Breaking: Big #beer brewer belatedly believes bitten by ransomware—and likely a data breach.

#Japan​’s biggest producer of beer is still not producing any beer this week. #Asahi Group Holdings shut down production Monday after detecting a cyber intruder.

And today it’s confirmed fears of #ransomware. In #SBBlogwatch, we dry out.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/10/japan-asahi-beer-ransomware-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Breaking: Big #beer brewer belatedly believes bitten by ransomware—and likely a data breach.

#Japan​’s biggest producer of beer is still not producing any beer this week. #Asahi Group Holdings shut down production Monday after detecting a cyber intruder.

And today it’s confirmed fears of #ransomware. In #SBBlogwatch, we dry out.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/10/japan-asahi-beer-ransomware-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Yet another security problem plaguing #SonicWall customers.

The #Akira #ransomware gang have found a way to override the multifactor authentication in #SonicWall SSL VPN appliances. These scrotes appear to be able to move laterally from the VPN boxes to deploy ransomware.

It’s worrying that they’ve broken SonicWall’s #2FA. In #SBBlogwatch, we hear customers’ anger.

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/sonicwall-akira-ransomware-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Yet another security problem plaguing #SonicWall customers.

The #Akira #ransomware gang have found a way to override the multifactor authentication in #SonicWall SSL VPN appliances. These scrotes appear to be able to move laterally from the VPN boxes to deploy ransomware.

It’s worrying that they’ve broken SonicWall’s #2FA. In #SBBlogwatch, we hear customers’ anger.

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/sonicwall-akira-ransomware-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

#JaguarLandRover woes worse than previously thought.

The iconic British brand today warned its business would stay stalled for even longer. And a loose confederation of threat actors, now calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, has claimed responsibility for hacking the big car firm—via tedious Telegram trolling.

Yes, it’s those Salesforce vish kiddies again. In #SBBlogwatch, we drive the point home.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/jaguar-land-rover-troll-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

#JaguarLandRover woes worse than previously thought.

The iconic British brand today warned its business would stay stalled for even longer. And a loose confederation of threat actors, now calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, has claimed responsibility for hacking the big car firm—via tedious Telegram trolling.

Yes, it’s those Salesforce vish kiddies again. In #SBBlogwatch, we drive the point home.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/jaguar-land-rover-troll-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Restaurant Brands International (RBI) “assistant” platform riddled with terrible #security flaws.

A pair of ethical hackers discovered a bunch of “catastrophic” vulns in the code running 30,000 #BurgerKing, #TimHortons, #Popeyes and #FirehouseSubs locations. Owner #RBI quickly fixed the flaws, but then its contractor #Cyble issued a sus-seeming #DMCA takedown notice.

Tale as old as time: Poor, unfortunate $8½ billion corporation vs. evil, vindictive, millennial hackers. In #SBBlogwatch, we rule.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/burger-king-rbi-bobdahacker-bobtheshoplifter-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Restaurant Brands International (RBI) “assistant” platform riddled with terrible #security flaws.

A pair of ethical hackers discovered a bunch of “catastrophic” vulns in the code running 30,000 #BurgerKing, #TimHortons, #Popeyes and #FirehouseSubs locations. Owner #RBI quickly fixed the flaws, but then its contractor #Cyble issued a sus-seeming #DMCA takedown notice.

Tale as old as time: Poor, unfortunate $8½ billion corporation vs. evil, vindictive, millennial hackers. In #SBBlogwatch, we rule.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/burger-king-rbi-bobdahacker-bobtheshoplifter-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Well? Should they? Let’s ask Ian Betteridge.

Four weeks ago, #Google admitted it was hacked by #ShinyHunters and/or #ScatteredSpider—via #vishing. Sadly, this sparked a journalistic game of Telephone: Over the space of four weeks, “This #Salesforce instance got vished,” quickly became, “2.5 billion #Gmail users hacked!!1!”

Sigh. “This is entirely false,” complains Google. In #SBBlogwatch, we bait for clicks during dog days.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/gmail-hack-telephone-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Well? Should they? Let’s ask Ian Betteridge.

Four weeks ago, #Google admitted it was hacked by #ShinyHunters and/or #ScatteredSpider—via #vishing. Sadly, this sparked a journalistic game of Telephone: Over the space of four weeks, “This #Salesforce instance got vished,” quickly became, “2.5 billion #Gmail users hacked!!1!”

Sigh. “This is entirely false,” complains Google. In #SBBlogwatch, we bait for clicks during dog days.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/gmail-hack-telephone-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

A subsidiary of Zurich Insurance (SIX:ZURN) admitted to a huge leak: More than one million customers’ data. #FarmersGroup is the latest corporation ’fessing up to its data going AWOL via Salesforce vishing.

Farmers also trades as Foremost, Bristol West, Farmers Life and 21st Century Insurance. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what their Swiss masters will think.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/farmers-group-salesforce-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

A subsidiary of Zurich Insurance (SIX:ZURN) admitted to a huge leak: More than one million customers’ data. #FarmersGroup is the latest corporation ’fessing up to its data going AWOL via Salesforce vishing.

Farmers also trades as Foremost, Bristol West, Farmers Life and 21st Century Insurance. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what their Swiss masters will think.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/farmers-group-salesforce-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Chinese web users couldn’t access websites outside the People’s Republic yesterday. The outage lasted an hour and a quarter—with no explanation. Nobody’s sure whether it was a mistake or an ominous test of new #censorship capabilities.

But some are linking it to a recent outage in #Pakistan. In #SBBlogwatch, we shave with Hanlon’s razor.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/great-firewall-china-web-74-minutes-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc#GreatFirewall #China

Chinese web users couldn’t access websites outside the People’s Republic yesterday. The outage lasted an hour and a quarter—with no explanation. Nobody’s sure whether it was a mistake or an ominous test of new #censorship capabilities.

But some are linking it to a recent outage in #Pakistan. In #SBBlogwatch, we shave with Hanlon’s razor.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/great-firewall-china-web-74-minutes-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc#GreatFirewall #China

Brits agree to change course, but Tim still shtum.

The U.S. administration is celebrating a “mutually beneficial understanding” with the #UK, meaning #Apple won’t need to backdoor #iCloud. (As we learned six months ago, those pesky Brits were demanding Apple break its end-to-end encryption, also known as Advanced Data Protection​—​#ADP.) National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard and White House veep JD Vance seem happy about it, anyway.

However, it’s not entirely clear that anything’s really changed. In #SBBlogwatch, we doctor the spin.

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/uk-apple-adp-tulsi-gabbard-jd-vance-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Brits agree to change course, but Tim still shtum.

The U.S. administration is celebrating a “mutually beneficial understanding” with the #UK, meaning #Apple won’t need to backdoor #iCloud. (As we learned six months ago, those pesky Brits were demanding Apple break its end-to-end encryption, also known as Advanced Data Protection​—​#ADP.) National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard and White House veep JD Vance seem happy about it, anyway.

However, it’s not entirely clear that anything’s really changed. In #SBBlogwatch, we doctor the spin.

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/uk-apple-adp-tulsi-gabbard-jd-vance-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Sen. Hassan is on the warpath.

At least 35 data brokers employed #DarkPatterns to discourage #Californian​s from exercising their privacy rights. Researchers say the companies hid legally required web pages from #Google—so people can’t find them.

This U.S. senator is not at all happy, accusing the firms of “requiring people to navigate byzantine labyrinths.” In #SBBlogwatch, we join Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in her trisyllabic dissatisfaction.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/data-brokers-act-badly-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc#CCPA

Sen. Hassan is on the warpath.

At least 35 data brokers employed #DarkPatterns to discourage #Californian​s from exercising their privacy rights. Researchers say the companies hid legally required web pages from #Google—so people can’t find them.

This U.S. senator is not at all happy, accusing the firms of “requiring people to navigate byzantine labyrinths.” In #SBBlogwatch, we join Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in her trisyllabic dissatisfaction.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/data-brokers-act-badly-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc#CCPA

It records everything you say (and what people around you say, too).

The company behind the #Bee bracelet is being bought by #Amazon. Think of it as Copilot+ Recall for the real world. It seems like Jeff Bezos (pictured) just can’t get enough of knowing everything about you and your life.

Naturally, this raises a ton of privacy questions. In #SBBlogwatch, we have more questions than answers.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/07/amazon-buys-bee-ai-privacy-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

It records everything you say (and what people around you say, too).

The company behind the #Bee bracelet is being bought by #Amazon. Think of it as Copilot+ Recall for the real world. It seems like Jeff Bezos (pictured) just can’t get enough of knowing everything about you and your life.

Naturally, this raises a ton of privacy questions. In #SBBlogwatch, we have more questions than answers.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/07/amazon-buys-bee-ai-privacy-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc