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5h ago
UEFI Developer Leaked a Secure Boot Asymmetric Key
Hundreds of laptop and server models from mainstream manufacturers are at risk of hacking that bypasses protections meant to ensure only trusted software can load during computer bootup, warn researchers from California supply chain startup Binarly ..read more
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5h ago
Meanwhile, Wait Continues for Change Healthcare's Breach Report in Massive Attack
U.S. hospital chain Ascension has filed a placeholder breach report to federal regulators saying its May 8 ransomware attack affected at least 500 individuals. Meanwhile, the waiting game continues for Change Healthcare's official data breach report and individual notifications ..read more
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5h ago
New Analysis Reveals Growing Crisis for the National Vulnerability Database
A growing backlog at the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Vulnerability Database could surge to above 30,000 unanalyzed security flaws by the end of the year if the agency fails to significantly ramp up its processing rates, according to a new analysis released Friday ..read more
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17h ago
NHS Blood and Transplant Urges Hospitals to Restrict the Use of O-Negative Blood
The U.K. National Health Service is urging hospitals across the country to limit the use of rare O-negative type blood after a ransomware attack on a British laboratory service provider crippled blood donations across the country. National blood stocks are at "unprecedentedly low levels ..read more
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17h ago
Sam Curry and Heather West on Authentication, AI Labelling and Adaptive Security
As deepfakes evolve, they pose significant cybersecurity risks and require adaptable security measures. In this episode of "Proof of Concept," Sam Curry of Zscaler and Heather West of Venable discuss strategies for using advanced security tactics to outpace deepfake threats ..read more
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17h ago
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17h ago
Hackers Spread Malicious Recovery Files and Certificates
Friday's global computer outage caused by an update gone wrong from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike continues to bring out hucksters seeking to capitalize on the incident. Hackers began milking it almost immediately, and self-proclaimed hacktivist group USDoD appears to be the latest ..read more
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17h ago
Company Seeks to Expand Globally and Grow Its US Public Sector Presence
A supply chain security firm led by an ex-Google Cloud engineer closed a Series C round to assist AI workloads and expand its open-source software catalog. Chainguard raised $140 million just eight months after completing a $61 million Series B funding round, tripling its valuation to $1.12 billion ..read more
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2d ago
Open-Source Company Issues Patches After Being Alerted by Palo Alto
A widely used generative artificial intelligence framework is vulnerable to a prompt injunction flaw that could enable sensitive data to leak. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks uncovered two arbitrary code flaws in open-source library LangChain ..read more