Latest news as of 7/21/2025, 7:00:11 PM
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Breaking Out of the Security Mosh Pit When Jason Elrod, CISO of MultiCare Health System, describes legacy healthcare IT environments, he doesn't mince words: "Healthcare loves to walk backwards into the future. And this is how we got here, because there are a lot of things that we could have prepared for that we didn't, because we were so concentrated on where we were." This chaotic approach has
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The China-linked threat actor behind the recent in-the-wild exploitation of a critical security flaw in SAP NetWeaver has been attributed to a broader set of attacks targeting organizations in Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia since 2023. "The threat actor mainly targets the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on web applications to access the SQL servers of targeted organizations," Trend
The Register
Take care when downloading AI freebies, researcher tells The Register Criminals are using installers for fake AI software to distribute ransomware and other destructive malware.…
Graham Cluley
"We don’t just want payment; we want accountability." The malicious hackers behind the Interlock ransomware try to justify their attacks. Learn more about what you need to know about Interlock in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
The Register
Greater Manchester Police reprimanded over hours of video that went AWOL The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded Greater Manchester Police (GMP) force for losing CCTV footage the cop shop was later requested to retain.…
The Hacker News
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting scams that led to massive cryptocurrency losses. The Treasury accused the Taguig-headquartered company of enabling thousands of websites involved in
The Register
War in Ukraine causes major rethink in policy and spending The UK is spending more than £1 billion ($1.35 billion) setting up a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command and is recruiting a few good men and women to join up and staff it.…
The Register
30-year anniversary event adds classes and sessions to address new risks celebrates its 30th anniversary by doubling down on its mission: Building a Safer Cyber World. Returning to ExCeL London from 3-5 June, the landmark edition of Europe's most influential cybersecurity event is set to be its most ambitious yet. With global cyberthreats mounting in scale and sophistication, the 2025 show will deliver strategic insight, practical training, and powerful connections across three days of expert content and community collaboration.… Partner content Infosecurity Europe
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ConnectWise, the developer of remote access and support software ScreenConnect, has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that it said was likely perpetrated by a nation-state threat actor. "ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity within our environment that we believe was tied to a sophisticated nation-state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect
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Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. "We detected and removed these campaigns before they were able to build authentic audiences on our apps," the social media giant said in its quarterly Adversarial Threat Report. This included a network of 658 accounts on Facebook, 14 Pages, and