Safety Detectives Cyber News

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher discovered and reported to Safety Detectives about an unencrypted and non-password-protected database that contained approximately 7,000 records. Exposed data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, security clearance status or level, and other personal information. The publicly exposed database was not password-protected or encrypted. It contained 7,028 records marked as “resume bank

A ransomware attack targeting Collins Aerospace’s MUSE check-in software caused widespread disruption across European airports beginning Friday, with continued delays and flight cancellations reported through the weekend. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) confirmed the incident on Monday, stating that “the type of ransomware has been identified. Law enforcement is involved to investigate.” Affected

Cloudflare has successfully mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, showcasing a concerning escalation in the scale of cyber threats. “Cloudflare just autonomously blocked hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks twice as large as anything seen on the Internet before — peaking at 22.2 Tbps & 10.6 Bpps,” the company said in a tweet. The previous

Valve has pulled the 2D platformer BlockBlasters from Steam after a malicious update enabled it to steal over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from users, including $32,000 from a Latvian streamer raising funds for cancer treatment. As reported by BleepingComputer and confirmed by malware researchers at G Data, the game was originally published on July 30, 2025, by

Mexico’s Senate is moving forward with a new cybersecurity work agenda that could reshape the country’s digital regulation landscape. Led by the Senate’s Digital Rights Commission, the initiative seeks to develop and approve a comprehensive national cybersecurity law covering data protection, digital commerce, and online expression. “With the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications, we

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has launched the Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre (BS-SOC), a centralized facility aimed at improving cyber resilience across the country’s financial system. Hosted within the CBK’s Cyber Fusion Unit, the BS-SOC will provide cyber threat intelligence, incident response, digital forensics, and cyber investigations. According to CBK, the centre is

The City of Yellowknife says its network has been safely restored following a cybersecurity incident that disrupted services for over a week. The attack, first disclosed on September 15, forced the city to limit internal access and temporarily disable online services. Debit and credit card payments were suspended, library computers were offline, and patrons were

SonicWall has disclosed a security incident involving its MySonicWall cloud backup service, confirming that threat actors gained access to a subset of firewall configuration files. The company said that fewer than 5% of its firewall install base was affected, but acknowledged the potential severity of the breach. The attack involved a series of brute force

OpenAI is preparing stricter safety features for ChatGPT as it faces mounting lawsuits and scrutiny over teen protection. CEO Sam Altman confirmed the company will soon require users to verify their age if it suspects a user is under 18, saying the changes are meant to “prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens.”

CrowdStrike and Meta have jointly released CyberSOCEval, a new open-source benchmark suite designed to evaluate how large language models (LLMs) perform across critical security operations center (SOC) tasks like malware analysis, incident response, and threat detection. Built on Meta’s CyberSecEval framework and integrated with CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence, the tool aims to give organizations a standardized