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Cynet’s New CEO Jason Magee Seeks Scalable US Market Growth

Michael Novinson  •  February 5, 2025

Jason Magee, newly appointed CEO of Cynet, wants to grow the company’s presence in the U.S. He aims to increase domestic revenue to 60%, expand partnerships and refine Cynet’s all-in-one security platform. His leadership strategy also prioritizes the education, healthcare and manufacturing sectors.

Governance & Risk Management

AttackIQ Strengthens Security Testing With DeepSurface Buy

Michael Novinson  •  February 4, 2025

AttackIQ has acquired Deep Surface to bolster its adversary exposure validation capabilities. The deal integrates vulnerability prioritization, identity discovery, and attack path analysis into AttackIQ's breach and attack simulation platform, improving cybersecurity posture for enterprises.

Data Governance

The Stumbling Blocks of Open Banking

Suparna Goswami , Rashmi Ramesh  •  February 3, 2025

Despite its promise of innovation and cost efficiency, banks in the United Kingdom continue to struggle with the adoption of open banking. Consumer awareness, security concerns and a lack of incentives remain hurdles as stakeholders push for broader integration.

OpenAI Unveils o3-mini With Enhanced Coding, STEM Reasoning

Michael Novinson  •  February 1, 2025

OpenAI has launched o3-mini, a high-performance AI model optimized for STEM tasks. The model offers enhanced reasoning abilities, reduced latency, and features like function calling and structured outputs. Available in ChatGPT and API, o3-mini surpasses its predecessor in coding and math accuracy.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

OpenAI Draws Closer to the US Government

Rashmi Ramesh  •  January 31, 2025

OpenAI is strengthening ties with the U.S. government through a partnership with national laboratories in a bid to harness artificial intelligence to drive scientific advancements. The partnership builds on OpenAI's efforts to draw closer to the government.

Cybercrime

Law Enforcement Sweeps Up Cybercrime Forums

Akshaya Asokan  •  January 30, 2025

Operators of cybercrime forums had a bad day on Thursday after European and U.S. law enforcement announced server seizures and arrests. The websites of the Nulled, Cracked and HeartSender markets no longer work. They served millions of users.

Microsoft CEO: AI Scaling Laws Drive Efficiency, Lower Costs

Michael Novinson  •  January 29, 2025

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said AI scaling laws, compounded by Moore’s Law, are accelerating efficiency gains, with a 10x improvement per model generation. He revealed Microsoft’s strategy for optimizing AI costs and highlights DeepSeek-R1’s availability on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub.

Swedish Authorities Seize Vessel in Cable Sabotage Probe

Chris Riotta  •  January 27, 2025

Swedish authorities seized a vessel in the Baltic Sea as part of a criminal investigation into sabotage of an undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia after a series of regional cable disruptions, including one involving suspected Russian shadow fleet activity, raising security concerns.

Application Security

Fenix24 Buys vArmour IP to Boost Cyber Resilience, Recovery

Michael Novinson  •  January 27, 2025

By acquiring vArmour's intellectual property, Fenix24 will enhance its recovery services with advanced application visualization and dependency mapping. CEO Mark Grazman said the move will streamline recovery processes during ransomware attacks and improve organizational readiness.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

Patching Lags for Vulnerabilities Targeted by Salt Typhoon

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  January 24, 2025

Chinese nation-state hackers who surreptitiously gained "broad and full" access to telecommunications networks in the U.S. and dozens of other countries have regularly exploited known flaws in their networking gear that the victims failed to patch, security experts have warned.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

OpenAI Launches AI Agent 'Operator'

Rashmi Ramesh  •  January 24, 2025

OpenAI introduced an AI agent capable of independent action with the launch of Operator, an general-purpose AI tool that interacts with websites to perform tasks. The agent can navigate menus and complete forms to do tasks such as travel booking, ordering takeout, buying stuff or scheduling tasks.

Cybercrime

Breach Roundup: Researchers Find Flaws in Palo Alto Firewalls

Anviksha More  •  January 23, 2025

This week, researchers spied Palo Alto firewall flaws, a North Korean IT worker conspiracy, ChatGPT as DDoS vector. Chinese hackers targeted a VPN maker, a fake PyPI package and a Russian threat actor shifted tactics. BreachForums' admin faces prison, and scammers used the release of Ross Ulbricht.