Two former employees of cybersecurity firms that sold services helping companies combat hackers have been indicted and accused of participating in a conspiracy, outside of their day jobs, to hack multiple US firms and extort them for millions of dollars. The two men are accused of deploying ransomware used by a prolific cybercriminal gang in […]
Dive Brief: The use of AI in the corporate workplace is growing so quickly that companies do not have the proper security controls and frameworks required to use the technology securely, according to a report released Wednesday by Vanta and Sepio Research. About two-thirds of IT and business leaders said their use of agentic AI outpaces their […]
Google Threat Intelligence Group is investigating a series of attacks linked to a hacker targeting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Service, Cybersecurity Dive has learned. Threat activity has ramped up since last week after a proof of concept for the untrusted data vulnerability in WSUS, the service widely used to manage the deployment […]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas web browser that could allow malicious actors to inject nefarious instructions into the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant’s memory and run arbitrary code. “This exploit can allow attackers to infect systems with malicious code, grant themselves access privileges, or deploy malware,” LayerX Security Co-Founder and […]
Western Sydney University has suffered a major cyber breach, with hackers stealing a range of sensitive student information from tax file numbers and passport details to private health and disability information. The cyber attack happened between June 19 and September 3 this year, the university revealed on Thursday. It is understood the university first spotted […]
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will cost an estimated £1.9bn and be the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history, according to researchers. Experts at the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) have analysed the continuing fallout from the hack, which halted the car giant’s production on 1 September for five weeks and […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – A more than year-long digital intrusion into cybersecurity company F5 (FFIV.O), opens new tab, publicized last week and blamed on Chinese spies, has defenders across the industry hunting for signs of compromise among the many corporate networks that use its products. Several worry that more disclosures are coming. So far, […]
People should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice. The government has written to chief executives across the country strongly recommending that they should have physical copies of their plans at the ready as a precaution. A recent spate of hacks has highlighted the chaos that […]
A massive escalation in attacks targeting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect login portals, with over 2,200 unique IP addresses conducting reconnaissance operations as of October 7, 2025. This represents a significant surge from the initial 1,300 IPs observed just days earlier, marking the highest scanning activity recorded in the past 90 days according to GreyNoise Intelligence monitoring. […]
The first day of September should have marked the beginning of one of the busiest periods of the year for Jaguar Land Rover. It was a Monday, and the release of new 75 series number plates was expected to trigger a surge in demand. At factories in Solihull and Halewood, as well as at its […]