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1.2 Million Impacted by WestJet Data Breach

The Canadian airline fell victim to a cyberattack in June and has completed the analysis of stolen information.

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Automating Pentest Delivery: 7 Key Workflows for Maximum Impact

Penetration testing is critical to uncovering real-world security weaknesses. With the shift into continuous testing and validation, it is time we automate the delivery of these results.
The way results are delivered hasn’t kept up with today’s fast-moving threat landscape. Too often, findings are packaged into static reports, buried in PDFs or spreadsheets, and handed off manually to

766,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Dealership Software Provider Motility

The hackers stole names, contact details, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers in an August 19 ransomware attack.

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ThreatsDay Bulletin: CarPlay Exploit, BYOVD Tactics, SQL C2 Attacks, iCloud Backdoor Demand & More

From unpatched cars to hijacked clouds, this week’s Threatsday headlines remind us of one thing — no corner of technology is safe. Attackers are scanning firewalls for critical flaws, bending vulnerable SQL servers into powerful command centers, and even finding ways to poison Chrome’s settings to sneak in malicious extensions.
On the defense side, AI is stepping up to block ransomware in real

Google Mandiant Probes New Oracle Extortion Wave Possibly Linked to Cl0p Ransomware

Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have disclosed that they are tracking a new cluster of activity possibly linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as Cl0p.
The malicious activity involves sending extortion emails to executives at various organizations and claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle E-Business Suite.
“This activity began on or

WireTap Attack Breaks Intel SGX Security

The attack uses a passive interposer to control the SGX enclave and extract the DCAP attestation key, breaking the mechanism.

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How to Close Threat Detection Gaps: Your SOC’s Action Plan

Running a SOC often feels like drowning in alerts. Every morning, dashboards light up with thousands of signals; some urgent, many irrelevant. The job is to find the real threats fast enough to keep cases from piling up, prevent analyst burnout, and maintain client or leadership confidence.
The toughest challenges, however, aren’t the alerts that can be dismissed quickly, but the ones that hide

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