Ransomware Group Takes Credit for Trellix Hack
The RansomHouse ransomware group has taken credit for the recent attack on the cybersecurity firm Trellix. The Trellix hack came to light this week when…
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Cyberattack Hits Canvas System Used by Thousands of Schools as Finals Loom
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday during a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and…
AI Firm Braintrust Prompts API Key Rotation After Data Breach
AI evaluation and observability platform Braintrust urged customers this week to rotate API keys that may have been compromised after hackers accessed an AWS account.…
In Other News: Train Hacker Arrested, PamDOORa Linux Backdoor, New CISA Director Frontrunner
SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader…
Polish Security Agency Reports ICS Breaches at Five Water Treatment Plants
Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has documented a significant escalation in cyberattacks targeting industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) infrastructure during 2024…
‘PCPJack’ Worm Removes TeamPCP Infections, Steals Credentials
A threat actor has launched a campaign to clean up environments infected by the infamous TeamPCP hacking group and deploy its own malicious tools, SentinelOne…
Boost Security Raises $4 Million for SDLC Defense Platform
Software development life cycle (SDLC) defense provider Boost Security has announced raising $4 million in funding, and two acquisitions meant to expand its platform’s capabilities.…
Worries About AI’s Risks to Humanity Loom Over the Trial Pitting Musk Against OpenAI’s Leaders
At the heart of the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a moment when they found common cause on an ever…
Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking
Palo Alto Networks has shared some information on the exploitation of the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability affecting some of its firewalls. The cybersecurity firm has…
Attackers Could Exploit AI Vision Models Using Imperceptible Image Changes
Cisco’s AI Threat Intelligence and Security Research team has published the second installment of a study probing how vision-language models (VLM), AI systems that read…
Claude AI Guided Hackers Toward OT Assets During Water Utility Intrusion
Cybersecurity firm Dragos has released a threat intelligence report detailing an intrusion into a municipal water and drainage utility in Monterrey, Mexico, in which an…
Romanian Man Extradited to US for Role in Hacking Scheme 17 Years Ago
A Romanian national was recently extradited to the United States for his role in a cybercrime scheme carried out 17 years ago, the Justice Department…