Canadian Airline WestJet Says Hackers Stole Customer Data
Canadian airline WestJet this week confirmed that customer personal information was stolen in a June 2025 cyberattack. The incident, disclosed on June 13, involved unauthorized…
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Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension
Identity and access management (IAM) provider Descope has announced raising $35 million in a seed funding extension that brings the total raised by the company…
Broadcom Fails to Disclose Zero-Day Exploitation of VMware Vulnerability
A newly patched high-severity VMware vulnerability has been exploited as a zero-day since October 2024 for code execution with elevated privileges, NVISO Labs reports. Tracked…
Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Security Tech With $50 Device
Researchers have disclosed the details of a new hardware attack that has been demonstrated against AMD and Intel systems, but the chip giants do not…
Apple Updates iOS and macOS to Prevent Malicious Font Attacks
Apple on Monday released a fresh round of security updates that address a single medium-severity vulnerability affecting both iOS and macOS. Tracked as CVE-2025-43400, the…
Google Patches Gemini AI Hacks Involving Poisoned Logs, Search Results
Several weaknesses patched recently by Google in Gemini could have allowed attackers to trick the AI assistant into helping them achieve data theft and other…
Call for Presentations Open for 2025 CISO Forum Virtual Summit
The official Call for Presentations (CFP) for SecurityWeek’s 2025 CISO Forum Virtual Summit, being held November 12-13, 2025, is open through October 10, 2025. Throughout this two-day virtual event, sessions…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating AI Safety Measures
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law that aims to prevent people from using powerful artificial intelligence models for potentially catastrophic activities like…
New Guidance Calls on OT Operators to Create Continually Updated System Inventory
Cybersecurity agencies in several countries have teamed up to create new guidance for operational technology (OT) organizations, specifically for building and maintaining a definitive view…
Mondoo Raises $17.5 Million for Vulnerability Management Platform
Vulnerability management company Mondoo on Tuesday announced that it has raised $17.5 million in a Series A extension funding round. The latest investment, which brings…
CISO Conversations: John ‘Four’ Flynn, VP of Security at Google DeepMind
DeepMind, an AI research laboratory founded in London in 2010, was acquired by Google in 2014. In April 2023, it merged with the Google Brain…
High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Aria Operations, NSX, vCenter
Broadcom on Monday announced patches for six vulnerabilities affecting VMware Aria Operations, NSX, vCenter, and VMware Tools products, including four high-severity flaws. Both Aria Operations…