A financially motivated hacking group is becoming more aggressive, leading Microsoft to dub it "one of the most dangerous financial criminal groups." Octo Tempest is the rare English-speaking affiliate of Russian-speaking ransomware group BlackCat.
A top European official pushed back against accusations she let American and British organizations influence a proposal requiring messenger apps to scan for child sexual abuse material. "The proposal was drafted under my direct guidance," said Commissioner for Home Affairs Minister Ylva Johansson
The Australian government is close to introducing standards to shore up the security of the down under country's fast-growing solar market amid reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers might target internet-connected solar inverters and cause blackouts.
A mid-market security operations vendor founded by a ex-Marine Corps officer closed its Series B funding round to pursue a product-led growth strategy. Washington D.C.-based Adlumin will use the $70 million to launch free tools in the cloud configuration and remote monitoring and management spaces.
U.S. government agencies and private sector organizations should "remain on heightened alert" for disruptive cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure amid a series of escalating global conflicts, a top official for the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Wednesday.
ChatGPT can craft almost perfect phishing emails in five minutes, nearly beating a social engineering team with decades of experience, the results of a "nail-biting" experiment by IBM showed. The "humans emerged victorious, but by the narrowest of margins," the report said.
An unsecured database of an India-based medical laboratory recently exposed more than 12 million test results, other patient records and development files for the company's mobile health app, according to the security researcher who found the vulnerability. Redcliffe Labs has fixed the problem.
Proofpoint will have its third CEO since March 2022 after tapping recently hired CFO Remi Thomas to become its interim top leader. The company selected Thomas to replace Ashan Willy, who started as Proofpoint's CEO just 19 months ago and is exiting to pursue an opportunity outside cybersecurity.
Canada accused China of running a social media disinformation campaign aimed at members of Parliament and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Global Affairs Canada attributed the campaign to an operation elsewhere traced to Chinese law enforcement and known as "Spamouflage."
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Essential, real-time security information about every Internet of Things device should be clearly communicated to consumers before and after purchase, a consortium of technology vendors says in a list of IoT security principles, which recommend the use of "live labels."
A study of federal government cybersecurity suggests the Department of Homeland Security could play a more prominent role in securing civilian networks, in a report that touts a "more centralized defensive strategy." CISA doesn't approach the authority of its military equivalent, the JFHQ-DODIN.
A threat hunting and exposure management startup led by ex-OneLogin CEO Brad Brooks received $75 million to invest in cloud and analytics and growing globally. Censys said the combined equity and debt funding will allow the company to offer a more complete look at the history of vulnerable data.
A cyberattack on a shared IT services organization is forcing five member hospitals in Ontario to cancel or reschedule patient appointments and steer nonemergency patients to other facilities. Attacks against third-party vendors are rising, and many regional hospitals are unprepared.
A machine identity management provider led by an ex-Tricentis executive notched a $1.3 billion valuation after getting a minority investment from Sixth Street Group. Keyfactor said the funds will support high market demand for technology that secures devices and simplifies public key infrastructure.
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