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The rise of AI presents both extraordinary opportunities and intimidating challenges in cybersecurity. While AI can easily identify and exploit vulnerabilities, deploying it without robust security measures introduces significant risks.
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RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit that “popped up” earlier this year, has already amassed at least 210 victims (that we know of).
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Kyiv, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 28th Aug, 2024) Russian bombardment on the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk killed six people on Wednesday, the governor of the region said, as Moscow announced it had taken another village in the area.
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CISA has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
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In healthcare, effective cybersecurity is essential. Sensitive patient data faces increasing cyber threats, demanding robust IT infrastructure management. Safeguarding information isn’t optional – it’s a fundamental requirement. Securing email systems and detecting malware, for example, play crucial roles in protecting privacy and maintaining trust with patients.
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Patch Tuesday is once again upon us: Microsoft releases a big security patch on the second Tuesday of each month, containing fixes for any vulnerabilities the company discovered since the previous month’s patch. While it’s always important to keep your PC updated with the latest security patches, this Patch Tuesday is particularly essential.
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There are lots of reasons you may not be on a first-name basis with your neighbors. Maybe you moved recently (or you moved at any time in the last four years, when people were understandably a bit more standoffish). Or maybe you just have a hard time initiating contact with people under any circumstances.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2024 addressed six actively exploited bugs
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The proximity to Black Hat and DEF CON may have played a part in that, however, as some of the publicly disclosed vulnerabilities came from talks given by security researchers last week at the two conferences. Those vulnerabilities might have been reported responsibly to Microsoft in advance, but weren’t considered severe enough to warrant out-of-band…
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang, at least so far, this year, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. Of the 53 ransomware groups whose underworld websites, where the crooks name their victims and leak stolen data,…
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Medical organizations must implement robust cybersecurity solutions due to the sensitivity of the data they handle and the increasing frequency of cyberattacks. As these organizations rely more heavily on technology for storing and managing patient data in the digital era, their vulnerability to cyber threats, such as ransomware, DDoS attacks, and IP address manipulation, also…
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Recent news has frequently highlighted how vulnerabilities in a company’s IT infrastructure can lead to devastating cyber-attacks. However, an intriguing twist has emerged: a flaw in the infrastructure managed by a ransomware group has led to a dramatic near-miss where six companies were spared from hefty ransomware payments.
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Six Iranian Hackers Identified in Cyberattacks on US Water Utilities, $10 Million Reward Announced
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The U.S. State Department has identified six Iranian government hackers allegedly responsible for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. water utilities last fall. In response, the department has announced a substantial reward for information about these six Iranian hackers leading to their identification or location.
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Although DataBreaches does not report on all incidents involving U.S. healthcare entities, a log is kept to calculate statistics for the annual Breach Barometer report produced by Protenus, Inc. For the month of July, DataBreaches noted the following six U.S. hospitals disclosed breaches or were claimed as victims by threat actors. Some of these incidents…
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The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft vulnerability dating back to 2018 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue after evidence emerged that it is being used in an attack chain by the China-backed APT41 advanced persistent threat group.
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Bamako, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 31st Jul, 2024) Drone attacks killed at least six civilians Tuesday in a northern Mali town where the military and its Russian allies recently suffered heavy losses fighting separatist rebels, local officials and separatists told AFP.
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What is a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), why are security leaders recommended to implement a CNAPP, what should they look for in a CNAPP, and how should they manage the evaluation process? Per our understanding, this is all laid out in the 2024 Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs) by Gartner®.
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GitLab, the widely-used code collaboration platform, released a security update today that addresses a half-dozen vulnerabilities across multiple versions of its software. While none of the flaws are classified as “critical,” one high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) bug could have serious consequences for users who don’t upgrade promptly.
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There is no shortage of news headlines about companies falling victim to cyber breaches and the astounding costs associated with them. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, the global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million, a 15 percent increase since 2020. For the financial services industry,…
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Six people were killed in Bangladesh and hundreds injured on Tuesday during the ongoing students’ protest against the quota system that reinstates a 30 per cent quota for government jobs for children of freedom fighters in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, as per the local news. The government has ordered the indefinite closure of…