New York’s Attorney General has fined insurance companies Geico and Travelers Indemnity Company a total of $11.3 million for data breaches that exposed personal information of over 120,000 people. These breaches happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted serious flaws in both companies’ cybersecurity. The New York Department of Financial Services, DFS, announced the penalties, highlighting the importance of adopting robust security measures to protect sensitive customer data.

Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
The 1Q 2025 Open Source Malware Index from Sonatype revealed that open source malware packages doubled compared to the same period last year, with 56%