Darktrace has promoted COO Jill Popelka to CEO, replacing long-time leader Poppy Gustafsson. As the cybersecurity AI vendor prepares to finalize its sale to Thoma Bravo, Popelka will steer Darktrace into its next phase of growth. Gustafsson will join the board as a non-executive director.
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center on Monday issued a report revealing victims filed more than 69,000 public complaints related to cryptocurrency fraud and $5.6 billion in financial losses in 2023, while investment scams made up the bulk of losses throughout the year.
A Louisiana-based ambulance company that provides emergency medical care services in four states is notifying nearly 3 million people that their sensitive health information was potentially stolen in a June hack. Ransomware gang Daixin claims to have published the data on its dark web leak site.
The German cyber agency is reportedly investigating a phishing campaign tied to Russian state hacking group APT28 that used a bogus website mimicking an influential think tank. The campaign, which ran for months, used variations of the institute's legitimate IfW-Kiel web domain to lure victims.
Security experts are urging all Veeam Backup & Replication users to immediately update their software to patch a flaw that attackers can remotely exploit to take full control of a system. Experts say ransomware groups likely will target the critical-severity vulnerability for double extortion.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration, alleging that "unlawful" HIPAA Privacy Rule regulations are hindering the state's law enforcement investigations into abortion cases and other reproductive health care cases.
Absolute Security has strengthened its platform with the acquisition of Syxsense, adding powerful automated vulnerability management tools to its existing endpoint security capabilities. The move aims to improve security compliance and simplify complex remediation tasks for organizations.
Federal authorities are alerting healthcare entities of vulnerabilities - including older flaws - that put Apache Tomcat at risk for attacks if left unmitigated. The open-source web server is heavily used in healthcare for hosting electronic health record and other systems and applications.
Cybercriminals are using a critical remote code execution vulnerability in an open-source geospatial data platform to spread malware globally across several industries. GeoServer Project maintainers released a patch on July 1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.
The White House announced a hiring sprint to fill cyber, technology and artificial intelligence jobs across federal agencies, dubbed Service for America, which aims to attract diverse candidates for critical open positions in the public sector - along with new incentives.
ISMG's Cybersecurity Pulse Report Black Hat 2024 Edition delivers a deep dive into the most critical security challenges discussed at this year's conference. This report, created through advanced AI-driven analysis, compiles expert insights on topics ranging from AI tech to critical infrastructure.
The underground market for illicit large language models is a lucrative one, said academic researchers who called for better safeguards against artificial intelligence misuse. "This laissez-faire approach essentially provides a fertile ground for miscreants to misuse the LLMs."
Competition has been increasing in the cyber insurance market, leading to a "moderate" decrease in insurance premiums after several years of rate increases. So reports Moody's Ratings, which said that the changes were driven by an influx of new players that is likely to continue.
The global disruption caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software triggering a kernel panic and computer meltdowns has led government agencies, experts and vendors to call for rethinking Windows operating system resiliency, including the deep-level OS access security tools now require.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the implications of the recent arrest of Telegram's CEO in Paris for encrypted messaging services, the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, and the latest regulations designed to curb fraud in electronic payments.
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