It’s going to be a “messy” summer for security folks, especially when it comes to fixing the open source code that underpins their organizations. That’s according to Dan Lorenc, CEO and co-founder of Chainguard, a software supply-chain security company leading Athena, a newly formed coalition of about two dozen companies that wants to make the...Read More

EFFECTS NOT CLEAR FOR A DECADE Naturally, laws that “ban” things often have unintended or even detrimental consequences. When mandatory bicycle helmet laws were introduced in Australia in the early 1990s, one result was that some people simply cycled less. The new study in the British Medical Journal reflects this, with small numbers of young...Read More

An initial access broker (IAB) linked to multiple ransomware families has been using a new remote access trojan (RAT) in recent attacks, Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black threat hunter team reports. The threat actor, tracked as Woodgnat and KongTuke, and active since at least May 2024, is known to have ties to ransomware groups such...Read More

Businesses are looking in the wrong direction. The real danger is not AI itself, but what happens when criminals use it to remove the one thing that used to slow them down: human effort. Cybercrime is a bigger threat to businesses than AI, this is according to cybersecurity expert and J2 CEO John Mc Loughlin....Read More

Germany is the European country most affected by ransomware attacks, a German cybersecurity expert has said, adding that the incidents often trace back to Russia. Christian Dörr, a cybersecurity expert at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, made the remarks ahead of a national cybersecurity conference in the city on Wednesday. Ransomware attacks involve...Read More

Tata Electronics, a major Indian supplier to the iPhone maker Apple, has confirmed that hackers stole sensitive company data, including confidential documents linked to key clients such as Apple and Tesla, in a major cyberattack. The company has restricted ‌internal access to sensitive systems as it investigates the leak, Reuters quoted a Tata source and...Read More

Most security leaders have done the logical thing with AI. They have automated alert queues, added machine learning to vulnerability-management pipelines, and integrated AI into the SIEM. The immediate benefits can be significant: response times can improve, routine work might move faster, and analysts may spend less time on tasks that do not require their...Read More

As Keir Starmer announced his new social media ban for under 16s last week, the internet reacted with praise. There was a victory cheer amongst teachers and parents alike. I understand why the policy was so well received. Social media is increasingly vilified as a harmful place and tech titans dismissed as toxic people. Protecting...Read More

Penelope Sokolowski was among the millions of teenagers who avidly use Roblox, the online gaming platform, when she met a member of a violent, nihilistic cult. Their conversation on the site moved to Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, where she was coaxed into cutting herself and trying to harm the family cat.  She...Read More

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma State Department of Education will announce a new statewide partnership aimed at improving school security training, assessments, and emergency preparedness across Oklahoma. Key Takeaways Oklahoma DPS and the State Department of Education are launching a statewide school safety partnership. OSSI will lead school...Read More