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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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HP to Acquire Fortify SoftwareHP (NYSE:HPQ) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortify Software, a privately held software security assurance company based in San Mateo, California.

Entrust IdentityGuard 9.3 Released - Adds Out-of-Band AuthenticationIdentity-based security provider Entrust has announced the immediate availability of out-of-band authentication via its new mobile application, IdentityGuard Mobile. The application is now a component of the company’s Entrust IdentityGuard 9.3 layered security system for mobile devices.

"Contrary to any rumors, the security architecture is the same around the world and RIM truly has no ability to provide its customers’ encryption keys." Authorities in India, in and effort to keep militants and spies off its mobile networks, is demanding access to email and messaging services provided by Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry.India has given Research In Motion a deadline of August 31st to comply with a request to gain access to encrypted BlackBerry messaging services within...

Mobile Virus Authors Expected to see Android Systems as a Growing TargetGoogle's Android mobile OS has been declared the fastest growing mobile platform according to recent reports, with over 160,000 Android devices being activated every day. This astronomical growth is credited to a friendly user interface and openness of the platform.However, Android's openness has turned its online app store, Android Market, into a breeding ground for malicious applications capable of stealing sensitive user information from the mobile phones. 

Top Five Worst DNS Security IncidentsPreserving Internet security is often an iterative process, with defenders aware that they must be responsive as well as proactive in order to stay one step ahead of would-be attackers. Software developers must respond to vulnerabilities discovered in their code, anti-virus service providers must respond to new variants of malware, and enterprises must repair the holes in their networks when they are found; Promptly.

McAfee Threat Report - Malware Dominates The Threat LandscapeMcAfee has released its 'McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2010' threat analysis report, showing that malware is at an all-time high but that spam has shown slow growth figures when compared to the first quarter of 2010.According to the report, volumes of spam circulating on the internet increased by merely 2.5 percent as compared to Q1'10, after reaching its highest of 175 billion spam emails a day in the third quarter of...

Toshiba has rolled out a new technology for its self-encrypting hard disks that provides additional security features to prevent data leakage. The Japan based company said that Wipe technology for its SED models was capable of automatically deleting sensitive user information stored on the HDDs when the system is turned-off or the hard drive is removed from the system.

Cybercrime Trends for 2010 - 2010 Mid-Year Report from SonicWALLSonicWALL has released its mid-year 'top cybercrime trends for 2010' report which details the current and future security threats faced by organizations the world over.The report, compiled from the data collected by the company's Global Response Intelligence Defense (GRID) network servers, suggests that trends in social networking, cloud computing and remote use of smartphones pose a major threat to organizations.

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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

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