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US-China Competition to Field Military Drone Swarms Could Fuel Global Arms Race
Military planners envision a scenario in which hundreds, even thousands of AI-powered machines engage in coordinated battle.
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Exploitation of Unpatched D-Link NAS Device Vulnerabilities Soars
Second identifier, CVE-2024-3272, assigned to unpatched D-Link NAS device vulnerabilities, just as exploitation attempts soar.
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House Will Try Again on Reauthorization of US Spy Program After Republican Upheaval
Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a shortened period of two years.
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Palo Alto Networks Warns of Exploited Firewall Vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks warns of limited exploitation of a critical command injection vulnerability leading to code execution on firewalls.
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Threat Actors Manipulate GitHub Search to Deliver Malware
Checkmarx warns of a new attack relying on GitHub search manipulation to deliver malicious code.
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‘BatBadBut’ Command Injection Vulnerability Affects Multiple Programming Languages
A critical vulnerability in multiple programming languages allows attackers to inject commands in Windows applications.
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LastPass Employee Targeted With Deepfake Calls
LastPass this week revealed that one of its employees was targeted in a phishing attack involving deepfake technology.
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US Government on High Alert as Russian Hackers Steal Critical Correspondence From Microsoft
The US government says Midnight Blizzard’s compromise of Microsoft corporate email accounts "presents a grave and unacceptable risk to federal agencies."
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Zscaler to Acquire Network Segmentation Tech Startup Airgap Networks
Zscaler announces plans to acquire Airgap Networks, a venture-backed startup selling network segmentation and secure access technologies.
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Data Access Platform PVML Launches With $8 Million in Funding
Tel Aviv startup banks seed funding for technology to help organizations connect, secure, and provide access to multiple data sources.
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Sisense Data Breach Triggers CISA Alert and Urgent Calls for Credential Resets
The US government issues a red-alert for what appears to be a massive supply chain breach at Sisense, a company that sells big-data analytics tools.
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Simbian Emerges From Stealth With $10 Million to Build Autonomous AI-Based Security Platform
Simbian aims to build a fully autonomous security platform that lets humans make the strategic decisions while AI implements those decisions.
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Inside AWS’s Crusade Against IP Spoofing and DDoS Attacks
SecurityWeek speaks to Tom Scholl, VP and distinguished engineer at AWS, on how the organization tackles IP Spoofing and DDoS attacks.
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Knostic Emerges From Stealth With Enterprise Gen-AI Access Controls
Startup Knostic emerges from stealth mode with $3.3 million in funding and a gen-AI access control product for enterprises.
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Why Intelligence Sharing Is Vital to Building a Robust Collective Cyber Defense Program
With automated, detailed, contextualized threat intelligence, organizations can better anticipate malicious activity and utilize intelligence to speed detection around proven attacks.
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US Cyber Force Assisted Foreign Governments 22 Times in 2023
USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force participated in 22 foreign hunt forward operations in 2023.
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IMF: Financial Firms Lost $12 Billion to Cyberattacks in Two Decades
The financial sector has suffered over 20,000 cyberattacks in two decades, causing more than $12 billion in losses.
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Conservative Revolt in the House Blocks Effort to Reauthorize a Key US Spy Tool
A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt.
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Google Pays Out $41,000 for Three Serious Chrome Vulnerabilities
Google releases a Chrome 123 update to resolve three high-severity memory safety vulnerabilities.
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Palo Alto Networks Patches Vulnerabilities Allowing Firewall Disruption
Palo Alto Networks patches several high-severity vulnerabilities, including ones that allow DoS attacks against its firewalls.
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