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Anne Arundel Dermatology said hackers had access to its systems for three months and may have stolen personal and health information. 

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.

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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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SonicWALL, Inc. today announced the addition of two new secure wireless access points to its SonicPoint™ Series. These new devices are designed to provide clean wireless connections through integration with a collection of existing SonicWALL products: Gateway Anti-Virus, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Spyware and Content Filtering.

A survey conducted at the recent DEF CON Hacker conference in Las Vegas revealed that hackers see the cloud as an attractive hacking target.The survey, carried out amongst 100 of the IT professionals attending DEF CON, revealed that 96 percent think the cloud will open up more hacking opportunities for them.

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSECs) across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top-level domains (TLDs) and increasing the total number of DNSSEC deployments among domain registries to 39.

Autonomy today unveiled a new, end-to-end, “meaning-based” platform designed to automate many time-consuming tasks law firms must deal with in order to manage documents in electronic form. The Autonomy Risk Management platform leverages Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), already deployed today in over 2,000 law firms.

Social Media Acceptable Usage Policy - Why Allow Web 2.0 to Be Used in Business?The consumerization of IT is affecting all aspects of the way we work.  As Web 2.0 technologies continue to gain popularity amongst employees, IT departments are struggling to understand and manage the challenges.

Variant of Popular ZeuS Malware Targets U.S. Military Around the WorldMalware created with the ZeuS toolkit is targeting members of the U.S. military with an email asking them to update their account information online.Members of the U.S. Military have been receiving emails similar to the following: Targets of this scam will receive an email with the following text:Dear Bank of America Military Bank customer:

Do these firms really care about McAfee shareholders, or is this just an attempt to rake in some cash for the firms themselves?Intel, the world’s largest computer chipmaker, will pay $48 per share in cash for McAfee – a whopping 60 percent premium over McAfee's $29.93 closing price on Wednesday, and one that’s in line with other recent valuations in software and tech deals.

Intel on Thursday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy McAfee, the computer security software company, for $7.68 billion in cash, puchasing of all of the company’s common stock at $48 per share. McAfee shares closed at $29.93 at the end of trading on Wednesday.

Top 10 Most Dangerous Celebrities OnlineLooking for some hot photos or gossip on your favorite celebrity? Be careful. If you’re looking to dig up some dirt on Cameron Diaz there is a ten percent chance you’ll end up on a malicious site, according to McAfee.

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