The Justice Department is challenging Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion bid for Juniper Networks, arguing the deal would stifle competition in enterprise wireless networking. Regulators warn of increased costs and reduced innovation, while HPE insists the merger strengthens competition.
This week, DeepSeek exposed sensitive data, hackers exploited unpatched Zyxel flaws, infostealer malware on Mexican government computers, Smiths Group incident, PowerSchool breach notifications, an Apple zero-day, XWorm RAT backdoor, and Credit Control Corporation settled a lawsuit.
The acquisition of Assetnote enables Searchlight Cyber to provide more proactive cyber risk detection. By integrating Assetnote's active vulnerability validation with Searchlight's darkweb intelligence, customers receive more accurate threat prioritization and faster response capabilities.
The number of U.S. organizations falling victim to a data breach appears to be holding steady, as viewed on an annual basis, according to the latest annual data breach report from the Identity Theft Resource Center, which counted 3,158 reported data breaches in 2024, down just 1% from 2023.
The British Museum faced unexpected disruption when a former contractor trespassed into the museum and disabled its IT systems. This disruption highlights the risks posed by disgruntled employees and raises concerns about access rights after employment ends.
Software vendors and national security agencies are urging immediate patching of a critical SonicWall flaw days after the security device manufacturer disclosed that hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day. The flaw doesn't require user authentication.
One of the biggest data breaches of 2024 is even worse than previously reported, as the tally of Change Healthcare breach victims has now reached 190 million individuals. The cost tied to the attack is $3.1 billion, according to its owner, U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group.
Many enterprises understand the potential risks of quantum computing. But few have begun actively planning or implementing post-quantum cryptography. The NIST PQC standardization process provides enterprises with guidance on adopting quantum-resistant algorithms, said David Close of Futurex.
While PowerSchool's investigation into the massive theft of its customers' data is continuing, clear lessons have already emerged. Count among them the importance of using multifactor authentication, which could have safeguarded access to PowerSchool's exploited customer support systems.
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.
New ExtraHop CEO Rob Greer sees massive potential in scaling the company's network detection and response platform globally. His strategy includes investing in international markets, enhancing channel partnerships and delivering value to large enterprises through seamless technology integration.
Symphony Technology Group tapped Vishal Rao to take over as CEO of Trellix while continuing to serve as chief executive of sister company Skyhigh Security. The San Jose, California-based security vendor tasked longtime Cloudera and Splunk leader Rao with accelerating Trellix's market share.
Mitiga, a cloud security firm, has secured $30M in Series B funding to expand its solutions for detecting and responding to threats in public cloud and SaaS environments. Funds will support European market entry and R&D into automated remediation tools, boosting security operations globally.
Amazon is urging its customers to deploy additional security measures to secure S3 buckets following reports of ransomware attacks targeting the platform. The company said mitigations prevented "a high percentage of attempts from succeeding."
Educational software-maker PowerSchool faces over 20 lawsuits seeking class-action status, filed in the wake of a massive data breach involving current and former student and faculty data being held by an as-yet-unknown number of school districts across the U.S., Canada and Bermuda.
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