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Ferrari said that a ransomware attack was responsible for a data breach that exposed customer details, but did not impact company operations.

Maryland startup Aembit gets funding to build an identity platform designed to manage, enforce, and audit access between federated workloads.

Cryptocurrency ATM maker General Bytes discloses a security incident resulting in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of crypto-coins.

Waterfall Security Solutions and TXOne Networks have each announced launching new OT security appliances.

Hitachi Energy has blamed a data breach affecting employees on the recent exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere solution.

NBA is notifying individuals that their information was stolen in a data breach at a third-party mailing services provider.

Cybercriminals are abusing the Adobe Acrobat Sign service in a campaign distributing the RedLine information stealer malware.

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick of New York was arrested and charged last week for allegedly running the popular cybercrime forum BreachForums.

Huawei has replaced thousands of product components banned by the US with homegrown versions, its founder has said.

Latitude Financial Services says the personal information of 300,000 customers was stolen in a cyberattack.

Three US government agencies have issued a joint warning to organizations about LockBit 3.0 ransomware attacks.

The recently identified Trigona ransomware has been highly active, targeting tens of organizations globally.

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Ferrari said that a ransomware attack was responsible for a data breach that exposed customer details, but did not impact company operations.

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Conor Brian Fitzpatrick of New York was arrested and charged last week for allegedly running the popular cybercrime forum BreachForums.

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Huawei has replaced thousands of product components banned by the US with homegrown versions, its founder has said.

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Ferrari said that a ransomware attack was responsible for a data breach that exposed customer details, but did not impact company operations.

Maryland startup Aembit gets funding to build an identity platform designed to manage, enforce, and audit access between federated workloads.

Cryptocurrency ATM maker General Bytes discloses a security incident resulting in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of crypto-coins.

Waterfall Security Solutions and TXOne Networks have each announced launching new OT security appliances.

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In a recent investigation, it was discovered that cybercriminals are creating 57,000 new “fake” websites each week looking to imitate and exploit approximately 375 high-profile brands. eBay and Western Union were the most targeted brands, making up 44 percent of exploited brands discovered. Visa, Amazon, Bank of America and PayPal also heavily targeted by cybercriminals.Banks comprise the majority of fake websites by far with 65 percent of the total. Online stores and auction sites came in at 27 percent, with...

Secure electronic payment solutions provider VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), announced Wednesday that had acquired Semtek, an endpoint encryption solution company. The transaction is an all stock transaction in which Semtek shareholders will receive VeriFone common shares valuing the company at $18 million.

Cybercrime - Staring into the Eye of the BeastI have a problem. Actually, we all have a problem. You see, our life is gooood. Digitally, at least. We’re on the technology speed train, addicted, going full throttle without any desire to slow down. On the contrary, we strive to shift gears to quicken technology’s advancement. We can’t see our lives differently now and we’re expecting things to just get better. But here’s the problem – the bad-guys know this too.

The Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact - Report Gauges Emotional Impact of Cybercrime, Shows 65% of Internet Users a Victim of CybercrimeCybercrime is real, it’s big, and it’s affecting a huge portion of the global Internet population.

Pareto Networks announced Daniel "Dan" Ryan, former executive vice president and general manager of McAfee's (MFE) network security business unit, will serve as CEO of the Cloud-based networking company.

Integration with QualysGuard Allows Sourcefire to Adapt Protection to Known Vulnerabilities on a Customer’s Network Sourcefire and Qualys today announced a product collaboration in which Sourcefire’s IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) will integrate with Qualys’ QualysGuard Vulnerability Management solution.

Snoop Dogg’s partnership with Symantec isn’t off to a great start. Just two days after announcing the “Hack is Wack” rap competition, the HackIsWack.com Web site was attacked. At the time of publishing, the site seems to be offline, likely to protect users from a reported cross site scripting attack discovered on Friday.

HP has won the heated bidding war for storage company 3Par, but Dell will take home $72 million from a break-up fee upon the termination of its merger agreement.Dell announced today that it will not increase its most recent proposal to acquire 3PAR, and that Dell has ended its discussions regarding a potential acquisition.

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GitHub this week made secret scanning generally available and free for all public repositories.

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