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Passengers' Nuisance Claim Against CrowdStrike Barred by Airline Deregulation Act
A judge dismissed a suit against CrowdStrike over its 2024 outage, ruling the claims by airline passengers are preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act. The plaintiffs claimed damages for negligence and public nuisance. But the court found those claims were inseparable from the airlines' services.

Government Says Bill Will 'Pump 10 Billion Pounds' Into Economy
The UK government passed the Data Use and Access Bill that will introduce a host of privacy changes intended at making data processing more lenient with a motive to promote economic growth. Whether the EU will continue to find British law adequate enough is an open question.

Global Tensions Are Driving Demand for Cybersecurity Jobs
Cybersecurity professionals are finding themselves on the front lines of a different kind of battlefield - one that spans global networks, targets civilian infrastructure and operates continuously across borders. Follow these steps to prepare for a career in cyber defense.

Shanghai Firm Bets on Open-Source Strategy, Efficiency Claims
Shanghai artificial intelligence startup MiniMax released a new open-source large language model, positioning it as a direct competitor to American and other Chinese models. MiniMax says its model performs competitively on benchmark tests against leading proprietary and open models.

Crime Gang Begins Leaking Stolen Freedman HealthCare Data
Cybercriminal gang World Leaks - formerly Hunters International - reportedly claims to have stolen 52.4 gigabytes of data containing 42,204 files from Massachusetts-based Freedman HealthCare, a contractor that provides data integration and analytics services to state health agencies.

Iranian Officials Call Internet Outages Intentional to Disrupt Israeli Operations
Iranian officials said widespread internet outages were deliberate and meant to disrupt covert Israeli operations within the country following days of missile attacks from Israel and a rapidly escalating regional conflict that experts warn could trigger major cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.

Deal Expands Native Email Security and Response Workflows for MDR and MSP Clients
Bitdefender’s acquisition of Irish startup Mesh adds native email protection to its XDR and MDR portfolios. Mesh’s dual-mode defense and MSP-friendly design provide deeper visibility, faster remediation and enhanced threat response across hybrid environments.

Move Raises Possibility Group Isn't Just Marketing Its Malware to Criminals
Up-and-coming ransomware group Anubis has tweaked its malware to irrevocably wipe victims' data - an unusual tactic from hackers whose typical corrupt bargain is restored data in exchange for extortion money. Why would a ransomware attacker seeking leverage in negotiations ever do this?

Several Affected HealthEC Healthcare Clients Are Chipping in to Fund Settlement
A provider of artificial intelligence-enabled hospital cost-cutting software and several of its healthcare clients agreed to $5.48 million to settle proposed class action litigation involving a 2023 hacking incident affecting 4.6 million individuals.

JFrog uncovers multi-stage malware harvesting cloud secrets
Multi-stage malware embedded in a Python package is stealing sensitive cloud infrastructure data, JFrog researchers said Monday. The package steals credentials, configuration files, API tokens and other data from corporate cloud environments. It targets developers using the Chimera sandbox platform.

Research Shows Next-Generation 9-1-1 Ecosystems Lack Critical Cyber Protections
A report from telecom firm Intrado warns that cybersecurity safeguards are lagging behind the rapid deployment of next-generation 911 systems, exposing the emergency ecosystem to attacks ranging from VoIP floods to ransomware amid growing reliance on cloud-based and IP-connected technologies.

Deal Adds Live Fraud Red Teaming, Adversarial Testing to Neovera's Cyber Portfolio
Neovera has acquired Greenway Solutions, a Charlotte-based fraud red-teaming vendor serving top banks, to expand its cyber capabilities. The Washington D.C.-area services provider plans to tailor services for community banks and credit unions using automation and selective testing.

Disruption of Country's Biggest Bank Comes as Israel-Iran War Intensifies
A pro-Israel hacking group claims to have disrupted a major Iranian bank as hostilities between the two countries raged into their fifth day. Hacking group Gonjeshke said Tuesday morning it "conducted cyberattacks which destroyed the data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Bank Sepah."

Justice Officials Will Reportedly Probe the Google-Wiz Deal on Antitrust Grounds
Antitrust enforcers are reportedly pumping the brakes on Google's proposed $32 billion buy of Wiz, but it's unclear if it'll be a single speedbump or an unmovable roadblock. Officials in the Justice Department's antitrust division are assessing if the megadeal would illegally limit competition.

Ciaran Martin Urges Increased Focus on Essential Service Continuity, Resilience
China's ability to monitor and disrupt Western infrastructure demands a major shift in cybersecurity thinking. Ciaran Martin, a professor at Oxford University, said avoiding fear-driven narratives and focusing instead on service continuity and resilience is of paramount importance.

Microsoft Patched Flaw Allowing Attackers to Hijack Copilot Responses
A well-phrased email was all an attacker would have needed to trick Microsoft Copilot into handing over sensitive data until the operating system giant patched the vulnerability. The zero-click prompt injection attack vulnerability received a CVSS severity score of 9.3.

Anne Wojcicki's New Company Wins Bid for Bankrupt Genomics Testing Firm
TTAM Research Institute - 23andMe's co-founder and former CEO Anne Wojcicki's new company - is the winner in a final round of bids to purchase the bankrupt consumer genomics testing firm. As part of TTAM's bid, the nonprofit pledged to implement additional data privacy and security protections.

Sean Plankey Has Support, But His CISA Nomination is Blocked and Delayed
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the nation's top cyber defense agency is stuck in confirmation limbo, delayed by scheduling setbacks and a Senate hold over an unrelated report - deepening uncertainty amid a major operational overhaul at the agency.

UEFI Vulnerability Threatens Systems with Silent Compromise
Hackers could circumvent the protections of Secure Boot by silently disabling it through an attack that potentially affects a wide swath of Windows laptops and servers. Microsoft issued a patch this month and hackers would already need admin access and physical access to a target machine.

Defunct Ransomware Group's Diaspora Includes Hackers With Focus on Microsoft Teams
Based on intelligence gleaned from the leak of Black Basta ransomware messages, researchers are warning organizations to beware phishing attacks launched via Microsoft partner domains and via Teams, as well as the targeting of personal Google accounts accessed via corporate devices.