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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.

F5 has patched two potentially serious vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next that could allow an attacker to take full control of a device.

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

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

Tel Aviv-based firm emerged from stealth with $7 million seed funding led by TLV Partners with participation from SNR and angel investors.

Organizations need to look beyond preventive measures when it comes to dealing with today’s ransomware threats and invest in ransomware response.

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

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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.

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HP and Oracle today reaffirmed their long-term strategic partnership and the resolution of litigation regarding Mark V. Hurd’s employment at Oracle. While the terms of the settlement are confidential, Mr. Hurd will adhere to his obligations to protect HP’s confidential information while fulfilling his responsibilities at Oracle. CNBC reported that no money changed hands as part of the settlement but that Hurd may have forfeited some of the stock he was entitled to as part of his departure from HP.

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At the recent Forrester Security Forum in Boston, IBM Security executives discussed how companies can more effectively manage cost, complexity and compliance in a world where threats are constantly changing and information is always compounding. Subjects discussed include data controls, malware defense, patch management, misperception of risk, secure by design, and more.

Qualys today announced the release of the second annual “Top Cyber Security Risks Report.” featuring new data from HP TippingPoint DVLabs, SANS Institute and Qualys Research Labs, plus a “deep dive” analysis of PDF attacks, one of the fastest-growing classes of exploits now in play.Qualys's data on patching status for vulnerabilities alone is derived from more than 13 million scans each week.

IT Security Professionals Optimistic Future Funding. Concerned that Business Partners and Suppliers have been Weakened by Economic Conditions. The U.S. and Europe are behind the times when it comes to achieving maturity in IT security, and they lag in willingness to spend on security as well, according to the newly-released 2011 Global State of Information Security Study by CIO, CSO and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

One third of small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a malware or virus infection via social networks through July of this year, and 23 percent actually lost sensitive data via these networks, according to Panda Security’s first annual Social Media Risk Index.

McAfee today announced the discoveries in its 2010 “Digital Music & Movies Report: The True Cost of Free Entertainment” revealing a growing number of cyber threats associated with the popularity of online music and videos. McAfee researchers found that adding the word “free” to searches increases the risk of landing on a malicious site.

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