Several major data breaches occurred in a year which is being branded as the worst for cybersecurity incidents. Among the affected companies were National Public Data, with hackers allegedly stealing 2.9 billion personal records; Ticketmaster, which had 1.3TB of customer data files stolen; Change Health Group with 100 million users affected; AT&T with 73 million impacted users; and the U.K. pathology lab Synnovis, hit by a ransomware attack affecting 300 million users. The breaches underline the importance of cybersecurity for both individuals and corporations.

Malicious npm packages, BeaverTail malware leveraged in new North Korean attacks
North Korean threat actors have exploited npm packages and BeaverTail malware to target software developers. The attackers used 11 utility- and debugger-spoofing npm packages for