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Hacking Group Deploys Raft of Custom Malware Variants
An Iranian state hacking group with a history of targeting aerospace, aviation and defense industries across the Middle East has improved its tooling with multiple custom malware variants, warned Google. The group, tracked as UNC1549, is suspected of ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Only Regulations Can Convince Meta to Cut Its Revenue Stream From Fraud Victims
How motivated would you be to stop a source of revenue if you discovered that some of your advertisers are scamming your customers? Most businesses would want to protect their customers. In the strange universe of social media giant Meta, incentives for doing the right thing are totally different.

Suspect May Be Military Officer Indicted by US for 2016 Election Interference
Police in Thailand have arrested a Russian citizen suspected of launching hack attacks against targets around the world, who's wanted by the FBI. While the suspect hasn't been named, his age matches that of a Russian military intelligence officer indicted for 2016 U.S. election interference.

Quantum Advances Are Outpacing Global Readiness, Cybersecurity Leaders Warn
While quantum computing promises advances in fields such as healthcare and financial modeling, cybersecurity experts say Q-Day also poses a fundamental risk to the cryptographic standards that secure communications, digital signatures and transactions worldwide.

NIH Working on Fixes to Address National Security Risks and Weak Access Controls
The sensitive health and genomics data of 1 million Americans used by a National Institutes of Health research project could be at risk for access or theft by bad actors, including foreign adversaries, a government watchdog group. Security weaknesses discovered in an audit are being addressed.

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.