Mimecast announced the acquisition of human risk management solutions specialist Elevate Security as part of its initiative to enhance digital workplace protection. The move aims to address evolving cyberthreats by offering insights into human behaviors and risks and empowering customers.
Iranian hackers targeted the Albanian Parliament using the No-Justice Wiper and other commonly used tools. Albania had severed diplomatic ties with Iran following a July cyberattack that disrupted the country's online governmental services portal.
Machine learning systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could allow hackers to evade security and prompt data leaks, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology warned. There is "no foolproof defense" against some of these attacks, researchers said.
A proposed settlement has been reached between Merck & Co. and several insurers that were appealing a 2023 court decision saying the insurance companies could not invoke "hostile warlike action" exclusions in refusing to pay drugmakers' claims filed after the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack.
In the wake of an apparently weak password being harvested by information-stealing malware and used to disrupt telecommunications giant Orange Spain's internet traffic, an expert is warning all organizations to beware of copycat attacks - and to lock down their internet registry accounts.
In the latest weekly update, four ISMG editors discussed the number of ransomware victims who are paying a ransom to cybercriminals, the need for greater cyber resilience during wartime, and the critical role of human risk management in organizational cybersecurity in the era of remote work.
Do you have what it takes to build defenses that can easily and reliably spot voice cloning that is generated using artificial intelligence tools? If so, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission wants you to apply to its Voice Cloning Challenge, which promises a top prize of $25,000.
It's a new year, but federal regulators are beating an old HIPAA drum: The Department of Health and Human Services has hit a New Jersey medical practice with a $160,000 settlement in the agency's 46th enforcement action involving HIPAA complaint about right of access to health records.
Accenture has finalized its acquisition of U.K. tech consultancy firm 6point6, which specializes in cybersecurity, cloud and digital transformation solutions. The acquisition will add 6point6's 400 staffers to Accenture in support of its business in the U.K. market.
An upstate New York hospital group has filed a lawsuit against cybercriminal group LockBit in a legal maneuver aimed at forcing a Boston-based cloud services firm to turn over patient data LockBit had stolen from the entities last summer and allegedly stored on the tech company's servers.
Ukraine's security intelligence chief said Russian hackers had been responsible for severing internet access and mobile communications from telecom operator Kyivstar in December, after compromising the firm's network months ago. He said the "disastrous" cyberattack had wiped "almost everything."
This week, hackers took over Mandiant's X account, authorities charged a Nigerian hacker with stealing $7.5 million from charities, the DOJ fined XCast $10 million for illegal robocalls, and attackers exploited an SMTP smuggling flaw in a phishing email campaign.
This week, Orbit Chain lost $81 million in a New Year's Eve hack, Indonesian police shuttered bitcoin mining operations, dYdX named its attacker, $324,000 users fell victim to 2023 crypto phishing scams, Singapore's prime minister had a deepfake problem, and 2023 crypto losses decreased by over 50%.
Mobile password managers are different from computer-based password managers due to different constraints found in the mobile operating system, said Ankit Gangwal, assistant professor at the International Institute of Information Technology. He shed light on the risks introduced by AutoSpill.
There are many potential uses for generative AI at financial services firms, but few are more promising than those in the areas of risk and fraud, said Kristine Demareski, vice president of payments at Genpact, which is already harnessing AI to increase efficiencies in analysts' decision-making.
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