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Microsoft says more ransomware stopped before reaching encryption
Microsoft says ransomware attacks are up 2.75 times compared to last year, but claims defenses are actually working better than ever.…
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India's Reserve Bank boss
The governor of India's Reserve Bank, Shri Shaktikanta Das, yesterday warned that AI – and the platforms that provide it – could worsen systemic risk to the nation's financial system.…
China again claims Volt Typhoon hack gang was invented by the US to discredit it
Chinese authorities have published another set of allegations that assert the Volt Typhoon threat actor is an invention of the US and its allies, and not a crew run by Beijing.…
US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people's personal info was snatched
A Houston-based services provider to healthcare organizations says a crook may have grabbed up to 400,000 people's information after the miscreant accessed the systems of one of its customers.…
Leveraging AI/ML for next-gen SOC environments
Sponsored Post This article discusses some of the challenges traditional SOCs face and how integrating artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) modules could help solve the challenges faced by security professionals and organizations.…
Trump campaign arms up with 'unhackable' phones after Iranian intrusion
With less than a month to go before American voters head to the polls to choose their next president, the Trump campaign has been investing in secure tech to make sure it doesn't get hacked again.…
Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw
More than 86,000 Fortinet instances remain vulnerable to the critical flaw that attackers started exploiting last week, according to Shadowserver's data.…
How to head off data breaches with CIAM
Sponsored Post Recent reports suggest that stolen identity and privileged access credentials now account for 61 percent of all data breaches.…
Crypto-apocalypse soon? Chinese researchers find a potential quantum attack on classical encryption
Chinese researchers claim they have found a way to use D-Wave's quantum annealing systems to develop a promising attack on classical encryption.…
Schools bombarded by nation-state attacks, ransomware gangs, and everyone in between
If we were to draw an infosec Venn diagram, with one circle representing "sensitive info that attackers would want to steal" and the other "limited resources plus difficult-to-secure IT environments," education would sit in the overlap. …
US and UK govts warn: Russia scanning for your unpatched vulnerabilities
in brief If you need an excuse to improve your patching habits, a joint advisory from the US and UK governments about a massive, ongoing Russian campaign exploiting known vulnerabilities should do the trick.…
INC ransomware rebrands to Lynx – same code, new name, still up to no good
Researchers at Palo Alto's Unit 42 believe the INC ransomware crew is no more and recently rebranded itself as Lynx over a three-month period.…
US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also urge federal regulators to hold these companies accountable for their infosec practices - or lack thereof.…
RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims' data
Two former workers at roadside assistance provider RAC were this week given suspended sentences after illegally copying and selling tens of thousands of lines of personal data on people involved in accidents.…
Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig
Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Poppy Gustafsson as the UK's new investment minister is being resoundingly praised despite the former Darktrace boss spending years failing to fully rebuild investor confidence in the embattled company.…
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
The FBI created its own cryptocurrency so it could watch suspected fraudsters use it – an idea that worked so well it produced arrests in three countries.…
Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India's Star Health
Leading Indian health insurance provider Star Health has admitted to being the victim of a cyber attack after criminals claimed they had posted records of 30-milion-plus clients online.…
Crooks stole personal info of 77k Fidelity Investments customers
Fidelity Investments has notified 77,099 people that their personal information was stolen in an August data breach. …
Secure your AI initiatives
Webinar Generative AI (GenAI) has quickly transitioned from an emerging concept to a core driver of innovation across lots of different industries.…
Fore-get about privacy, golf tech biz leaves 32M data records on the fairway
Nearly 32 million records belonging to users of tech from Trackman were left exposed to the internet, sitting in a non-password protected database, for an undetermined amount of time, according to researcher Jeremiah Fowler.…