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Executive Director Bridget Bean on How Proactive Alerts Prevented $8.7B in Damages
As state-sponsored threats become increasingly aggressive, CISA is scaling its proactive cyber defense efforts. Through real-time threat intelligence, joint task forces and pre-emptive alerts, it is shielding critical infrastructure from state-sponsored and ransomware-driven attacks.

'Lite Panel' Offering Easy Access to Anyone for Just $777 Confirmed by Researcher
Ransomware groups continue to find innovative new ways to shake down organizations large and small in their pursuit of ransom payoffs. For the LockBit group, one tweak was to debut a "lite" version of its ransomware portal that appears to have amassed dozens of very inexperienced business partners.

Australian Human Rights Commission Detected Leak of 670 Online Forms After a Month
The Australian Human Rights Commission said unprotected online complaint forms exposed the personal, healthcare and demographic information of Australians to the public internet for over a month. The data leak exposed 670 complaints and nominations online.

Serviceaide Incident Exposed Patient Data of Catholic Health, a NY-Based Client
Serviceaide, a provider of agentic AI-based IT management and workflow software, reported to regulators that an inadvertent exposure of data on the web has affected more than 483,000 patients of client Catholic Health, a network of six hospitals and dozens of other facilities in western New York.

Report Uncovered Malicious Fake Job Network Operated by a Chinese Company
Recently laid off U.S. federal government officials are being targeted by Chinese intelligence through a network of front companies purporting to offer consulting work. Reports that foreign adversaries intended to recruit former officials began as soon as the administration intentions became apparent.

Company Deploys Thousands of Use Cases, Underscores Responsible AI to Rebuild Trust
UnitedHealth faces AI backlash after nH Predict's 90% error rate and a DOJ probe. With more than 1,000 AI applications from call routing to claims efficiency and a robust responsible AI policy, the company aims to balance innovation with trust in a high-stakes bid to reshape healthcare.

Also: Prison Time for an Irish Crypto Launderer, an ISIS Financier
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, prison sentences for Celsius CEO, Irish crypto launderer and an ISIS supporter, exCH and Haowang close, a Parisian kidnapping attempt on crypto CEO's family and Sinaloa Cartel leaders charged in U.S. federal court.

Also, DOGE Employee’s Credentials Found in Infostealer Dumps
This week, SAP NetWeaver flaw drew hackers, zero-days in Ivanti EPMM, DOGE employee’s credentials found in infostealer dumps and Nucor halted operations. North Korean hackers targeted South Koreans with fake conference invites, Russian hackers targeted webmail servers and Microsoft fixed 72 flaws.

Financially Strapped Cloud Services Firm Settles Suit From 2020 Patient Data Hack
A financially strapped cloud services vendor that experienced a 2020 ransomware attack affecting dozens of healthcare sector clients and hundreds of thousands of patients has agreed to a $1.9 million settlement in proposed class action litigation involving the data theft case.

Urges Companies to Regularly Patch Their Products
The British National Health Service is prodding suppliers to commit to voluntary cybersecurity measures in a bid to prevent disruptive hacks. Among the proposed measures are regularly patching IT systems, instituting multifactor authentication and requiring IT suppliers to monitor and log their systems to allow prompt incident response.

It's Me, Not You: CISA Withdraws Leidos Cyber Offer Last Second
A multi-billion dollar vision by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its government-wide network intrusion detection and prevention system went kaput on Friday, court documents show. It withdrew an offer to contractor Leidos to support the National Cybersecurity Protection System.

US House Republicans Back Decade Pause of State AI Statutes
Republicans in the executive and legislative branches made moves Tuesday to loosen regulations on artificial intelligence by championing a decade-long ban on state AI regulation and undoing a rule that would have limited exports of advanced chip and model weights.

All Risk, No Reward: Meta's Ongoing Legal Issues in Europe
Social media giant Meta is likely to face more legal hurdles over its plans to use the personal data of European Facebook and Instagram users to train artificial intelligence models. Meta paused efforts to train AI with European data in June 2024.

Report Finds North Koreans Embedded in Top Blockchain and Web3 Projects
A new report details how North Korea's cybercrime network is infiltrating global tech firms with fake IT workers who exploit trusted access to steal millions in cryptocurrency, launder funds through international fronts and channel proceeds into weapons development and espionage missions.

HHS Secretary Testifies to Congress on Trump Administration's FY 2026 Budget Plans
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to bolster cybersecurity and health IT through the aid of artificial intelligence that will be used at federal health agencies, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of HHS during House and Senate committee budget hearings on Wednesday.

Microsoft Researchers Link Turkish Spy Group to Output Messenger Zero-Day Hack
A Turkish-linked cyberespionage group known as Marbled Dust exploited a zero-day in the Output Messenger Server Manager application to spy on Kurdish military operations in Iraq. Microsoft reported the hack and called for immediate mitigation to block credential theft and malware delivery.

Prosecutors Say Liridon Masurica Ran BlackDB.cc
A Kosovar man is being held in a Tampa jail after being extradited on charges that he was the main administrator of an online illicit marketplace in operation since 2018. Prosecutors accused Liridon Masurica, 33, of being the force behind BlackDB.cc.