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Retailers are exposed to cyber attacks – and personnel, not tech, is the answer.

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Officials shared indicators of compromise observed as recently as this month to help organizations hunt for and defend against the ransomware group, which has pocketed $244 million as of late September.

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The newspaper said a “bad actor” contacted the company in late September, prompting an investigation that nearly a month later confirmed the extent of compromise.

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Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and the Elysium botnet were targeted in the takedowns.

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Forty House and Senate members tell Democratic governors they may not be aware of how much they’re sharing with ICE and other immigration agencies.

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Trump’s dismissive remarks on cyber threats contrast sharply with his administration’s official calls for action.

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The suspected Chinese schemers behind it enable those constant fake E-Z Pass and U.S. Postal Service smishing messages.

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The vendors disclosed and patched the defects last summer, but not before advanced attackers exploited the vulnerabilities to likely gain prolonged access for espionage, according to Amazon.

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Public Citizen’s letter urges OpenAI to temporarily take Sora 2 offline and work with outside experts to prevent the spread of harmful deepfakes.

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Erik Lee Madison is accused of victimizing five children this fall. His alleged criminality dates back to 2020, when he was a minor.

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Researchers warn that although exploitation of the zero-day is complex, a functional exploit exists in the wild.

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Select researchers and academic teams will get access to Amazon’s NOVA models next year as the tech giant continues to integrate the AI tools into its own tech stack.

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The digital engineering services firm said human resources data on nearly 10,500 current and former employees was exposed.

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Virginia-based BigBear.ai announced Monday it will acquire Ask Sage, a generative artificial intelligence platform specializing in secure deployment of AI models and agentic systems across defense and other regulated sectors, in a deal valued at about $250 million. Ask Sage focuses on safety and security in the growing field of agentic AI, or systems capable […]

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Researchers say the nation-state attacker could cause more serious problems with the BIG-IP source code it nabbed during the attack on F5’s systems.

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The Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015 would go from expired to extended through Jan. 30.

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Each day without reauthorization erodes the trust, coordination, and shared visibility that have underpinned the resilience of America’s most critical systems.

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Aleksei Olegovich Volkov served as an initial access broker and was involved in attacks on seven U.S. businesses from July 2021 through November 2022.

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A digital privacy group says agencies are collecting too much data on Americans and using AI tools to make connections that may not be valid.

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Palo Alto Networks researchers haven’t been able to identify who’s behind the commercial-grade tech yet.

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