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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate.
The arrest was made “in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks,” West Midlands police said. “The arrest is part of

CrowdStrike Says Logic Error Caused Windows BSOD Chaos

CrowdStrike says a routine sensor configuration update pushed to Windows OS triggered a logic error that blue-screened computers worldwide.

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Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO

Judge dismissed SEC lawsuit charging SolarWinds and CISO Timothy Brown with hiding security problems before and after the SUNBURST supply chain compromise.

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MediSecure: Ransomware gang stole data of 12.9 million people

MediSecure, an Australian prescription delivery service provider, revealed that roughly 12.9 million people had their personal and health information stolen in an April ransomware attack. […]

Recent Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Easy to Exploit: Security Firm

SonicWall warns that a simple GET request is enough to exploit a recent Splunk Enterprise vulnerability.

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CoSAI: Tech Giants Form Coalition for Secure AI

Over a dozen tech and cloud companies have created a new coalition for advancing security measures for AI.

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In Other News: Summer Olympics Threats, Funding Soars, Trump Shooter’s Phone Hacked

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: threats and risks to 2024 Summer Olympics, cybersecurity funding soars, Cellebrite hacked Trump shooter’s phone.

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Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” the company’s CEO George Kurtz said in a statement. “Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is

Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world.
The defendants include Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, of Chechen Republic, and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, a dual Canadian and Russian national of Bradford, Ontario.
Astamirov was arrested in Arizona by U.S. law

MediSecure Data Breach Impacts 12.9 Million Individuals

The personal and health information of 12.9 million was stolen in a ransomware attack at Australian digital prescription services provider MediSecure.

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