Stealth China-linked ORB network gaining footholds in US, East Asia
A recently discovered operational relay box (ORB) network controlled by a China-linked threat group already exceeds 1,000 devices and is...
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Rubrik acquires AI startup Predibase to boost agentic AI offerings
Data management company Rubrik announced plans Wednesday to acquire artificial intelligence startup Predibase, a move aimed at accelerating the adoption...
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Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers
A notice to House offices Monday from the chamber’s chief administrative officer said that staffers are forbidden from having WhatsApp...
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The ‘16 billion password breach’ story is a farce
Supposed experts and mainstream media have spent the past few days hyperventilating over reports of a colossal data breach that...
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Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members
Four members of the notorious cybercriminal group REvil were found guilty of financial fraud and computer crimes targeting primarily American...
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Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill
A congressional crackdown on deepfakes continued this week with the introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill targeting financial scams that...
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Aflac duped by social-engineering attack, marking another hit on insurance industry
Aflac disclosed Friday that it experienced a cyberattack last week that potentially impacted the supplemental insurance company’s data. The Georgia-based...
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Iran’s financial sector takes another hit as largest crypto exchange is targeted
Cyberattacks targeting Iran’s financial sector widened Wednesday, as a pro-Israel hacktivist group stole more than $90 million from Nobitex, the...
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Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers
The hackers targeting prominent researcher and Russian military expert Keir Giles were different this time. The attackers, suspected to be...
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Researchers say AI hacking tools sold online were powered by Grok, Mixtral
Multiple variants of jailbroken and uncensored AI tools being sold on hacker forums were likely generated using popular commercial large...
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Iran’s Bank Sepah disrupted by cyberattack claimed by pro-Israel hacktivist group
Bank Sepah’s website is offline following a hacktivist group’s claimed attack on the Iran state-owned bank. The group, known as...
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Cyber experts call for supercharging volunteer network to protect community organizations
The United States should move toward a new model where “target rich, resource-poor” community organizations like hospitals, schools, utilities and...
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