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DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
DeepSeek is close to raising at least 80 billion yuan, or about $12bn, in a new funding round, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Tencent and the battery maker CATL have committed some of the largest sums, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg. The Chinese AI lab had...
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AI accelerates n-day attacks, as flaw disclosures and exploits double (opens CSO Online in a new tab)
Attackers are increasingly weaponizing already-disclosed flaws rather than new zero-days, and AI tools may be accelerating how quickly they do it. According to a report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), attackers have exploited more vulnerabilities in the wild thus far this year than...
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AI accelerates n-day attacks, as flaw disclosures and exploits double (opens CSO Online in a new tab)
Attackers are increasingly weaponizing already-disclosed flaws rather than new zero-days, and AI tools may be accelerating how quickly they do it. According to a report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), attackers have exploited more vulnerabilities in the wild thus far this year than...
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Accenture contractor removed from FBI after unpatched system led to breach (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
An Accenture contractor has been removed from FBI work following a breach that exposed the personal data of thousands of bureau staff. The FBI acted on Monday, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. A senior FBI official told Reuters that an unnamed contractor had not applied...
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Business leaders are bluffing over their AI skills (opens IT Pro in a new tab)
With AI skills seen as more valuable than formal qualifications, bosses are worried about their future prospects
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Amsterdam’s Hadrian raises $40M for AI-powered offensive security (opens The Next Web in a new tab)
Hadrian, an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity startup, has raised $40m to expand in Europe and the US. Forgepoint Capital International and Smartfin co-led the round, which brings Hadrian’s total funding to $65m. HV Capital, Motive Partners, Picus Capital and Oetker Ventures were also among the...
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Preparing for an AI ‘kill switch’ (opens IT Pro Security in a new tab)
The introduction of an AI ‘kill switch’ could disrupt day-to-day operations and workflows around the world. Organizations must have a plan in place to deal with any shutdown...
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Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory...
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Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory...
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FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That's according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter. "To...
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FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That's according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter. "To...
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U.S. Bank CISO says the security role keeps growing and no one can own all of it (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)
In this interview with Help Net Security, Ann Barron-DiCamillo, EVP, CISO at U.S. Bank, talks about how the CISO role has grown to cover fraud, resilience, third-party risk, and AI governance. She says no single leader can own all of it, so partnerships across technology, risk, legal, and business...
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Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8 Million People via Company Account (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
Unauthorized parties have gained access to the names, addresses, and personal identification numbers of about 8.8 million people, living and dead, in Denmark's national population register, the country's digitalization ministry said on October 5. They used a private Danish company's lawful right to...
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Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8 Million People via Company Account (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
Unauthorized parties have gained access to the names, addresses, and personal identification numbers of about 8.8 million people, living and dead, in Denmark's national population register, the country's digitalization ministry said on October 5. They used a private Danish company's lawful right to...
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Cultivating Innovation and Enterprise Performance at Global Scale (opens The CIO Magazine in a new tab)
Dr. Chris Crist is Senior Deputy General Manager and Chief Information Officer of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the world’s busiest airport. He leads technology, digital strategy, innovation, and enterprise performance across one of the world’s most complex transportation...
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ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
A new type of ClickFix attack is using compromised websites to trick users into executing a malicious payload cached in a web browser's cache. "Instead of downloading and executing remote payloads like the typical attack pattern, in this attack, the websites pre-fetch a script payload into the...
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ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits (opens The Hackers News in a new tab)
A new type of ClickFix attack is using compromised websites to trick users into executing a malicious payload cached in a web browser's cache. "Instead of downloading and executing remote payloads like the typical attack pattern, in this attack, the websites pre-fetch a script payload into the...
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Reflection’s Beam trails top open models on coding tests but claims lower inference compute (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)
Reflection AI has built Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight model for coding and agent tasks, and plans to publish the weights under an Apache 2.0 license later this month. Open-weight means developers can download the trained model and run it on their own hardware. Beam uses a...
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NIS2 compliance: 7 low-cost steps to secure credentials (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)
Security budgets rarely stretch to cover a full NIS2 programme in one pass. Credential controls are where a constrained team can start, because they make access visible, revocable, and reviewable without new infrastructure. NIS2 compliance rests on risk-management measures that fit the actual risk...
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