Hyundai Motor Group has established a dedicated unit to respond to cyber threats and is sharply increasing its investment in information security as it accelerates efforts to strengthen protection across the group. The cyberthreat response team, led by Yang Ki-chang, head of the group’s Integrated Security Center, will oversee vulnerability assessments, threat monitoring and incident…
A ransomware operation has discovered it can target large corporations by going after network security devices pitched to smaller enterprises. The market for SonicWall SSL VPN devices tends to be small- and medium-sized firms – but when those businesses are bought by larger businesses, the devices suddenly are part of a network worth real money…
OpenAI said a Mixpanel breach exposed API user metadata—and urged customers to watch for phishing attacks. Mixpanel said an attacker accessed part of its systems and exported customer-identifiable metadata. OpenAI said no prompts, API keys, payment information, or authentication tokens were involved. Both companies reviewed the incident, notified affected users, and outlined new security steps…
Hackers are hijacking U.S. radio transmission equipment to broadcast bogus emergency messages and obscene language, the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. In a public notice, opens new tab, the FCC said a “recent string of cyber intrusions against various radio broadcasters” had occurred, resulting in the issuance of the U.S. Emergency Alert System’s “Attention Signal.”…
Deepwatch, the leader in Precision MDR powered by AI + Humans, today announced the official opening of its new office in Bengaluru, India, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued global expansion strategy. The state-of-the-art facility will serve as a key engineering and technology hub as the company continues to scale its research and…
Cisco is phasing out insecure legacy features and hardening device configurations as part of a new resilient infrastructure initiative. The effort is a direct response to threats from AI-powered attacks ansecurity, Secure by default, AI Attack, d prepares networks for post-quantum cryptography. In the process, it is making secure-by-default the baseline. Organizations face escalating risks…
OpenAI has confirmed a security incident involving Mixpanel, a third-party analytics provider used for its API product frontend. The company clarified that the OpenAI Mixpanel security incident stemmed solely from a breach within Mixpanel’s systems and did not involve OpenAI’s infrastructure. According to the initial investigation, an attacker gained unauthorized access to a portion of Mixpanel’s environment…
Method Security, a dual-use company combining cyber expertise with AI speed, raised $26 million across its seed round and Series A. The funds will be used to accelerate deployment of its autonomous cyber platform, with significant investor participation. Other participants included Blackstone Innovations Investments, Crossbeam Ventures, NFDG, Forward Deployed Ventures, Pax Ventures, WndrCo, and several…
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike has confirmed the termination of an insider who allegedly provided sensitive internal system details to a notorious hacking collective. The incident, which came to light last week, involved the leak of internal screenshots on a public Telegram channel operated by the threat group known as “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters.” The leaks surfaced when…
APT24, a threat actor referred from Chinese cyber criminal group, has been observed employing multiple techniques to deploy malware as part of a three-year-long cyberespionage campaign, Google reports. Also tracked as G0011, Pitty Panda, and Pitty Tiger, APT24 has been active since at least 2008, mainly relying on spear phishing and social engineering to achieve its…
