Why CIO & CISO Collaboration Is Key to Organizational Resilience

Alignment between these domains is quickly becoming a strategic imperative.

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Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an ongoing cryptojacking campaign targeting misconfigured Kubernetes clusters to mine Dero cryptocurrency.
Cloud security firm Wiz, which shed light on the activity, said it’s an updated variant of a financially motivated operation that was first documented by CrowdStrike in March 2023.
“In this incident, the threat actor abused anonymous access to an

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Verizon exec reveals responsible AI strategy amid ‘Wild West’ landscape

Verizon’s exec leading AI for network enablement, Michael Raj, said that the field of AI auditing is still in its early stages and that companies need to accelerate their efforts. The steady drumbeat of big mistakes by customer support AI agents, for example from big names like Chevy, Air Canada, and even New York City, or even by leading LLM providers like Google, which featured black Nazis, has brought a renewed focus on the need for more reliability.Read More

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Fortinet Patches Code Execution Vulnerability in FortiOS

Fortinet has patched multiple vulnerabilities in FortiOS, including a high-severity code execution security flaw.

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Ransomware Group May Have Exploited Windows Vulnerability as Zero-Day

The Black Basta ransomware gang may have exploited the Windows privilege escalation flaw CVE-2024-26169 before it was patched.

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Lessons from the Ticketmaster-Snowflake Breach

Last week, the notorious hacker gang, ShinyHunters, sent shockwaves across the globe by allegedly plundering 1.3 terabytes of data from 560 million Ticketmaster users. This colossal breach, with a price tag of $500,000, could expose the personal information of a massive swath of the live event company’s clientele, igniting a firestorm of concern and outrage. 
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Black Basta Ransomware May Have Exploited MS Windows Zero-Day Flaw

Threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware may have exploited a recently disclosed privilege escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service as zero-day, according to new findings from Symantec.
The security flaw in question is CVE-2024-26169 (CVSS score: 7.8), an elevation of privilege bug in the Windows Error Reporting Service that could be exploited to achieve SYSTEM

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Data Security Firm Cyberhaven Raises $88 Million at $488 Million Valuation

Data security company Cyberhaven has raised $88 million in a Series C funding round that brings the total to $136 million.

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Medical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records After Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout

Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future counted 44 health-care-related incidents in the month after Change Healthcare’s payment came to light—the most it’s ever seen in a single month.

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GitHub Paid Out Over $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program

The code hosting platform GitHub has paid out more than $4 million since the launch of its bug bounty program 10 years ago.

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