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AI is finding cybersecurity's cracks that America's enemies are waiting to exploit
The threat is not confined to government networks or military installations. Private companies are increasingly the front line. They operate cloud platforms, telecommunications systems, logistics networks, financial services, software supply…
York University investigating cybersecurity incident, data theft - Toronto
York University is investigating a cybersecurity incident resulting in the theft of personal data which was discovered last month. The school said an unauthorized actor accessed information of individuals who completed online forms on select…
He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he's a cybersecurity VC.
Every time venture capitalists write a check, they're secretly running numbers in their heads about different exit scenarios. It's their job as fiduciaries. But nearly all will tell you (publicly, anyway) that every portfolio company is headed for…
As AI agent use grows in the UAE, cybersecurity experts explain the risks
With the UAE well on its way to become a champion in agentic artificial intelligence, with the government announcing that 50 per cent of the public sector will be run by agents, cybersecurity experts believe that AI agents “going…
Mimecast appoints sales VP to drive African expansion
Mimecast appoints Vishak Raman as senior VP of sales. Global cyber security firm Mimecast has appointed Vishak Raman as senior VP of sales, international, tasking him with driving growth across Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia-Pacific. Raman…
US Warns Of Ongoing Cyber Threat To Industrial Freezers And Cold Storage
Federal agencies warned Thursday that hackers are targeting refrigeration systems used to store food and medicine, urging businesses to secure vulnerable controls amid attacks that could spoil supplies and damage equipment. The Cybersecurity and…
What Did the 'Black October' Vulnerabilities Show Cyber About AI?
Was this year's cybersecurity October surprise a shock to the system or overblown? Dubbed “Black October,” the month saw several vulnerability and bug disclosures that sent concerns rippling through the cybersecurity community. The…
Iris Plaza Breach May Have Exposed Data of 7.7 Million Customers
Hackers may have stolen the personal information of 7.7 million people from Japanese online shopping platform Iris Plaza. The incident, says household products and appliance manufacturer Iris Ohyama, which operates the platform, was discovered on…
Italy's Meloni Blames Pro-Russian Hackers for Leak of Foreign Minister's Data on the Dark Web
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet, and that he has been exposed to “threats and intimidation.” Italian Premier Giorgia…
Over 3 Million People Hit by Frontline Education Data Breach
Frontline Education has informed the Indiana Attorney General's Office that a data breach it suffered in August affected more than 3 million people. The K-12 school administration software provider puts the total number of affected individuals at…
Hackers Exploiting 'SSHole' Authentication Bypass in OpenSSH
Threat actors have started exploiting SSHole, a recently patched high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenSSH. Tracked as CVE-2026-123158, the flaw is “related to misinterpretation of whether a string is intended to be a…
Two Countries, One Opportunity: What U.K. And U.S. IT Spending Intent Reveals About The Future Of The Channel
The latest end-user spending-intent data from U.K. and U.S. IT leaders reveals that the future of the channel may not be about selling more AI at all. It may be about helping customers operationalize, govern and secure it. Artificial intelligence…
Breakfast News: A Boulder Amid a Rocky Market
Berkshire Hathaway 's (BRKB -0.25%) latest quarterly updates highlight a strategic pivot under CEO Greg Abel. The conglomerate is more than ready to aggressively deploy capital even when headline profits soften. Berkshire bought back $9.6 billion…
Google DeepMind's AI Agents Make 1024-Bit RSA Keys Cheaper to Attack
Google DeepMind says AI agents working under human supervision have found two ways to reduce the cost of attacking 1024-bit RSA cryptosystems. The research, conducted with cryptographers from UC San Diego and Inria, indicates that attacks on legacy…
CISA's former Secure by Design chiefs launch their own software safety organization
In November 1996, a hacker writing as Aleph One showed readers of Phrack, an underground magazine for hackers, how an attacker could take control of a program simply by sending it more data than it could safely store. The extra data could spill…
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