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From Quantum Hacks to AI Defenses – Expert Guide to Building Unbreakable Cyber Resilience

Quantum computing and AI working together will bring incredible opportunities. Together, the technologies will help us extend innovation further and faster than ever before. But, imagine the flip side, waking up to news that hackers have used a quantum computer to crack your company’s encryption overnight, exposing your most sensitive data, rendering much of it untrustworthy.
And with your

Decade-Old Pixie Dust Wi-Fi Hack Still Impacts Many Devices

NetRise has identified 20 device models from six vendors that are still vulnerable to Pixie Dust attacks.

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Rethinking AI Data Security: A Buyer’s Guide

Generative AI has gone from a curiosity to a cornerstone of enterprise productivity in just a few short years. From copilots embedded in office suites to dedicated large language model (LLM) platforms, employees now rely on these tools to code, analyze, draft, and decide. But for CISOs and security architects, the very speed of adoption has created a paradox: the more powerful the tools, the

Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack: Worm Used to Steal Secrets, 180+ NPM Packages Hit

The packages were injected with malicious code to harvest secrets, dump them to a public repository, and make private repositories public.

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Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims

Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going “dark.”
Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. This is supported by an increase in lookalike domains

RaccoonO365 Phishing Service Disrupted, Leader Identified

Microsoft and Cloudflare have teamed up to take down the infrastructure used by RaccoonO365.

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DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Shut Down After Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt 338 Domains

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024.
“Using a court order granted by the Southern District of New York, the DCU seized 338

CrowdStrike to Acquire Pangea to Launch AI Detection and Response (AIDR)

Acquisition extends CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform into AI security, introducing AI Detection and Response (AIDR) to protect enterprise models, agents, and applications across the full AI lifecycle.

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BreachForums hacking forum admin resentenced to three years in prison

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 22-year-old behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, was resentenced today to three years in prison after a federal appeals court overturned his prior sentence of time served and 20 years of supervised release. […]

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