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Carmaker Resumes Full Production
The September cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover resulted in a company loss of roughly $260 million, the British carmaker reported Friday while also announcing a resumption of normal production. Cybercrime group "Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters" took responsibility for the hack.

Flaw Enabled Remote Code Execution, Say AWS Researchers
Researchers from AWS said they spotted a hacking campaign taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco network access control software before the routing giant patched it earlier this year. The flaw let attackers perform pre-authentication remote code execution.

CISA Says Agencies Believed They Patched Cisco Flaws But Had Not
The U.S. cyber defense agency issued new patch guidance after discovering multiple federal agencies failed to properly secure Cisco firewalls, leaving federal networks exposed to exploitation by a suspected Chinese threat actor despite a prior emergency directive.

MDR, Asset Management Startups Reportedly Ax Double-Digit Percentage of Employees
Two late-stage cybersecurity startups disclosed widespread layoffs this month, reportedly axing a double-digit percentage of their staff amid economic and AI upheaval. Fledgling managed detection and response firm Deepwatch reportedly cut between 60 and 80 people from its 250-person staff Wednesday.

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro Cites Trump Goal in Making Crypto 'Safe' for Investors
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced the launch of the Scam Center Strike Force, to dismantle criminal networks behind pig butchering scams. The initiative targets sophisticated transnational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos and Burma.

Vigilance Cyber Security's Moriah Hara on AI Automation and Responsible AI
Mohira Hara, CISO and AI security, risk and governance consultant at Vigilance Cyber Security, says AI is reshaping financial services by accelerating anti-money laundering efforts, automating SOC functions and driving stronger governance frameworks that make CISOs central to managing AI risk.

Documents Will Spotlight 5 Critical Risk Areas, Best Practices for Healthcare AI
The healthcare sector faces an array of complex cyber risk considerations involving artificial intelligence. The Health Sector Coordinating Council is rolling out a series of guidance documents to help these organizations navigate a long list of AI cybersecurity challenges.

CISA Pre-Shutdown Staffing Levels, State Grant Program to Be Restored Under Plan
A congressional funding bill would reverse shutdown-era layoffs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and restore the $1B State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, temporarily stabilizing the agency’s operations and buying Congress time for long-term reforms.

Legislation Proposes More Regulations for Greater Swath of the UK Economy
The British government introduced Wednesday long-anticipated cybersecurity legislation aimed at tackling disruptive hacks targeting critical national infrastructure. Companies that run afoul of the new regulations could face daily fines that amount to 10% of their global revenue.

Orbital Frontier Is the Next Ungoverned Internet, and We Have Left It Open to Attack
The orbital frontier is the next ungoverned internet - a vast, vulnerable network of over 11,000 satellites without a cybersecurity framework. As nations race to commercialize space, we've left the orbit open to attack. Who will govern space cybersecurity?

Nacha's Devon Marsh on Banks Proving They 'Reasonably Intended' to Identify Fraud
Nacha's 2026 rule amendments pivot from "commercially reasonable" to "reasonably intended" fraud detection standards. Nacha's Devon Marsh explains what this shift means for RDFIs and ODFIs and how banks and financial institutions can define and demonstrate reasonable practices.

Why Traditional Logs Can't Explain What Happens Inside a Rogue AI Model
Logs are where cybersecurity teams spot how and when the break in occurred. For a new type of attack, logs will be worthless - a condition that will especially challenge digital responders as artificial intelligence systems become more ubiquitous.

Lawmakers Include Extension of Cyberthreat Sharing Law in Shutdown Resolution
A statute underpinning corporate cybersecurity information sharing may come back into effect along with funding to reopen the U.S. federal government after six weeks of being shutdown. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 expired the same day Washington shut down on Oct. 1.

Ransomware Attack on British Pathology Lab Disrupted Patient Care for Months
British pathology laboratory services firm Synnovis has completed a forensics review of data stolen in a June 2024 ransomware attack and is notifying affected healthcare organizations. Those providers will be responsible for notifying their own affected patients, if deemed necessary, the firm said.

It's Time for Enterprises to Manage Risks Posed by Compromised Personal Devices
Online job scams have evolved beyond consumer fraud and now pose a direct threat to corporate networks. Google warns that scammers are embedding remote access Trojans and info-stealers disguised as interview software or application materials to hack personal devices and ultimately corporate systems.

Keyless's Biometric Tech to Improve Privacy, Account Recovery and User Experience
Ping Identity will acquire Keyless to expand passwordless authentication to frontline workers who lack access to smartphones. The deal gives Ping deepfake-resistant, privacy-first biometrics that don't store user templates on servers, easing identity verification and account recovery.

Spyware Targets Samsung Galaxy Devices, Says Unit 42
Hackers used previously unknown commercial spyware dubbed "Landfall" to surveil the activities of Samsung Galaxy device owners in the Middle East, say security researchers who posit the threat actor has connections to the United Arab Emirates.

Conduent Gets Sued; US Government's Cyber Shutdown Woes; Hacktivist Hits Rise
The latest ISMG Editors' Panel tackles: post-hack legal fallout for Conduent after it suffered the year's biggest health data breach, the U.S. government's shutdown complicating its response to the breach of vendor F5 and the rise in attacks targeting Western critical national infrastructure.

Nation-State Actor Suspected in Breach of Congressional Budget Office
The Congressional Budget Office has been the subject of an apparent cyber incident, officials confirmed Friday, raising concerns that adversaries may have gained access to sensitive data used to inform U.S. legislative decisions amid ongoing federal cyber staffing shortages.

OT Security 'a Generation Behind Traditional IT'
For those charged with the cyber defense of OT and industrial control systems, one challenge towers above all others: Data. Specifically, its scarcity. Most operators simply don't capture it, in stark contrast with their IT counterparts.