California lawmakers are making significant strides in regulating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, with a series of proposals aimed at addressing discrimination, misinformation, privacy concerns and prohibiting deepfakes in the contexts of elections and pornography, advancing in the legislature last…
Category: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare: A Threat to Patient Safety
Ransomware attacks in Healthcare: A threat to patient safety A ransomware attack on a major U.S. hospital network has been endangering patients’ health. Nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records cyberattacks have become…
Shell Data Breach: Hacker Group 888 Claims Responsibility
A hacker group known as 888 has claimed responsibility for a data breach targeting Shell, the British multinational oil and gas company. The breach, allegedly impacting around 80,000 individuals across multiple countries, has raised significant concerns about data security…
Seattle Public Library Hit by Ransomware Attack, Online Services Disrupted
The Seattle Public Library (SPL) has faced a significant cybersecurity incident, with its online services being disrupted due to a ransomware attack. This attack, detected over the weekend, led to the library taking proactive measures by bringing its online…
RedTail Cryptomining Malware Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability in PAN-OS
Cryptomining malware, potentially of North Korean origin, is targeting edge devices, including a zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ custom operating system that the company quickly patched in April. Researchers from Akamai identified the malware, dubbed RedTail due to…
Professional Sporting Events: The Next Frontier of Cybersecurity?
Professional sports has a cybersecurity issue. Last year, the National Cyber Security Centre discovered that 70% of sports organisations face at least one cyberattack each year. This indicates a significant increase from general companies, of which only 32% reported dealing…
Ticketmaster Data Breach Affects Over 500 Million Customers
We are all music fans at heart, and recently the most eye-catching tour is the three-hour Taylor Swift concert. The platform that sells tickets for these in-demand tours, Ticketmaster, has taken a hit. In a substantial blow to one…
Why CVEs Reflect an Incentives Problem
Two decades ago, economist Steven Levitt and New York Times reporter Stephen Dubner published “Freakonomics,” a book that applied economic principles to various social phenomena. They argued that understanding how people make decisions requires examining the incentives they respond…
Pirated Microsoft Office Distributes a Malware Cocktail to Infiltrates Systems
The hackers are distributing a malware cocktail via cracked versions of Microsoft Office marketed on torrent websites. Malware distributed to customers includes remote access trojans (RATs), cryptocurrency miners, malware downloaders, proxy tools, and anti-AV programs. The AhnLab Security Intelligence…
NIST Introduces ARIA Program to Enhance AI Safety and Reliability
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new program called Assessing Risks and Impacts of AI (ARIA), aimed at better understanding the capabilities and impacts of artificial intelligence. ARIA is designed to help organizations and…