Dozens of groups call for governments to protect encryption
On Monday, more than 60 digital commerce and trade groups called on governments around the globe to reject efforts or requests to weaken or bypass…
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Fortinet’s delayed alert on actively exploited defect put defenders at a disadvantage
Federal authorities and researchers alerted organizations Friday to a massively exploited vulnerability in Fortinet’s web application firewall. While the actively exploited critical defect poses significant…
DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts
The Justice Department notched a few more wins in the fight against North Korean cryptocurrency heists and the regime’s expansive scheme to get remote IT…
China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work
Anthropic made headlines Thursday when it released research claiming that a previously unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group used the company’s Claude AI generative AI product…
Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit
The phishing kit Lighthouse, which has aided text scams like those soliciting victims to pay unpaid road tolls, appears to have been hampered shortly after…
The retail sector needs a cybersecurity talent incubator
Retail giants have a target on their backs. Hackers are picking them apart at a rate rarely seen in other industries. Louis Vuitton and Dior…
FBI calls Akira ‘top five’ ransomware variant out of 130 targeting US businesses
Federal cyber authorities shared new details Thursday about the Akira ransomware group’s techniques, the tools it uses and vulnerabilities it exploits for initial access alongside…
Washington Post confirms data on nearly 10,000 people stolen from its Oracle environment
The Washington Post said it, too, was impacted by the data theft and extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers, compromising human resources data on…
Operation Endgame targets malware networks in global crackdown
In a sweeping international crackdown coordinated from Europol’s headquarters, law enforcement agencies from the United States and 10 other countries have disrupted three of the…
Congressional Dems press governors to block feds from accessing state DMV data
Forty Democratic members of the House and Senate issued a joint letter Wednesday to 19 states led by Democratic governors, urging them to block Immigrations…
Advocacy group calls on OpenAI to address Sora 2’s deepfake risks
Throughout 2024, OpenAI teased the public release of Sora, its new video generation large language model, capable of creating lifelike visuals out of user prompts.…
While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs
The Trump administration’s top cyber officials have emphasized the urgent need to take aggressive action to deter increasingly brazen foreign cyberattacks. Trump himself, however, has…