Sean Cairncross also talked about near-term priorities in his first public speech since being confirmed.
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The acquisition represents the Japanese industrial giant’s largest to date.
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Cybercrime hubs in Southeast Asia scammed Americans out of at least $10 billion last year, a 66% increase from 2023, officials said.
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The company said a threat actor accessed and snooped around its account for months, then stole OAuth tokens for Drift integrations from its cloud environment.
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The agency will consider streamlining the CIRCIA rule and finding ways to deconflict with other cyber regulations.
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As some observers predicted, Democratic commissioners are racking up lower court victories, but the highest court in the country appears skeptical.
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Researchers at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering confirmed they created the code as part of a project to illustrate potential harms of AI-powered malware.
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Artificial intelligence was a recurring theme among federal leaders who spoke at a GDIT event held Thursday.
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The actively exploited defect, triggered by an attacker’s use of a publicly available sample machine key, underscores the vendor and customers’ poor configuration practices.
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An antipiracy coalition of entertainment companies applauded the takedown. The network’s two operators were arrested at their residences in Egypt.
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Cato's move comes as the company also extended its Series G funding round with an additional $50 million from Acrew Capital.
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Produced with other world cyber agencies, the document is a “shared vision” of SBOMs, or software bill of materials.
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The Homeland Security Committee also voted out bills addressing pipeline cybersecurity and terrorists’ use of AI.
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Apitor collected data without informing parents or asking for permission, the FTC said, violating federal parental consent requirements.
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The critical, actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities affect the Linux kernel and Android runtime.
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In a 2-1 decision, an appeals court upheld a 1935 Supreme Court precedent restricting the president’s ability to fire FTC commissioners.
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Salesloft said the AI chat agent for sales and leads will be taken offline, as investigations into the attack spree widen and reveal more victims.
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He takes over a key leadership role in a position that’s seen rapid turnover over the past year.
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An independent testing firm found that SlashNext’s product has a 100% detection rate for business email compromise and QR code attacks.
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Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko allegedly committed ransomware attacks from 2018 to 2022. He’s been out on bond since his arrest almost a year ago, despite multiple run-ins with police.
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