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Rapid7 Gets Truce With Activist Investor, Adds 3 Board Seats

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Cooperation Deal With Jana Expands Rapid7 Board to 11, Tightens Governance Controls
Rapid7 struck a truce with Jana Partners, agreeing to hand the activist investor three board seats in exchange for cooperation until early next year. The deal will boost Rapid7's board size from eight to 11, adding former Forescout CEO Wael Mohamed and former Imperva and Gigamon CFO Michael Burns.

23andMe's Bankruptcy: What Does it Mean for Data Privacy?

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1 week 1 day ago

California Alerting Consumers to Delete Data, Samples Shared With Firm
Genetics testing firm 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it is looking to sell the company. But what does that potentially mean for the firm's trove of highly sensitive health and ancestry information pertaining to millions of consumers?

Fake Out: Babuk2 Ransomware Group Claims Bogus Victims

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1 week 4 days ago

What Do You Mean, Hospital-Targeting Sociopath Ransomware Wielders Continue to Lie?
A ransomware group reusing the Babuk ransomware brand claims to have stolen data from the likes of Amazon, Delta and US Bank. Just one problem: Security experts found a startling overlap between its claimed victims and previous attacks scored by the likes of Clop, LockBit and RansomHub.

China Borrows From Feds' Anti-Hacker Psychological Playbook

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1 week 4 days ago

Supposed Taiwanese State Hackers Unmasked by China's Ministry of State Security
Nothing beats messing with your adversaries' heads than taking a page from their psychological operations playbook. Witness China's Ministry of State Security unmasking four Taiwanese government hackers in a move borrowed from the U.S. government's playbook.

Live Webinar | AI vs. AI: Transforming Cybersecurity Through Proactive Technologies

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Live Webinar | What’s Driving the Convergence Between EDR and MDR

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Tech Giants, Utility Firms Form AI Consortium

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1 week 4 days ago

Open Power AI Consortium Members Include Nvidia and Microsoft
Tech giants and utility providers on Thursday formed an alliance to harness artificial intelligence for a more resilient power grid. More than two dozen organizations are participating in the Open Power AI Consortium led by the Electric Power Research Institute.

Software Firm Notifying Patients, Practices of Data Exposure

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1 week 4 days ago

Researcher Found Unsecured Database Server Containing 1,864 GB of OrthoMinds' Data
An orthodontic practice software vendor is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was exposed to the internet for 10 days last November. The security researcher who discovered the data leak said the incident appears to have lasted longer and affected more than 200,000 patients.

Chinese Hackers Exploit Unpatched Servers in Taiwan

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1 week 4 days ago

UAT-5918 Breaches Taiwan's Critical Sectors Using N-Day Flaws for Cyberespionage
Hackers with ties to China-based hacking groups including Volt Typhoon are breaching Taiwan's critical infrastructure by exploiting unpatched web and application servers as entry points for a cyberespionage campaign. Cisco Talos threat hunters identified the new threat actor as UAT-5918.

Dataminr Raises $85M to Advance Predictive, Agentic AI Tools

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1 week 4 days ago

Dave DeWalt's NightDragon and HSBC to Back New Product Rollouts and Global Growth
Dataminr received $85 million in convertible pre-IPO funding from Dave DeWalt’s NightDragon and HSBC. The investment will support the rollout of context agents and pre-generative AI capabilities, and enable the company to scale internationally ahead of its planned initial public offering.

Shifting the Mindset from Cost Center to Revenue Generator

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1 week 5 days ago

How Strong AML and Fraud Prevention Controls Can Differentiate Your Fintech and Help You Scale

As fintechs and financial institutions navigate an increasingly complex payments ecosystem, robust AML and fraud prevention controls are no longer just a compliance necessity—they’re a strategic advantage. Discover how risk-based frameworks, intelligent detection systems, and stronger partnerships can enhance trust, streamline operations, and safeguard against evolving financial crime threats.

Why Google and Wiz Struck a Deal Now After 2024 Talks Caved

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1 week 5 days ago

Major Competitive, Regulatory, Economic and Technological Changes Fueled This Deal
The fact a $32 billion acquisition agreement between Google and Wiz was reached speaks to major changes that have occurred in the market around the competitive landscape, the regulatory environment, the macroeconomic environment, customer buying behavior, and the technology itself.

Violent ChatGPT Hallucination Sparks GDPR Complaint

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1 week 5 days ago

Norwegian Man Tells OpenAI: I Didn't Kill My Children
A Norwegian man is peeved that a chatbot hallucinated a violent backstory for his life after seeing that ChatGPT apparently believes he's a child killer spending decades inside prison. "The fact that someone could read this output and believe it is true is what scares me the most," he said.

Authorities Warn of Security Terror Threats to Hospitals

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1 week 5 days ago

Health ISAC, AHA Bulletin Urges Entities to Bolster Physical, Cyber, Preparedness
Threats transmitted on social media intimating coordinated terrorist attacks on hospitals in mid-tier U.S. cities have industry authorities warning the healthcare sector to shore up physical and cyber security, as well as emergency management response plans.

Fighting Financial Fraud With Adversarial AI Defenses

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1 week 5 days ago

Experts Weigh the Advantages and Risks of Generative Adversarial Networks
With traditional rule-based fraud detection systems and even conventional machine learning models struggling to identify these highly deceptive fraud patterns, financial institutions are exploring generative adversarial networks to enhance fraud detection.

White House Shifting Cyber Risk to State and Local Agencies

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1 week 5 days ago

Executive Order Shifts Cyber Responsibilities to States, Sparking Security Concerns
The White House is shifting cybersecurity risk management from the federal government to states and local agencies, marking a pivot in how Washington supports the protection of elections and critical infrastructure. Many states lack their own national security and cyberthreat intelligence centers.

Rash of Hacks Hits Nursing Homes and Rehab Centers

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1 week 6 days ago

Why Are Facilities Caring for the Elderly 'Targets of Opportunity' For Cybercrime?
More than a half dozen nursing homes and rehabilitation centers have reported an assortment of major hacks in the last month affecting a total of more than 130,000 individuals. What makes facilities caring for elderly and disabled patients an attractive and vulnerable target to cybercriminals?

Hackers Exploit Unpatched ChatGPT Bug

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1 week 6 days ago

Over 10K Exploit Attempts Recorded in a Week From a Single Malicious IP
Hackers are exploiting a vulnerability in ChatGPT's infrastructure to redirect users to malicious websites, with security researchers recording more than 10,000 exploit attempts in a week from a single malicious IP address. The financial sector has borne the brunt of the attacks.

Tesla Owners Doxxed as Elon Musk and DOGE Fallout Grows

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1 week 6 days ago

'Dogequest' Site Provided Tesla Owners Addresses, Names and Phone Numbers
The White House slammed a website that purported to reveal the names, addresses and phone numbers of Tesla owners - unless they showed proof of selling their vehicles made by Elon Musk's car company - amid growing criticism over his efforts to sharply reduce the size of the federal government.

UK NCSC Sets 2035 Deadline for Post-Quantum Migration

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1 week 6 days ago

Cyber Agency Urges Critical Infrastructure Operators to Migrate Within the Deadline
The British cybersecurity agency urged critical infrastructure operators to adapt to post-quantum cryptography by 2035 as it and other government agencies prepare for the inevitability of quantum computers capable of breaking current encryption algorithms.

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