DDoS Attacks Now Key Weapons in Geopolitical Conflicts, NETSCOUT Warns

Hackers now use AI and botnets to launch powerful DDoS attacks, bypassing security and overwhelming servers as law enforcement struggles to keep up.

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CISA Layoffs Are a Momentary Disruption, Not a Threat

Layoffs may cause short-term disruptions, but they don’t represent a catastrophic loss of cybersecurity capability — because the true cyber operations never resided solely within CISA to begin with.

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Medusa Rides Momentum From Ransomware-as-a-Service Pivot

Shifting to a RaaS business model has accelerated the group’s growth, and targeting critical industries like healthcare, legal, and manufacturing hasn’t hurt either.

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In Other News: Apple Improving Malware Detection, Cybersecurity Funding, Cyber Command Chief Fired

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Apple adding TCC events to Endpoint Security, cybersecurity funding report for Q1 2025, Trump fires the head of NSA and Cyber Command.

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Cybercriminals are trying to loot Australian pension accounts in new campaign

Hackers over the weekend targeted Australian superannuation funds — investment accounts into which portions of employees’ wages are compulsorily placed.

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Russia jails hacker for two years over cyberattack on local tech company

A Russian citizen has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for launching a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a local tech company.

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State Bar of Texas Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack

The State Bar of Texas is notifying thousands of individuals that their personal information was stolen in a February ransomware attack.

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Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

Haugh’s firing has seemingly caught senior lawmakers by surprise

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Lawmakers seek to close loophole limiting Secret Service investigations into cyber laundering

Two U.S. senators reintroduced legislation on Thursday that would address limits on the ability of the Secret Service to investigate efforts to launder money made through cybercrime.

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Secure Communications Evolve Beyond End-to-End Encryption

Signal, Wickr, WhatsApp, and Cape all have different approaches to security and privacy, yet most are finding ways to make secure communications more private.

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