A nonprofit firm that administers government dental programs in Canada paid a "substantial" ransom for a decryptor key and the destruction of data stolen in a recent ransomware attack. But the company is now notifying nearly 1.5 million individuals that the hack compromised their data.
At least 637 organizations have now confirmed that they were affected by the zero-day attack on MOVEit file-sharing servers that began in late May, collectively affecting 41 million individuals, report cybersecurity researchers who've been tracking the impact of Clop's data-theft campaign.
This week, Wall Street fined firms for using WhatsApp, NK hackers breached a Russian missile maker, Ivanti backtracked, ransomware attacks cost manufacturers $46B, a cyberattack shut down Gemini North Observatory, ad fraud targeted Android users and healthcare workers' personal info was breached.
One day after personal information for all 10,000 police officers and staff in Northern Ireland was accidentally exposed online, putting their safety at risk, the nation's police service said it's probing a laptop theft last month that may have exposed 200 employees' details.
As managed detection and response services have evolved from SIEMs, organizations have seen security gaps widen. Randy Watkins of Critical Start discusses how proactive prevention is key to overcoming the weaknesses in operationalizing threat intelligence.
Tampa General Hospital is facing at least three proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days following the nonprofit Florida healthcare provider's disclosure late last month of a data theft incident that affected 1.3 million patients and employees.
Police officers in Northern Ireland are sounding alarms over their personal safety after a data breach revealed the surnames and locations where they serve for nearly 10,000 police officers and staff. Experts warn this could lead to "their death or injury" at the hands of criminals or terrorists.
Rapid7 will lay off close to 1 in 5 of its employees in cuts that amount to the second-largest round of layoffs of any pure-play cybersecurity company since worries about an economic downturn began percolating in spring 2022. The vendor will reduce its 2,623-person staff by 18%.
The U.K. Electoral Commission suffered a "complex cyber-attack" in 2021, resulting in hackers accessing sensitive voter information. Commission CEO Shaun McNally said the attack resulted in hackers accessing copies of electoral register files that the agency uses for research purposes.
ChatGPT set the world on fire six months ago, and since then a slew of companies have released features or products built on or around generative AI - some of them completely legitimate and some of them little more than snake oil. Does AI makes sense everywhere for everything? Absolutely not.
Cisco Secure Access is a security service edge solution that delivers zero trust access to efficiently solve today's challenge of safely connecting anything to anywhere and reimagines the experience to make it better for users, easier for IT and safer for everyone.
Generative AI can detect malicious behavior undetectable by traditional forms of AI such as adversaries stealing sensitive data by sticking it in images, said Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri. Netskope has over 50 machine-learning models in production and has debuted AI-based DLP and threat detection tools.
OpenText acquired several cyber companies in recent years to protect sensitive information and data everywhere from consumer to large enterprise environments, said EVP Prentiss Donohue. The Micro Focus buy shored up OpenText's offerings around application and data security and identity management.
Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020. While the state has yet to wrap its probe, the victim count could be massive.
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