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Employee benefits platform Paylogix says hackers stole financial and health data

Paylogix, a technology company specializing in employee benefits management, has confirmed a data breach that resulted in the theft of sensitive personal, financial, and health information belonging to tens of thousands of individuals. The New York-based firm, which provides benefits administration tools to employers and insurance companies, disclosed the incident through state regulatory…

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Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR

An Akira ransomware affiliate recently attempted to deploy ransomware on a victim's network by first rebooting the compromised host into Safe Mode with Networking, a tactic aimed at disabling endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools. While the maneuver successfully bypassed security controls, the ransomware itself failed to execute due to memory constraints within the stripped-down Safe…