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Report finds most organizations have suffered financial impact of $500,000 or more from cyberattacks on cyber-physical systems over past year.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: students dox people with Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, OT hunting guide for water systems, NVD backlog still significant. 

Google Cloud makes new confidential computing options generally available and expands attestation support.

Inside the collapse of IronNet: Some say the firm collapsed, in part, because it engaged in questionable business practices, produced subpar offerings, and could have been vulnerable to meddling by the Kremlin.

Roundup of the 37 cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in September 2024.

Pixel 9 comes with improved security hardening mitigations against common exploits on cellular basebands.

Russian authorities have arrested 96 individuals suspected of having ties to US-disrupted UAPS and Cryptex cryptocurrency exchanges.

According to a barebones Apple advisory, the new iOS 18.0.1 fixes two bugs that expose passwords and audio snippets to malicious hackers.

The coordinated action resulted in the seizure of more than 100 domains used for spear-phishing targets in the US, UK, and Europe.

CISO salaries are getting higher and experience counts. Average annual compensation for these cybersecurity leaders is more than $550K.

The hack of a police system that exposed contact details of all Dutch police officers was almost certainly carried out by hackers working for a foreign government, the justice minister said.

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Defense contractor Nightwing has appointed Tricia Fitzmaurice as Chief Growth Officer.

Xage Security has appointed Russell McGuire as CRO and Ashraf Daqqa as VP of the META region.

Solana co-founder Stephen Akridge has been appointed the CEO of data protection firm Cyber Grant.

Mario Duarte, formerly head of security at Snowflake, has joined Aembit as CISO.

Kevin Mandia has joined Expel’s board of directors and has been named chair of the board at SpecterOps.

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Inside the collapse of IronNet: Some say the firm collapsed, in part, because it engaged in questionable business practices, produced subpar offerings, and could have been vulnerable to meddling by the Kremlin.

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CISO salaries are getting higher and experience counts. Average annual compensation for these cybersecurity leaders is more than $550K.

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A breach at Rackspace exposes the fragility of the software supply chain, triggering a blame game among vendors over an exploited zero-day.

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Cloudflare recently mitigated another record-breaking DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 Tbps and 2.14 billion Pps. 

Previously seized LockBit websites have been used to announce more arrests, charges and infrastructure disruptions.

That dream of a decentralized privacy-retaining identity system able to combat AI-driven bots and deepfakes may not be as elusive as feared – courtesy of Tools for Humanity (TfH) and Worldcoin.

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