Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator

The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.
In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (

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Exclusive: AI startup Tenyx’s fine-tuned open-source Llama 3 model outperforms GPT-4

Tenyx has successfully fine-tuned Meta’s open-source Llama-3 language model to outperform OpenAI’s GPT-4 in certain domains, marking the first time an open-source model has surpassed the proprietary gold standard.Read More

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China-Linked Hackers Used ROOTROT Webshell in MITRE Network Intrusion

The MITRE Corporation has offered more details into the recently disclosed cyber attack, stating that the first evidence of the intrusion now dates back to December 31, 2023.
The attack, which came to light last month, singled out MITRE’s Networked Experimentation, Research, and Virtualization Environment (NERVE) through the exploitation of two Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day

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Espresso AI emerges from stealth with $11M to tackle the cloud cost crisis

Espresso AI emerges from stealth with more than $11 million in seed funding to reduce cloud data warehouse costs by up to 80% using AI-powered SQL query optimization.Read More

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BigID announces new AI data security features for Microsoft Copilot

The updates aim to improve AI training data for stronger, less biased models.

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APT42 Hackers Pose as Journalists to Harvest Credentials and Access Cloud Data

The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments.
Targets of the attack include Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists, Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant said in a report published last week.
“APT42 was

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Synopsys to Sell its Software Integrity Business to Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners

After the transaction, the business will operate independently as an application security testing software provider, with the current management team expected to lead the new entity.

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Blinken: Digital Solidarity Is ‘North Star’ for US Policy

The four goals of the US International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy are to advance economic prosperity; enhance security and combat cybercrime; promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; and address other transnational challenges.

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The Australian Government’s Manufacturing Objectives Rely on IT Capabilities

The intent of the Future Made in Australia Act is to build manufacturing capabilities across all sectors, which will likely lead to more demand for IT skills and services.

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Akamai to Acquire API Protection Startup Noname Security for $450 Million 

Akamai has announced plans to acquire Noname Security to enhance its API protection offering.

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