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    Healthcare firms’ hack-related losses outpace those of other sectors

    Companies in the healthcare sector experienced far more attacks costing more than $500,000 compared with organizations in other industries, according to a new report.

    By • Sept. 18, 2025
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    Microsoft disrupts global phishing campaign that led to widespread credential theft

    Officials say the operation led to ransomware and BEC attacks on U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations.

    By • Sept. 17, 2025
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    Context is key in a world of identity-based attacks and alert fatigue

    A new report highlights why businesses struggle to separate true cyber threats from false positives.

    By • Sept. 16, 2025
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    FBI warns about 2 campaigns targeting Salesforce instances

    The threat groups, identified as UNC6040 and UNC6395, have used different tactics to gain access to data.

    By • Sept. 15, 2025
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    Researchers warn VoidProxy phishing platform can bypass MFA

    The service has been targeting Microsoft and Google accounts for months, opening the door to possible BEC attacks and data exfiltration.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
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    How the retail sector teams up to defend against cybercrime

    The cyberthreat intel-sharing and collaboration group RH-ISAC is helping companies confront cyberattacks. But the challenge is delivering timely intelligence in a dynamic threat environment.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Ransomware insurance losses spike despite fewer claims: Resilience

    AI-powered phishing, “double extortion” tactics and insurance policy theft are fueling more destructive, costly ransomware attacks, the cybersecurity firm said.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 10, 2025
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    How AI and politics hampered the secure open-source software movement

    Tech giants pledged millions to secure open-source code. Then AI came along.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
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    How the newest ISAC aims to help food and agriculture firms thwart cyberattacks

    Food industry executives used to shrug off ransomware and cyber-espionage risks. A threat intel group is helping to change that, but its reach remains unclear.

    By • Sept. 4, 2025
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    Cloudflare, Proofpoint say hackers gained access to Salesforce instances in attack spree

    The breaches are part of hundreds of potential supply chain attacks linked to Salesloft Drift.

    By • Sept. 3, 2025
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    FCC investigation could derail its own IoT security certification program

    Internet of Things device makers are eager to participate, but the commission’s concerns about its lead administrator have halted progress of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program.

    By • Sept. 2, 2025
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    US, allies warn China-linked actors still targeting critical infrastructure

    An advisory from 13 countries says state-backed hackers continue trying to breach telecommunications systems and other vital networks.

    By • Aug. 27, 2025
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    Hackers steal data from Salesforce instances in widespread campaign

    Google researchers say the hackers abused a third-party tool in an attack spree designed to harvest credentials.

    By • Updated Aug. 29, 2025
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    Execs worry about unknown identity-security weaknesses

    Credential theft attacks prove that companies need to do better, but business leaders cited many reasons for slow progress.

    By • Aug. 26, 2025
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    China-nexus hacker Silk Typhoon targeting cloud environments

    The state-linked espionage group has exploited zero-day flaws in Commvault and Citrix Netscaler, researchers say.

    By • Aug. 22, 2025
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    US charges Oregon man in vast botnet-for-hire operation

    Federal prosecutors called Rapper Bot one of the most powerful DDoS botnets in history.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Businesses focus on AI, cloud, despite cyber defense oversights

    Recent surveys found enterprises are enthusiastically adopting AI, even as they neglect basic cybersecurity measures.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Water sector expands partnership with volunteer hackers

    As threats to critical infrastructure grow and government funding stagnates, operators are turning to civic-minded volunteers from the cybersecurity industry.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    DOJ, international partners take down BlackSuit group’s infrastructure

    BlackSuit has been among the most prolific ransomware gangs in recent years, targeting government agencies, critical manufacturing companies and healthcare firms.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    DARPA touts value of AI-powered vulnerability detection as it announces competition winners

    The U.S. military research agency hopes to foster a new ecosystem of autonomous vulnerability remediation.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Financially motivated cluster a key player in ToolShell exploitation

    Researchers from Palo Alto Networks detail ransomware deployment and malicious backdoors in a campaign against Microsoft SharePoint users.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    CISA officials say agency is moving ahead despite workforce purge

    Two senior officials defended the agency’s progress amid concerns about the effects of mass layoffs and budget cuts.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    NSA partnering with cyber firms to support under-resourced defense contractors

    The spy agency has sought out creative ways to help protect small companies supplying the U.S. military.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    SonicWall says recent attack wave involved previously disclosed flaw, not zero-day

    The company said it had linked recent hacks to customers’ use of legacy credentials when migrating from Gen 6 to Gen 7 firewalls.

    By • Aug. 7, 2025
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    US still prioritizing zero-trust migration to limit hacks’ damage

    The zero-trust initiative, which gained steam during the Biden administration, is still underway.

    By • Updated Aug. 7, 2025