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Marriott agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million customers.

Palo Alto warns that attackers can access usernames, cleartext passwords, device configurations, and device API keys of PAN-OS firewalls.

A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the US, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.

Google launches Global Signal Exchange (GSE), an initiative aimed at fostering the sharing of online fraud and scam intelligence.

CISA and the FBI have issued a warning on Iranian phishing attacks targeting national political organizations and campaigns.

New York anti-bot firm says new investment will drive adoption of AI techniques and expand into digital account protection and media security.

How simplifying complexity, enhancing visibility, and empowering analysis can address key challenges in modern cybersecurity operations and investigations.

Casio says a recent cyberattack has caused some system disruptions and it’s investigating whether a data breach has occurred. 

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CreditRiskMonitor says hackers may have accessed personal information of employees and independent contractors. 

The EU has set up a system for imposing sanctions against people accused of cyberattacks, information manipulation or acts of sabotage on behalf of Russia.

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Threat intelligence firm Intel 471 has appointed Mark Huebeler as its COO and CFO.

Omkhar Arasaratnam, former GM at OpenSSF, is LinkedIn’s first Distinguised Security Engineer

Defense contractor Nightwing has appointed Tricia Fitzmaurice as Chief Growth Officer.

Xage Security has appointed Russell McGuire as CRO and Ashraf Daqqa as VP of the META region.

Solana co-founder Stephen Akridge has been appointed the CEO of data protection firm Cyber Grant.

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Patch Tuesday: Redmond warns that attackers are rigging Microsoft Saved Console (MSC) files to execute remote code on targeted Windows systems. 

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Google and Amnesty have seen evidence that a Qualcomm chipset vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43047 may be exploited in the wild.

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The largest U.S. water utility disconnects customer portal and suspends billing services following a cyberattack.

The perfctl malware has been targeting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in millions of Linux systems, likely infecting thousands.

The China-linked group Salt Typhoon hacked AT&T and Verizon, possibly compromising wiretap systems, according to WSJ.

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Community Information-Sharing Website to Advance Knowledge of Security Incidents via Anonymous ReportingVerizon has launched a Web site designed to collect and share information about security incidents that can be voluntarily and anonymously reported by participating organizations around the globe.

Will Oracle Acquire CSC?Will Larry Ellison pull out his wallet yet again to make another large acquisition? Does Oracle have CSC in its sights? Tips suggest that this may be the case and that Oracle is possibly looking to acquire services giant CSC.

Deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions Enhances global security for India and AsiaAfilias, a provider of Internet infrastructure services, this week announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for the .IN country code top-level domain (TLD) for the country of India and, in coordination with DotAsia, announced that (DNSSEC) has been enabled for the .ASIA top-level domain.

In an effort to honor the sacrifice of returning war heroes, Raytheon and Cisco today announced they would expand support of the Wounded Warrior Project’s education initiatives and support the development of a new cybersecurity training program that aims to help wounded servicemen and women re-enter the workplace with IT and cybersecurity skills.

Identity and Access Management Product Enhancements Help Fulfill Vision for Content-Aware IAM for Distributed and Mainframe EnvironmentsCA Technologies took another step toward fulfilling its vision for Content-Aware Identity and Access management (IAM) today with new releases and enhancements to several of its offerings.

BitDefender, a provider of innovative internet security solutions based in Bucharest, Romania, today released a Free Antispam for Linux Mail Servers. The product uses the same antispam engines that earned the company a perfect track record, with 9 VBSpam Awards in periodic tests run by Virus Bulletin.

Researchers Predict Advanced, Blended Threats, Laser-Focused on Attacking Business and InfrastructureWeb security researchers say that recent evidence and metrics suggest that cybercriminals and their blended attacks are having a field day taking advantage of security gaps left open by legacy technologies like firewalls, antivirus, and simple URL blockers.

Update 1:23PM EST (11/10/10) - Facebook has confirmed the issue was on their end. A representative confirms in an email to SecurityWeek: "We began removing the posts immediately upon discovering them and shortly after they were made.

Students and professors at Washington State University arriving for class last Friday morning were greeted with a surprise video message on classroom video screens, courtesy of an unknown hacker who gained control of the campus media services system.According to Darin Watkins, Executive Director for external communications at Washington State University, the hack caused video screens in several classrooms in two buildings to simultaneously come down without warning, followed by a video automatically playing on the screen.

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