Ukrainian Man Pleads Guilty in US to Conti Ransomware Charges
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in a US court to his role in the notorious Conti ransomware group, the Department of Justice announced. The man,…
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NewCore Emerges From Stealth Mode With $66 Million in Funding
Israeli cybersecurity startup NewCore today emerged from stealth mode with $66 million in seed funding from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, and Evolution Equity Partners. Founded by…
Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has published an analysis of the attacks carried out by a cyberespionage group linked to the Chinese government. Tracked…
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer
Mackay Sugar, a major Australian sugar producer, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its mills. The…
FBI, Google Dismantle ‘Outsider Enterprise’ Phishing Service
The FBI and Google have announced the takedown of Outsider Enterprise, a large phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that caused billions of dollars in losses. Operating out…
Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters
Google has confirmed that a PeopleSoft vulnerability mitigated by Oracle this week has been exploited by ShinyHunters as a zero-day to steal data from organizations.…
NPM 12 Will Change Script Execution Behavior to Prevent Supply Chain Attacks
In response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the NPM ecosystem, GitHub announced that scripts from dependencies will no longer be executed…
Anthropic Disputes Fable 5 AI Jailbreak
Anthropic has disputed allegations of a prompt-based jailbreak affecting its recently launched Claude Fable 5 AI model, underscoring the robustness of the advanced classifier system…
Anthropic Says It Has Taken Its Latest AI Models Offline to Comply With New Export Controls
AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a…
Chrome 149 Update Patches 28 Vulnerabilities
Google on Thursday rolled out a Chrome 149 update that resolves 28 critical and high-severity vulnerabilities. The update patches five critical-severity bugs: use-after-free issues in…
Iranian Cyber Group Handala Claims Cal Water Hack
The Iran-linked threat actor Handala this week boasted to have hacked California Water Service (Cal Water), and published 5 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from…
In Other News: Google Security Layoffs, AudiA6 Takedown, $400 Million Coupang Fine
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…