Cyber threats are evolving faster than ever for nonprofits, ministries, and small businesses—and the latest warnings show that they’re getting more cunning, more accessible, and far more dangerous than typical breach risks.
Warning As Google And Microsoft Calendar Hack Surge Confirmed
A sharp rise in phishing campaigns targeting calendar‐invites for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users has been documented, as attackers exploit seemingly innocuous .ics invites to gain access to email and cloud accounts. Many email services to NOT review calendar invites, making this an effective threat vector at the moment.
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Third-party Leak Exposes Payroll & Access Data of Healthcare Staff
A contractor for healthcare providers left a public database unmanaged, exposing over 50,000 records—including full names, work emails, hashed passwords, payroll info, IP addresses and session tokens—for staff at two major provider systems.
🔗 Read more on Cybernews
Cloud Breaches Still Driven By Credentials & Misconfiguration
According to a survey by Amazon Web Services and research partner, simple operational errors and human factors are the main cause of data breaches across cloud systems. (For instance, the previous story…)
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