Artisan raises $11.5M to deploy AI ’employees’ for sales teams

Artisan, a startup aiming to replace traditional sales software with AI-powered virtual employees, announced on Monday that it has raised $11.5 million in seed funding. The company’s first AI assistant, named Ava, automates many tasks typically handled by business development representatives, like researching leads and crafting personalized o…Read More

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Hawaii Health Center Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack

Community Clinic of Maui says a LockBit ransomware attack from earlier this year has resulted in a data breach impacting over 120,000 people.

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Here’s what to expect from the Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting this week

The fourth annual gathering of the Counter Ransomware Initiative will include “significant, major new deliverables” according to Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser.

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Accounting Firm WMDDH Discloses Data Breach Impacting 127,000

The personal information of over 127,000 individuals was stolen in a July 2023 data breach at Wright, Moore, DeHart, Dupuis & Hutchinson (WMDDH).

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Shadow AI, Sensitive Data Exposure & More Plague Workplace Chatbot Use

Productivity has a downside: A shocking number of employees share sensitive or proprietary data with the generational AI platforms they use, without letting their bosses know.

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Critical WatchGuard Vulnerabilities Discovered: CVE-2024-6592 and CVE-2024-6593

Two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-6592 and CVE-2024-6593, have been found in WatchGuard’s Authentication Gateway and Single Sign-On Client software by cybersecurity firm RedTeam Pentesting GmbH.

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Storm-0501 Expands Ransomware Attacks to Hybrid Cloud Environments

Microsoft has detected Storm-0501 using Cobalt Strike for lateral movement across networks and deploying Embargo ransomware on victim organizations in hybrid cloud setups.

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Worldcoin: Fighting Deepfakes and Bots With a Global Permissionless Blockchain Identity

That dream of a decentralized privacy-retaining identity system able to combat AI-driven bots and deepfakes may not be as elusive as feared – courtesy of Tools for Humanity (TfH) and Worldcoin.

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Unraveling Sparkling Pisces’s Tool Set: KLogEXE and FPSpy

KLogEXE is a C++ keylogger while FPSpy is a backdoor designed to collect system information and exfiltrate data from compromised devices. Both malware strains are primarily being distributed through spear-phishing emails.

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The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun

Scamming operations that once originated in Southeast Asia are now proliferating around the world, likely raking in billions of dollars in the process.

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