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TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
Mark Anderson | Security | August 29, 2025

Euclid Security Newsletter

August 29, 2025 

TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people

Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States, with BleepingComputer learning the data was stolen from it's Salesforce account.

 

Security News

The passwords most likely to get you hacked

Names are still a popular choice with 'Michael' one of the most commonly used as a password, included in 107,678 of those analyzed. 'Daniel' is the second most used name, with a count of 99,399 passwords.

State-Sponsored Hackers Behind Majority of Vulnerability ExploitsI

The majority (53%) of attributed vulnerability exploits in the first half 2025 were conducted by state-sponsored actors for strategic, geopolitical purposes, according to a new report by Recorded Future's Insikt Group.

TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies

At the heart of the campaign is the use of several bogus sites to promote an installer for a free PDF editor called AppSuite PDF Editor that, once installed and launched, displays to the user a prompt to agree to the software's terms of service and privacy policy.

Google warns Salesloft breach impacted some Workspace accounts

Google now reports that the Salesloft Drift breach is larger than initially thought, warning that attackers also used stolen OAuth tokens to access a small number of Google Workspace email accounts in addition to stealing data from Salesforce instances.

Malware devs abuse Anthropic's Claude AI to build ransomware

Malware devs abuse Anthropic's Claude AI to build ransomware

Federal, state officials investigating ransomware attack targeting Nevada

The attackers were able to steal data during the intrusion, but officials still don't know what they took, Tim Galluzi, Nevada chief information officer and executive director of the Governor's Technology Office, said during a press conference Wednesday.

 

Important Updates & Patches

Apple Releases Security Updates for macOS, iOS and iPadOS

Apple has released security updates for macOS, iOS and iPadOS to patch zero-day vulnerability. Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

 

Dan's Corner

45+ Windows keyboard shortcuts to instantly boost productivity

Keyboard shortcuts can seriously boost your workflow - if you know them. Here are 48 of the most essential ones for Windows.

 

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