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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Multiple U.S.-based companies in the insurance sector have already been hit over the past week and a half, according to Mandiant.
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The move last week came amid the pullback of other SEC regulations.
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Archetyp Market facilitated high-volume sales of fentanyl, cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines and synthetic opioids since 2020, according to authorities.
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A burst of global law enforcement actions during the past few weeks marked by a flurry of successful takedowns gives cybercrime experts a jolt of hope.
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The spyware’s developer, Intellexa, has been under pressure due to sanctions and public disclosure, but Recorded Future uncovered fresh activity.
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They’re the first confirmed cases of Paragon spyware on Apple products, according to Citizen Lab.
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The organizations say a reintroduced version of the bill would “break” encryption for most Americans and make it impossible for end-to-end encrypted service providers to avoid lawsuits.
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Operation Secure targeted malicious IPs, domains and servers used for infostealer operations that claimed more than 216,000 victims.
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The CVE program publishes standardized information about known cyber vulnerabilities, while the NVD is a storehouse for vulnerability management data.
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Amazon CSO Stephen Schmidt says AI is transforming the way the company does security reviews and incident response.
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A researcher tells CyberScoop that up to 80% of enterprises could be vulnerable to the zero-day Microsoft patched in its June update.
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Green, R-Tenn., has championed legislation on the cyber workforce, renewal of a cyber threat information sharing bill and more.
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