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* Expel researchers warn of SynkLoader backdoor spread via fake IT help desk Teams messages * Malware modules include PhishLocker (fake login screen harvesting OS passwords) and Interactive Shell for remote control * Defenses: distrust unsolicited Teams DMs, verify with IT before installing apps, and train staff against social engineering For roughly a
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No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg A suspected Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a small UK power plant around the time that a series of digital intrusions disrupted American water utilities across 12 states. A British government spokesperson confirmed the hack to The Register on Monday and
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Apollo Global Management has told people that hackers reached their names, dates of birth, contact details, home addresses and Social Security numbers. The private equity firm set out the incident in a notification letter dated 21 August and posted on the California attorney general’s website. The letter opens the
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Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a malware downloader that targets Android-based automotive head units, marking the first documented case of malicious code explicitly engineered to compromise vehicle infotainment systems with the main intent of carrying out ad fraud. The discovered campaign basically disguises as legitimate software update mechanisms to
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* Windscribe's AI-generated ad featuring Adolf Hitler has sparked massive backlash online * Some users have threatened to cancel their VPN subscriptions over the marketing stunt * The controversy has also shone a spotlight on the company's use of AI for support, code, and testing A highly controversial marketing
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* SickKids hospital in Canada hit by third‑party software vulnerability, exposing employee data * Clinical systems and patient records unaffected; patient care continued without disruption * Affected staff and applicants offered 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity protection The Hospital for Sick Children, a major pediatric hospital in Canada, suffered
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By Bhardwaj Naik, Chief Revenue Officer, India – APAC and MEA, Videonetics Majority of the population notice surveillance cameras only when something goes wrong. A theft. A road accident. A missing person. Investigators review CCTV footage to reconstruct events and establish what happened. For decades, surveillance systems have primarily served as
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Attackers took a look at an employee's identity dashboard, but security firm says that's as far as they got ShinyHunters has claimed another cybersecurity scalp, but ReliaQuest says the crew's social engineering attack only got as far as one employee identity before its defenses
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Industry surveys have long put CISO tenure below that of other C-suite roles, and part of the reason is a double standard. During recruitment, the focus is technical depth, security experience, and leadership. But when budget season arrives and the board weighs a leader’s performance, the lens is cost,
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Hugging Face has been approached to sell at a valuation of $13 billion or more, Business Insider reported over the weekend. The startup’s platform and open-source community is where developers and researchers share, find, test, and deploy AI models. Hugging Face was recently the target of an attack from
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By Chintan Dave India’s healthcare AI story is entering a more consequential phase. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence can read a medical image, summarize a clinical history, flag an unusual insurance claim or help a doctor make sense of complex information. We increasingly know that it
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* Apollo confirms July 2026 cyberattack via social engineering exposed PII in its cloud environment * Data included names, DOB, contact info, addresses, and Social Security numbers * Firm offers two years of identity protection; no evidence of dark web leaks yet Apollo, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world,
