Apple discloses zero-day vulnerability, releases emergency patches
Apple released emergency software patches Tuesday that address a newly identified zero-day vulnerability in the company’s WebKit web browser engine. ...
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X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.
Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known...
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Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal
Business groups told lawmakers Tuesday that they fear cyber threat information sharing could drop off in light of the Trump...
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Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown could increase potential harm
A potential government shutdown looms by the end of this week if Congress doesn’t pass legislation to keep funding the...
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Sean Plankey picked by Trump to be CISA director
President Donald Trump nominated Sean Plankey to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday, the last major piece...
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New York sues Allstate and subsidiaries for back-to-back data breaches
Allstate and several of the insurance company’s subsidiaries were accused of poor security practices resulting in data breaches in 2020...
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Multiple vulnerabilities found in ICONICS industrial SCADA software
A popular set of SCADA software systems used in critical infrastructure around the world suffered from at least five known...
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Investigator says differing names for hacker groups, hackers studying investigative methods hinders law enforcement
Malicious hacking groups pay close attention to public documents related to criminal prosecutions, and the lack of standardized names for...
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Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security
The NSA’s former top cybersecurity official told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s attempts to mass fire probationary federal...
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Chainguard’s FIPS-compliant Cassandra addresses security demand of federal and regulated markets
Open-source software security firm Chainguard announced Wednesday that it is now building FIPS-validated images for Apache Cassandra, achieving what it...
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Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful behavior
The generative AI revolution is leading to an explosion of chatbot personas that are specifically designed to promote harmful behaviors...
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Cybercriminals picked up the pace on attacks last year
Threat actors became increasingly efficient last year, rapidly achieving lateral movement and swiftly stealing data at a faster clip than...
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