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Not Just Ransomware But Verbal Disclosure of Personal Data Common, Watchdog Finds
Two decades after California Senate Bill 1386 introduced the world to data breach notifications, organizations have collectively battened down their cybersecurity hatches and fixed the problem once and for all. Of course, I'm joking, with the results of recent data breach root cause report in hand.

Exposes Details of Victims, 'Aggressive' Negotiations, Cryptocurrency Addresses
One year to the day after an international law enforcement operation unmasked and indicted the leader of the notorious LockBit ransomware group, a hacker has sent the group another love letter.

Also: Mango Markets Hacker Sentenced in CSAM Case
This week, Trump's crypto wealth, Mango Markets hacker sentenced for CSAM, Solana's zero-day fix, French police rescued a crypto millionaire's father from kidnappers, stolen bitcoin frozen, US FTC sued IML and Kraken spotted a North Korean job applicant.

Agentic AI Is More Than Just the Latest Cybersecurity Buzzword at RSAC Conference
At RSAC 2025, the message came through loud and clear: Agentic AI is no longer just a concept. It's being deployed today. While much of the buzz focused on performance gains and trust concerns, another story emerged - one that speaks directly to security professionals and those entering the field.

NIH, CMS Project Raises Patient Data Privacy Concerns, Advocates Say
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will build a data platform "allowing researchers to 'securely'" access data from Medicare and Medicaid claims, patient electronic medical records and consumer wearables to better understand autism spectrum disorder causes and treatments.

Masimo Told SEC Hack Affects On-Premises Systems, Operations and Distribution
A cyberattack against on-premises systems is affecting product manufacturing, fulfillment and distribution operations of Masimo, a manufacturer of patient monitoring devices, the California-based company told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.

Funding Will Fuel R&D Push Into Automated Remediation and Risk Prioritization Tools
With code increasingly generated by AI and attackers using AI for exploits, OX Security raised $60 million to scale R&D and help developers prioritize critical vulnerabilities. The company aims to close detection gaps and reduce time-to-remediation in application security.

FIDO-Based Authentication to Replace SMS-Based Verification, Says UK NCSC
The U.K. government is set to replace SMS-based verification systems for digital services with passkeys later this year in a bid to shore-up cyber defenses. The authentication initiative is being developed by the U.K. National Cybersecurity Center using FIDO standards.

Chris Wysopal of Veracode on How AI Boosts Code Production and Vulnerabilities
AI delivers a 50% increase in developer productivity, but with more code comes more vulnerabilities. Chris Wysopal, chief security evangelist at Veracode, shares developments in secure code practices and how regulatory pressures are improving prioritization of secure code.

UK Government Announces Plans to Shore Up Cyber Defenses
The proposed Cybersecurity and Resilience bill will help shore up cyber defenses for U.K. businesses being targeted by cybercriminals, minister for intergovernmental relations Pat McFadden told CyberUK attendees on Wednesday. Recent retailer hacks should be a "wake up call" for businesses.

New Research Uncovers Tokenizer Blind Spots in Leading LLMs
Subtle obfuscation techniques can systematically evade the guardrails that today's large language models rely on. Researchers from Mindgard team found that adversaries can "smuggle" malicious payloads past tokenizers using emojis, zero-width spaces and homoglyphs.

Loss of 5% of Staff Is Cybersecurity Industry's Second-Largest Workforce Reduction
CrowdStrike plans to ax 500 employees as the endpoint security behemoth looks to operate more efficiently and uses artificial intelligence to "flatten[s] our hiring curve. The company revealed plans to reduce its nearly 10,000-person staff by 5% to scale its business with more focus and discipline.

Glilot Capital Partners' Kleinstein on How Gen AI Transforms the Security Landscape
Arik Kleinstein, co-founder and managing partner, Glilot Capital Partners, says startups have an advantage over incumbents because they don't have to deal with legacy technology. But he shared some steps startups can take to secure their data and AI models.

Breach Tally Keeps Growing Since Firm Filed Initial Breach Reports Last Month
The count of individuals affected by a hack discovered in December 2024 by Maryland-based Kelly & Associates Insurance Group continues to climb with a new total of 413,032 - up by nearly 150,000 since the company updated its breach disclosure last month. The list of clients affected has also grown.

Ex-Deputy NSA Anne Neuberger on Preparing for AI-Driven Threats
Anne Neuberger, former deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, White House, outlines the urgent need for resilient critical infrastructure, strategic AI use in cybersecurity, and enhanced federal-state coordination to protect against evolving cyberthreats.

Don't Fall for Easy Social Engineering Traps, Advises Mandiant
The teenage hackers behind Scattered Spider tend to launch attacks in waves against specific sectors - and it may be the retail sector's turn. High street British mainstays Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods have all felt a wave of incidents.

Google's Phil Venables on How AI Creates Structural Advantage in Security
Amid rising cyberthreats, security leaders are using AI tools to drive business enablement and risk management across their organizations, creating unprecedented opportunities for team transformation and career advancement, said Phil Venables, strategic security advisor at Google.

RSA CEO Rohit Ghai on Security Amid Evolving Threats, Tech Disruption
AI, geopolitical instability and sophisticated cyberthreats are reshaping how organizations must think about risk, resilience and identity. RSA CEO Rohit Ghai discusses identity overhaul for enterprises, moving beyond passwords and an approach to AI-based threats.

AllegisCyber Capital's Bob Ackerman Examines Machine-Speed Defense Requirements
Traditional security analysts can no longer keep pace as attackers use AI to compress breach timelines from months to mere hours, fundamentally altering the cybersecurity landscape, said Bob Ackerman, founder and managing director at AllegisCyber Capital.