Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal could benefit enterprises
The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts. Source link
Category: CyberSecurityDive
Government, industry partner to shut down long-running Sality botnet
U.S. law-enforcement agencies and the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down a 23-year-old Russia-based botnet on Monday. Authorities from the Justice Department, the FBI and the…
CISA scraps 6 free cybersecurity assessments for critical infrastructure operators
The agency’s decision, spurred by workload concerns, could leave organizations without valuable insights into their vulnerabilities. Source link
Security policies fail to keep up with a hybrid cloud world
Roughly two-thirds of companies have suffered a business-critical app outage due to misconfigured security policies, a Cloud Security Alliance report found. Source link
Frontier AI used to help exploit flaws in key industrial devices
A report showed that Claude could help hackers develop attack strategies targeting PLCs used by water utilities and other industries. Source link
State-linked actor targets Cisco routers for espionage
An actor known as Fire Ant has expanded its reach into trusted environments, with unique tooling and stealth. Source link
PaperCut issues emergency patches as threat actors target chained vulnerabilities
The print management software maker faced a wave of attacks in 2023 aimed at higher education customers. Source link
CISA identifies security hurdles that led to very different results in two red-team engagements
The agency said its recent simulated cyberattacks offered several key lessons for many organizations. Source link
Frontier AI tipping the scales toward cyber adversaries
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that threat actors are already using AI to accelerate cyberattacks beyond the abilities of modern defenses. Source…
Federal authorities disrupt China-backed hacking operation targeting US critical infrastructure
Compromised IoT devices were used in a yearslong campaign against key sectors and U.S. government agencies. Source link
Hundreds of agents went rogue in lead up to Hugging Face breach
OpenAI released a technical breakdown of the historic incident and plans changes to prevent such an occurrence from happening again. Source link
Boston Scientific says cyberattack disrupted order processing, shipping
The medical device-maker says it cannot yet determine any financial impact from the attack it suffered this week. Source link