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With attackers able to move at AI speed, defenders cannot rely on the techniques and instincts they have come to trust.   "That means putting in place stronger identity controls," said Jack Butler, a senior enterprise solutions engineer at Sumo Logic, a SecOps vendor.  "That means putting in place the more robust logging program and correlation engines to detect all of these in real time and reassess signals of trust. It needs to be reassessed dynamically."[1]

As for what to do about the substan

Users frequently entrust AI assistants with highly sensitive information, including medical records, financial documents, and proprietary business code.  Check Point researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in ChatGPT's architecture that enables attackers to extract user data covertly.  A flaw in ChatGPT's code execution environment demonstrated how a single malicious prompt could quietly exfiltrate sensitive user data without warning or user approval.[1]

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Dutch intelligence agencies have revealed an extensive cyber campaign by Russian state-backed hackers aimed at infiltrating Signal and WhatsApp accounts of high-profile individuals worldwide.   The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) describe the effort as large-scale and ongoing, exploiting user vulnerabilities rather than app flaws.   The operation focuses on government officials, military personnel, and civil servants, with Du

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group has added yet another ransomware strain to its arsenal. New research from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team reveals that the group has been observed deploying Medusa ransomware in an attack against an unnamed entity in the Middle East and, separately, attempting an unsuccessful breach of a healthcare organization in the United States.  The findings represent a notable evolution in Lazarus's tactics. The group has previously been linked t

In the modern corporate landscape, cybersecurity has long been viewed as a necessary expense a "grudge purchase" designed to prevent disaster.  A groundbreaking study presented at the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) | 2026 provides the first empirical evidence that cybersecurity is a driver of financial success.  The paper, titled "Effects of Cybersecurity Readiness on Firm Performance: Evidence from Conference Calls," introduces a novel way to measure a company's

FortiGuard Labs recently observed several targeted phishing campaigns in Taiwan that use themes designed to exploit local business processes.  These campaigns disseminate Winos 4.0 (ValleyRat) and subsequent malicious plugins through weaponized attachments or embedded links.  The lures mimic official communications, such as tax audit notifications, tax filing software installers, and cloud-based e-invoice downloads.