Microsoft Paid Out $63 Million Since Launch of First Bug Bounty Program 10 Years Ago
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has paid out $63 million in rewards to the security researchers participating in its bug bounty programs. The tech…
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Insider Q&A: Pentagon AI Chief on Network-Centric Warfare, Generative AI Challenges
The Pentagon’s chief digital and artificial intelligence offer, Craig Martell, is alarmed by the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive and…
CISA Releases Cybersecurity Guidance for Healthcare, Public Health Organizations
The US cybersecurity agency CISA has published new guidance to help healthcare and public health organizations understand the cyber threats and risks to their sector…
Morgan Stanley Fined $6.5 Million for Exposing Customer Information
Morgan Stanley has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement over insecurely disposing of hardware containing unencrypted personal information. Through negligent internal data security practices, the…
Microsoft Hires Sam Altman and OpenAI’s New CEO Vows to Investigate His Firing
Microsoft snapped up Sam Altman and another architect of OpenAI for a new venture after their sudden departures shocked the artificial intelligence world, leaving the…
Johnson Controls Patches Critical Vulnerability in Industrial Refrigeration Products
Johnson Controls recently announced patches for a critical vulnerability found by an external researcher in some of its industrial refrigeration products. According to advisories published…
Yamaha Motor Confirms Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack
The personal information of employees was stolen in a ransomware attack targeting a Philippines subsidiary of Yamaha Motor. The incident, the Japanese mobility and industrial…
5 Steps to Assessing Risk Profiles of Third-Party SSE Platforms
Shifting the approach to cybersecurity from multi-vendor security tools sprawl to a converged Secure Services Edge (SSE) model with a clear migration path to SASE…
Russia’s LitterDrifter USB Worm Spreads Beyond Ukraine
A recently identified USB worm attributed to the Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group Gamaredon appears to have spread beyond Ukraine, its likely intended target,…
250 Organizations Take Part in Electrical Grid Security Exercise
More than 250 organizations took part last week in GridEx VII, the seventh edition of the biennial exercise focusing on the security of the electrical…
US Announces $70 Million Cybersecurity Boost for Rural, Municipal Utilities
The US Department of Energy has announced a $70 million funding opportunity for electric cooperative, small investor-owned, and municipal utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture.…
K-12 Schools Improve Protection Against Online Attacks, but Many Are Vulnerable to Ransomware Gangs
Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to…