Third-party antivirus software will no longer have access to the Windows kernel as Microsoft rolls out changes to reduce IT downtime from unexpected crashes or disruptions.
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Hawaiian Airlines announced a cybersecurity incident Friday as security experts warned of a sector-wide threat.
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Kai West, a 25-year-old British national, is accused of stealing data from more than 40 organizations during a two-year spree.
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An analysis of four states with data broker registry laws found that hundreds of brokers are registered as such in one state but not in others.
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Time is running short for Congress to renew the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
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The vendor disclosed the critical zero-day in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway nine days after it warned of a pair of defects in the same products.
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Rubrik executives say the startup will help the company deliver “radical simplicity” in AI models and data management.
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The number of devices infected by LapDogs is smaller than other ORBs, but that is likely by design, according to SecurityScorecard researchers.
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The chamber’s chief administrative officer issued a memo Monday that the messaging app is not approved for official use.
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Experts told CyberScoop the research 'doesn’t pass a sniff test' and detracts from needed conversations around credential abuse and information stealers.
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Despite being sentenced to five years in prison, the court released the four men on time served.
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Experts believe lawsuits are first steps in a larger plan by the White House to create new metrics that lend support to the president’s unproven claims that noncitizens are voting en masse for Democratic politicians.
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New legislation seeks the creation of a Treasury-led task force to examine and combat AI-fueled scams that trick Americans out of their money.
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Three insurance companies have publicly disclosed cyberattacks in the past week. Scattered Spider, an amorphous band of cybercriminals, has been actively targeting the sector.
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A $90 million crypto theft from Nobitex marks the second cyberattack on Iran’s financial systems in as many days. Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for both attacks.
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They weren’t in any hurry, according to Citizen Lab, and used an interesting attack vector. Google Threat Intelligence Group also provided details on the attacks.
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A pair of AI tools advertised on hacking forums were developed using commercial AI models from xAI and Mistral, according to Cato Networks.
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The attack introduces a clear cyber element with immediate consequences for the country’s critical infrastructure amid a growing conflict between Israel and Iran.
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To defend “target rich, resource poor” critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, the U.S. must expand its patchwork volunteer system, a new report concludes.
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Congress should use renewal of an expiring terrorism insurance program to create a federal backstop for cybersecurity insurance, according to a report out Tuesday that tries to thread many difficult needles to bolster an industry that its author says isn’t developing fast enough. In an ideal world, cybersecurity insurance can be a valuable tool to […]
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