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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Capital One hacker’s sentence reversed, Google patches critical Chrome vulnerability, the story of an Expat flaw. 

The Cloak ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a February cyberattack on Virginia Attorney General’s Office.

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Cato Networks discovers a new LLM jailbreak technique that relies on creating a fictional world to bypass a model’s security controls.

The FishMonger APT group, a subdivision of Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon, compromised seven organizations in a 2022 campaign.

Industry professionals comment on Google acquiring cloud security giant Wiz for $32 billion in cash.

The Hellcat ransomware group claims to have stolen tens of gigabytes of data from Ascom and Jaguar Land Rover.

Former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes seeking intimate photos and videos.

More details have come to light on the recent supply chain attack targeting GitHub Actions, including its root cause.

Analysis reveals a 140% increase in browser phishing, including a 130% increase in zero-hour phishing attacks.

Real-time event and risk detection firm Dataminr has raised $85 million from NightDragon and HSBC to accelerate AI development.

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Life360 has appointed Vari Bindra, former Amazon cybersecurity lead, as Chief Information Security Officer.

Forcepoint has appointed Guy Shamilov as CISO, Bakshi Kohli as CTO and Naveen Palavalli as CPO and CMO.

Paul Calatayud has been named CISO of developer security posture management firm Archipelo.

Cyber readiness and response firm Sygnia has appointed Avi Golan as its new CEO.

Cybersecurity firm Absolute Security announced Harold Rivas as its new CISO.

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More details have come to light on the recent supply chain attack targeting GitHub Actions, including its root cause.

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Attacks involving Paragon’s Graphite spyware involved a WhatsApp zero-day that could be exploited without any user interaction.

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News analysis: Google positions itself to compete with Microsoft for enterprise security dollars. How does this deal affect startup ecosystem?

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A long-running campaign phishing for credentials through scareware recently switched to targeting macOS users.

Google has confirmed reports that it’s buying cloud security giant Wiz and says it’s prepared to pay $32 billion in cash.

A year-old vulnerability in a third-party ChatGPT tool is being exploited against financial entities and US government organizations.

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BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced Sunday that her government was creating a secure email system to try and shield official communications from spying by the United States and other countries.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently revealed that she does not protect access to her smartphone with a passcode, leaving her mobile device potentially exposed if someone is able to snag it. Though I have seen security wonks almost stroke out over this, is it really a big deal? Probably not.

BRASÍLIA - Brazil-based US reporter Glenn Greenwald said Wednesday he would publish documents from intelligence leaker Edward Snowden focused on France and Spain. Greenwald, a Rio-based correspondent for Britain's Guardian newspaper, also said that if Brazil wanted more data on alleged US snooping into its affairs it should offer Snowden asylum.

Dome9, a provider of cloud security management tools, has released a new tool that allows Amazon Web Services (AWS) users to visualize their security setup and to easily discover misconfigurations, resolve potential security issues, and streamline compliance processes.

We’re facing a generation gap when it comes to combatting today’s attacks. Adversaries are using next-generation attack methods while many organizations are using first-generation defenses. And the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. Designed for another time, most first-generation network security devices can’t keep pace with challenges like:

SAN FRANCISCO - A US judge on Wednesday ordered the accused mastermind of the nefarious online black market Silk Road sent to New York to stand trial. Ross William Ulbricht, speaking through a defense attorney, put off seeking bail and agreed to be taken back to the city where federal criminal charges against him were filed.

Fortinet, a provider of network security solutions, this week unveiled a new high performance, firewall designed for enterprise data centers, large service providers, cloud providers and carriers.

WASHINGTON - US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are collecting massive amounts of data on Americans and storing it for too long, creating a potential for abuse, a research report said Tuesday.

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Google has integrated OSV-SCALIBR features into OSV-Scanner, its free vulnerability scanner for open source developers.

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