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Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and helped extort $75 million
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (886+ words) A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and helping accomplices extort a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint." Five of Angelo John Martino III's alleged…...
Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (443+ words) Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans. Since then, public officials charged with responding to the campaign and bolstering the nation's…...
What comes next for Trump's cybersecurity plan?
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (96+ words) What comes next for Trump's cybersecurity plan?CyberScoop On this episode of Safe Mode, Greg Otto and Tim Starks look past the headline release of President Trump's new cyber strategy and focus on what comes next: the promised follow-on guidance,…...
Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (544+ words) Threat hunters and a collection of unconfirmed victims are responding to a series of attacks targeting Salesforce customers, which the vendor disclosed in a security advisory Saturday." "Salesforce is actively monitoring threat activity targeting public-facing Experience Cloud sites, including attempts…...
Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months with no actively exploited zero-days
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (382+ words) Microsoft addressed 83 vulnerabilities that cut across its broad portfolio of enterprise software and underlying services in its latest security update. The company's Patch Tuesday release contained no actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and six defects it described as more likely to…...
Federal judge blocks Perplexity’s AI browser from making Amazon purchases
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (595+ words) A federal judge has blocked Perplexity, makers of the Comet AI browser, from accessing user Amazon accounts and making purchases on their behalf. In an March 9 order, Judge Maxine Chesney of the Northern District Court of California said the temporary…...
FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (270+ words) Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday. "We have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they're absolutely using AI to their advantage," said…...
Critical defect in Java security engine poses serious downstream security risks
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (348+ words) A maximum-severity vulnerability in pac4j, an open-source library integrated into hundreds of software packages and repositories, poses a significant security threat, but has thus far received scant attention. Some researchers told CyberScoop they are concerned about the vulnerability " CVE-2026-29000 " because it…...
We've seen ransomware cost American lives. Here's what it will actually take to stop it.
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (277+ words) By Cynthia Kaiser and Matt Hartman Ransomware and other similar cyberattacks have become so routine that even those serious human and economic consequences are often overlooked or easily forgotten. This lack of focus is dangerous. But success requires sustained action…...
Microsoft warns North Korean threat groups are scaling up fake worker schemes with generative AI
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (509+ words) North Korean threat groups are using artificial intelligence tools to accelerate and expand the country's long-running scheme to get remote technical workers hired at global companies for longer durations, Microsoft Threat Intelligence said in a report Friday." AI services are…...