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This is what some of the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives
Malware research group vx-underground, which says it has the largest collection of malware source code, said in a post on…
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US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches
U.S. House lawmakers are demanding representatives from Instructure, the twice-hacked education software maker, testify about the company’s response to cyberattacks…
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Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to bolster…
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Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice
Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said on Tuesday it has “reached an agreement” with the…
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US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employers
Peter Williams, a veteran cybersecurity executive who was the head of the hacking and surveillance tech division of U.S. defense…
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Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack
On Tuesday, education tech giant Instructure disclosed a data breach where hackers stole students’ private information, including their names, personal…
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How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
When Anthropic unveiled its new Mythos model in April, it also delivered a stern warning to anyone developing software. The…
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Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed…
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US government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux
A severe security vulnerability affecting almost every version of the Linux operating system has caught defenders off-guard and scrambling to…
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Hackers are still exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites
Nearly a week after the makers of the popular web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) alerted users…
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US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants,…
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Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
Hacktivists have claimed responsibility for taking down the public-facing infrastructure of popular Linux operating system distribution Ubuntu, as well as…
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