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Deal Will Help Mastercard Offer Greater Protection, Trust for Digital Transactions
Mastercard plans to buy threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for $2.65 billion to enhance cyber resilience and offer greater protection and trust around digital transactions. The deal will enhance Mastercard's identity, fraud prevention services by helping businesses identify and mitigate risk.

More Competition, Ownership Turnover Among Peers Create an Appealing Time to Sell
Hellman & Friedman has met with several investments banks in recent weeks and will choose one to run the sale process for Paramus, New Jersey-based Checkmarx, in which it hopes to get at least $2.5 billion, Calcalist reported. The private equity firm bought Checkmarx for $1.15 billion in April 2020.

Report: North Korean, Russian, Chinese, Iranian Actors Are Targeting Research Orgs
Russian state hackers are targeting think tanks studying strategic interests and the defense sector, warned the French cyber agency. A hacking group that officially is Unit 26165 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate appears to be Russia's most prolific targeter of think tanks.

NoName Specializes in Long-Tail Exploits
Up-and-coming online criminal extortion group RansomHub appears to have a new affiliate - NoName, a midtier actor whose main claim to fame so far has been impersonating the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation. NoName is known for exploiting years-old vulnerabilities.

State Officials, Security Experts Warn of Increased Cyberthreats Ahead of Vote
Election security experts told Information Security Media Group the United States continues to lack adequate federal funding and resources to support state and local election information technology security efforts amid heightened global tensions and an ever-expanding threat landscape.

ACAMS' Shilpa Arora on Global Financial Vulnerabilities and Regulatory Challenges
Geopolitical tensions have heightened cross-border fraud, with criminals exploiting technological advances and regulatory gaps between countries. Shilpa Arora, head of anti-financial crime products at ACAMS, discusses ways banks can tackle cross-border fraud schemes.

A Confused Update Process Reinstalled Old, Exploitable Windows 10 Components
Microsoft has issued a slew of software updates to patch numerous flaws, including three zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited via in-the-wild attacks. Another fix addresses a prior update that inadvertently reintroduced vulnerable components to Windows 10.

Cyber Researcher Reported Findings to Virtual Care Provider; Data Now Secured
An AI-powered virtual care provider's unsecured database allegedly exposed thousands of sensitive mental health and substance abuse treatment records between patients and their counselors on the internet - where they were available to anyone, said the security researcher who discovered the trove.

New Tool Uses 40 Indicators to Provide In-Depth Diagnostic Analysis, Officials Say
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo unveiled a new data tool Tuesday called Scale. It assesses a wide range of factors affecting supply chains to provide a detailed analysis of potential risks and challenges, from labor shortages to climate challenges and geopolitical tensions.

Agencies Sign Agreement to Boost Cooperation, Share Cyberthreat Information
The British data protection authority and national law enforcement agency signed onto a cyber risk information-swapping agreement. The National Crime Agency and the Information Commissioner's Office will share cyberthreat assessments and information about incidents.

RAM-Based Radio Signal Attack Allows Attackers to Exfiltrate Data
A novel side-channel attack exploits radio signals emitted by random access memory in air-gapped computers, presenting a new threat to highly secure networks. One of the most effective ways to mitigate the risk is to cover sensitive machines with Faraday shielding.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Says Russia Is Waging 'De Facto Cyberwar'
The Polish government said Monday it faces an onslaught of cyberattacks from Russian and Belarusian security agencies intent on cyberespionage and blackmail. Poland is in the midst of a "de facto cyberwar," said Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.

Threat Actor Is Likely a Beijing Cyberespionage Operator
A Chinese-speaking hacking group is targeting drone manufacturers in Taiwan and other military-related industries on the island country located roughly 100 miles from mainland China. Trend Micro on Friday said it tracks the threat actor as "Tidrone."

COO Jill Popelka Promoted to Chief Executive as Thoma Bravo Acquisition Nears Close
Darktrace has promoted COO Jill Popelka to CEO, replacing long-time leader Poppy Gustafsson. As the cybersecurity AI vendor prepares to finalize its sale to Thoma Bravo, Popelka will steer Darktrace into its next phase of growth. Gustafsson will join the board as a non-executive director.

Action Aims to Ensure That Domestic Defense Industry Keeps Up With AI Developments
The U.S. federal government is preparing to collect reports from foundational artificial intelligence model developers, including details about their cybersecurity defenses and red-teaming efforts. The Department of Commerce said it wants thoughts on how data should be safety collected and stored.

Urgent Fix Addresses Critical Flaw That Allows Remote Code Execution
Progress Software released an urgent patch Thursday to fix a critical vulnerability that hackers could exploit to launch remote attacks. The company is no stranger to urgent patching. It was at the center of a Memorial Day 2023 mass hacking incident.

'Service for America' Will Aim to Attract Diverse Candidates to the Cyber Workforce
The White House announced a hiring sprint to fill cyber, technology and artificial intelligence jobs across federal agencies, dubbed Service for America, which aims to attract diverse candidates for critical open positions in the public sector - along with new incentives.

Healthcare Sector Heavily Relies on Open-Source Web Server; Older Flaws Pose Risk
Federal authorities are alerting healthcare entities of vulnerabilities - including older flaws - that put Apache Tomcat at risk for attacks if left unmitigated. The open-source web server is heavily used in healthcare for hosting electronic health record and other systems and applications.

Acquisition Brings Vulnerability Management to Absolute's Cyber Resilience Platform
Absolute Security has strengthened its platform with the acquisition of Syxsense, adding powerful automated vulnerability management tools to its existing endpoint security capabilities. The move aims to improve security compliance and simplify complex remediation tasks for organizations.

State Says HHS Erred by Shielding Reproductive Health Info From Law Enforcement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration, alleging that "unlawful" HIPAA Privacy Rule regulations are hindering the state's law enforcement investigations into abortion cases and other reproductive health care cases.