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A settlement has been reached in the class action brought by investors against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica incident, but details have not been shared.

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Cybersecurity startup Empirical Security has raised $12 million in seed funding for its vulnerability management platform. 

Karen Serobovich Vardanyan pleaded not guilty to charges related to his alleged role in the Ryuk ransomware operation.

Deployed on mobile devices confiscated by Chinese law enforcement, Massistant can collect user information, files, and location.

An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

Four CVEs disclosed at the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking competition have been patched in VMware products.

Cisco has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in Cisco ISE that leads to remote code execution (RCE).

Oracle’s July 2025 Critical Patch Update contains 309 security patches that address approximately 200 unique CVEs.

More than 1,000 suspects were arrested in raids in at least five provinces between Monday and Wednesday, according to Information Minister Neth Pheaktra and police.

Codenamed Eastwood, the operation targeted the so-called NoName057(16) group, which was identified as being behind a series of DDoS attacks on municipalities and organizations linked to a NATO summit.

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Kenna Security co-founder Ed Bellis has joined Empirical Security as Chief Executive Officer.

Robert Shaker II has joined application security firm ActiveState as Chief Product and Technology Officer.

MorganFranklin Cyber has promoted Nick Stallone and Ferdinand Hamada into newly created roles.

Jessica Newman has joined Sophos as General Manager of Global Cyber Insurance.

Breach and attack simulation solutions provider AttackIQ has appointed Pete Luban as Field Chief Information Security Officer.

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Oracle’s July 2025 Critical Patch Update contains 309 security patches that address approximately 200 unique CVEs.

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Cyberattack disrupted UNFI’s operations in June; company estimates $50–$60 million net income hit but anticipates insurance will cover most losses.

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Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon targeted a National Guard unit’s network and tapped into communications with other units.

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DragonForce says it stole more than 150 gigabytes of data from US department store chain Belk in a May cyberattack.

A vulnerability affecting systems named End-of-Train and Head-of-Train can be exploited by hackers to cause trains to brake. 

Louis Vuitton customers in the UK, South Korea, Turkey and possibly other countries are being notified of a data breach.

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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.

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RevEng.ai has raised $4.15 million in seed funding for an AI platform that automatically detects malicious code and vulnerabilities in software.

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