 budget by 7%, while axing funds for enforcing a Biden-era rule that requires public companies to disclose cyber incidents.
Financial Newswire: The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has initiated legal action over Fortnum Private Wealth alleging it failed to properly manage and mitigate cyber security risks.
CNBC: Microsoft has warned of “active attacks” targeting its SharePoint collaboration software, with security researchers noting that organizations worldwide stand to be affected by the breach.
CSO Online: That headline ran atop a CSO story published in 2016. Nine years later, the prediction feels closer to coming true — with questions around jobs being replaced or redefined and whether cybersecurity pros should be worried taking on greater nuance, and still hanging in the balance.
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