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CrushFTP patches a zero-day vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to escape the VFS and retrieve system files.

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Shadowserver has identified roughly 6,000 internet-accessible Palo Alto Networks firewalls potentially vulnerable to CVE-2024-3400.

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MITRE R&D network hacked in early January by a state-sponsored threat group that exploited an Ivanti zero-day vulnerability.

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Cannes Hospital Centre – Simone Veil cancels medical procedures after shutting down systems in response to a cyberattack.

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Investors make an early-stage $6.5 million bet on BreachRx, a startup promising to shield cybersecurity executives from personal liability.

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VulnCheck banks $8 million in early stage capital to build 'exploit intelligence' technologies and services.

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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OpenSSF and OpenJS incidents similar to XZ backdoor, Moldovan botnet operator charged, US automotive company targeted by FIN7.

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While over 400 AI-related bills are being debated this year in statehouses nationwide, most target one industry or just a piece of the technology — such as deepfakes used in elections.

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New US guidance details foreign malign influence operations to help election infrastructure stakeholders increase resilience.

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Akira ransomware has hit over 250 organizations worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments.

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Telecom giant Frontier shuts down systems to contain a cyberattack that led to personal information compromise.

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Microsoft warns that several OpenMetadata vulnerabilities are being exploited to deploy cryptomining malware to Kubernetes environments.

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Malicious hackers are targeting SAP applications at an alarming pace, according to warnings from Onapsis and Flashpoint.

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Silicon Valley startup Anvilogic has raised $45 million in a Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners.

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigating a ransomware attack in which hackers stole sensitive data.

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Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have released joint guidance on securely deploying and operating AI systems. 

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Cisco patches a high-severity Integrated Management Controller vulnerability for which PoC exploit code is available.

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Cherry Health says the personal information of over 180,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack.

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LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation. 

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Cisco announces Hypershield, an AI-native and cloud-native enterprise security solution with a wide range of capabilities.

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