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Discord is a messaging platform with over 200 million active users globally who connect and play games with their friends. Launched in 2015, the platform quickly became a favorite communication tool for gamers, offering voice, text, and video messaging options to help the gaming community connect and interact.

When living in a world powered by data, there’s a hard truth many organizations still overlook: the moment you shrug off a regulatory checkbox, you don’t just risk a fine, you invite a full-scale crisis of data breaches. Picture this: you wake up to a news headline proclaiming that your company’s customer records are now public. Your CEO is answering media questions. Investors are rethinking their bets. And your best customers? They’re quietly looking elsewhere.

A comprehensive analysis of the breach that exposed 570GB of consulting data and put 800 organizations at risk.

For months now, journalists and cybersecurity experts, including UpGuard, have been following the movements of the hacker collective “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters,” a sort of supergroup of the already well-known cybercriminal entities ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider and Lapsus$. Now, this collective has launched a website where they can extort payment from entities in return for delisting and deleting their data.

Comcast is a global powerhouse as one of the foremost telecommunications and media conglomerates. It was established in 1963 as a small cable operator in Mississippi. Comcast’s mission focuses on connection through broadband television and film. Besides being the largest home internet service in the United States, it owns large media platforms like NBC-Universal and Universal Pictures.

Security teams are drowning in alerts. False positives, duplicates, and low-value signals overwhelm analysts, delay response, and drive burnout. The result: real threats slip through, costs spiral, and boards lose confidence in security’s ability to deliver measurable outcomes. To be Breach Ready and Board Ready, SOCs must cut through the clutter and focus on what matters most. That’s where Securonix Noise Cancelation comes in.

The French luxury conglomerate, Kering, recently confirmed a data breach affecting millions of customers. As a Paris-based luxury group, it has a portfolio of houses in fashion and jewelry. Some of its stable brands include Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, and Gucci. The cybercriminal group, ShinyHunters, claimed responsibility for the attack. Unlike traditional ransomware groups, which would encrypt the data, they usually monetize by extortion to sell the information on secret forums.

In our previous post, The ABC’s of Ishing, we broke down the foundational tactics used by cybercriminals to deceive users and gain unauthorized access. This follow-up report expands on that foundation by exploring three evolving phishing threats that go beyond traditional email lures. Angler Phishing, Calendar Phishing, and Captcha Phishing each exploit trust in everyday digital tools—social media platforms, calendar invites, and CAPTCHA challenges.