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One of the largest healthcare systems in the United States is scrambling to contain a hack that’s causing disruption and “downtime procedures” at hospitals around the country.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: European Parliament application breached, DocGo hacked, VMware advisories moved to Broadcom portal. 

A Chrome 124 update patches the second Chrome zero-day that has been found to be exploited in malicious attacks in 2024.

The Ohio Lottery cyberattack conducted by the DragonForce ransomware group has impacted more than 500,000 individuals.

Hundreds of companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2024 edition of the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Accenture Federal Services wins $789 million U.S. Navy SHARKCAGE cybersecurity contract.

Tech giant notifies millions of customers that full names and physical mailing addresses were stolen during a security incident.

When not scamming other criminals, criminals are concentrating on the use of mainstream AI products rather than developing their own AI systems.

The LockBit cybercrime group has taken credit for the recent ransomware attack that disrupted City of Wichita systems.

CISA’s Vulnrichment project is adding important information to CVE records to help improve vulnerability management processes.

BetterHelp customers have started receiving refund notices from a $7.8 million data privacy settlement, the FTC says.

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Ex-NSA chief Paul Nakasone has been appointed founding director of the Institute for National Defense and Global Security at Vanderbilt University.

Garo Doudian has joined NextGen Healthcare as Chief Information and Security Officer (CIO/CISO).

Denmark-based cybersecurity solutions firm Heimdal announced the appointment of Jesper Frederiksen as its new CEO.

Healthcare cybersecurity firm Blackwell Security has named Geyer Jones as its first CEO.

Searchlight Cyber has appointed Tim Warner as VP of Global Enterprise Sales.

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A Chrome 124 update patches the second Chrome zero-day that has been found to be exploited in malicious attacks in 2024.

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Zscaler says its customer, production and corporate environments are not impacted after a notorious hacker offers to sell access.

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Charges and sanctions announced against Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, the alleged developer and operator of LockBit ransomware.

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One of the largest healthcare systems in the United States is scrambling to contain a hack that’s causing disruption and “downtime procedures” at hospitals…

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: European Parliament application breached, DocGo hacked, VMware advisories moved to Broadcom portal. 

A Chrome 124 update patches the second Chrome zero-day that has been found to be exploited in malicious attacks in 2024.

The Ohio Lottery cyberattack conducted by the DragonForce ransomware group has impacted more than 500,000 individuals.

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McAfee and Citrix Systems have delivered the first product of a joint collaboration announced earlier this year to make virtual desktop security simpler and more scalable for large enterprise deployments. Released today at the Citrix Synergy conference in Berlin, McAfee Management for Optimized Virtualized Environments AntiVirus (MOVE AV) has been specifically designed for Citrix XenDesktop, helping customers secure corporate data and applications delivered to virtual desktops running on servers in the datacenter.

Cisco ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance and AnyConnect 3.0 Bring Enhanced Security and Performance Features to the EnterpriseCisco announced new products and services this week across several elements of its “Borderless Network Architecture,” Cisco’s vision of connecting anyone, anywhere, on any device -- securely, reliably, and seamlessly.

A new report issued by Verizon this week on compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) reveals that only 22 percent of the organizations assessed were PCI compliant at the time of their initial examination. But compliance is worth the trouble. According to the report, organizations that suffer credit card data breaches are 50 percent less likely to be PCI compliant.

The results a study that examined Federal chief information officers’ (CIO) and chief information security officers’ (CISO) perceptions and usage experiences for CyberScope was released today.CyberScope is the new Federal Information Security Management Act’s (FISMA) online reporting created by the Obama administration to streamline the reporting process, enhance analysis, and reduce the $2.3 billion the federal government spends on compliance each year.

FBI's Most Wanted Cyber CriminalsLast week the FBI’s New York office made several arrests related to a large international cybercrime ring, and are seeking 17 others. Those arrested are charged with using hundreds of false-name bank accounts to receive more than $3 million from victimized accounts.

CSC today announced that it has acquired Vulnerability Research Labs (VRL), a privately held cyber threat intelligence firm based in Columbia, Maryland.

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Application Security

Application Security

Adobe is providing incentives for bug bounty hackers to report security flaws in its implementation of Content Credentials and Adobe Firefly.

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Cloud Security

Cloud security giant Wiz has raised $1 billion, which brings the total funding to $1.9 billion, at a valuation of $12 billion.