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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 5/10/2025, 7:49:57 AM

Bleeping Computer

10 days ago

Ascension discloses new data breach after third-party hacking incident

​Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, is notifying patients that their personal and health information was stolen in a December 2024 data theft attack, which affected a former business partner. [...]

Check Point Research

10 days ago

Exploring the State of AI in Cyber Security: Past, Present, and Future

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cyber security landscape—but how exactly is it being used, and what risks does it introduce? At Check Point Research, we set out to evaluate the current AI security environment by examining real-world threats, analyzing how researchers and attackers are leveraging AI, and assessing how today’s security tools are evolving […] The post appeared first on . Exploring the State of AI in Cyber Security: Past, Present, and Future Check Point Research

Dark Reading

10 days ago

Nvidia's AI Security Offering Protects From Software Landmines

Nvidia's DOCA Argus prevents attacks before they compromise AI architectures.

The Hacker News

10 days ago

Chinese Hackers Abuse IPv6 SLAAC for AitM Attacks via Spellbinder Lateral Movement Tool

A China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group called TheWizards has been linked to a lateral movement tool called Spellbinder that can facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. "Spellbinder enables adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks, through IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) spoofing, to move laterally in the compromised network, intercepting packets and

The Hacker News

10 days ago

[Free Webinar] Guide to Securing Your Entire Identity Lifecycle Against AI-Powered Threats

How Many Gaps Are Hiding in Your Identity System? It’s not just about logins anymore. Today’s attackers don’t need to “hack” in—they can trick their way in. Deepfakes, impersonation scams, and AI-powered social engineering are helping them bypass traditional defenses and slip through unnoticed. Once inside, they can take over accounts, move laterally, and cause long-term damage—all without

The Hacker News

10 days ago

Customer Account Takeovers: The Multi-Billion Dollar Problem You Don’t Know About

Everyone has cybersecurity stories involving family members. Here’s a relatively common one. The conversation usually goes something like this: “The strangest thing happened to my streaming account. I got locked out of my account, so I had to change my password. When I logged back in, all my shows were gone. Everything was in Spanish and there were all these Spanish shows I’ve never seen

Bleeping Computer

10 days ago

Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 updates fail with 0x80240069 errors

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 24H2 feature updates via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) are being blocked after installing the April 2025 security updates. [...]

The Hacker News

10 days ago

RansomHub Went Dark April 1; Affiliates Fled to Qilin, DragonForce Claimed Control

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that RansomHub's online infrastructure has "inexplicably" gone offline as of April 1, 2025, prompting concerns among affiliates of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB said that this may have caused affiliates to migrate to Qilin, given that "disclosures on its DLS [data leak site] have doubled since

The Register

10 days ago

Ghost in the shell script: Boffins reckon they can catch bugs before programs run

Go ahead, please do Bash static analysis Shell scripting may finally get a proper bug-checker. A group of academics has proposed static analysis techniques aimed at improving the correctness and reliability of Unix shell programs.…

The Register

10 days ago

Cloud doesn’t mean secure: How Intruder finds what others miss

A cloud security platform that manages the attack surface and security vulnerabilities in AWS You’d be naïve to believe that the cloud is secure by default, and while most hosting services provide basic defenses, it’s not always clear what level of protection these provide.… Sponsored post