The Senate Finance Committee Chair is requesting additional details regarding the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, highlighting ongoing concerns about the security of sensitive healthcare information. This incident comes amidst a growing number of cyber incidents targeting the healthcare sector,…
OpenSSH Vulnerability Exposes Critical Risk to Linux Systems In a significant development for cybersecurity, the maintainers of OpenSSH have issued urgent security updates addressing a severe vulnerability that may allow unauthenticated remote code execution with root-level access on glibc-based Linux…
A $2 million contract between the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Israeli spyware firm Paragon Solutions has been halted and is now subject to a compliance review. This pause has drawn attention as it serves as an…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Governance & Risk Management, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development New Vulnerability Tool Uncovers Flaws in OpenAI and Nvidia APIs Used in GitHub Projects Akshaya Asokan (@asokan_akshaya) • October 21, 2024 Protect AI utilizes Anthropic’s Claude…
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of the UK has come under scrutiny after it lost DVDs containing sensitive interviews with child sex abuse victims during a postal transfer. This incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in data handling practices among organizations entrusted…
In a recent incident highlighting the fragility of sensitive data security in major corporations, Disney has become the latest victim of a significant data breach. The attack was executed by a hacktivist group named NullBulge, which managed to infiltrate Disney’s…
Legislation & Litigation , Standards, Regulations & Compliance 2023 Cybersecurity Breach Impacted 1.9 Million Patients and Employees Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 21, 2024 Great Expressions Dental Centers (Image: Shutterstock) In a significant data breach, Great Expressions Dental Centers,…
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on six individuals affiliated with the Iranian intelligence agency, attributed to cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and globally. This action underscores rising concerns related…
Internet Archive Faces Repeated Cybersecurity Challenges Amid Major Breaches In October 2024, the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization founded by Brewster Kahle to safeguard the digital history of the internet, encountered significant security setbacks resulting in multiple data breaches. The…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Attack Method Exploits RAG-based Technology to Manipulate AI System Outputs Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • October 21, 2024 Malicious insiders could mislead the retrieval-augmented generation backend of well-known AI tools. (Image:…
