The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it is probing the "compromise" of its X - formerly known as Twitter - social media accounts after a hacker broadcast a fake post claiming the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which sent the value of bitcoin rocketing.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI acknowledged that it would be "impossible" to develop generative artificial intelligence systems without using copyrighted material. The company defended its use of copyrighted material, stating that current copyright law does not forbid training data.
California privileged access management vendor Delinea announced Tuesday its acquisition of Israeli startup Authomize in a bid to extend its reach in the growing identity market. Delinea will incorporate Authomize cross-cloud identity capabilities into its access management platform.
Fallout is mounting, and new developments are emerging in several high-profile health data hacks. Data breaches reported in recent weeks and months at a medical transcription vendor, a hospital chain and a law firm are affecting a growing list of clients and individuals - and triggering lawsuits.
Australian travel company Inspiring Vacations is investigating a misconfigured cloud database that exposed passport details and the personal information of tens of thousands of travelers. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler said the database leaked 112,000 passport scans and identity documents.
Researchers found a path traversal vulnerability in Kyocera's Device Manager product, which is used for overseeing large printer fleets in mid- to large-sized enterprises. Attackers could exploit the flaw to obtain NTLM hashes by changing the location of a backup database.
As the use of application programming interfaces to connect software components continues to surge, many organizations lack visibility into precisely how many APIs they're operating, if those APIs are secured or who's meant to have access to them, researchers warn.
Alex Zeltcer, CEO and co-founder at nSure.ai, believes more companies are using AI and gen AI to create synthetic data that will be used to identify fraudulent groups who target online shoppers and gamers. He also observes social engineering at scale, perpetrated by machines, to conduct fraud.
Budget cuts and a lack of skilled cybersecurity professionals have forced the country's cybersecurity agency to ask hackers for tips and guidance on emerging threats, a government official told Bloomberg. He said DICT employs only 30 cybersecurity experts but needs 200 people.
A federally funded health center that provides services to underserved communities in New York has been fined up to $450,000 and must invest $1.2 million in improving its data security, under a settlement with state regulators involving a 2021 ransomware attack that affected about 261,000 people.
Non-bank mortgage lending giant LoanDepot is warning customers and investors that hackers have infiltrated its network, gained unauthorized access to information and encrypted data, leading to it taking numerous systems offline while it probes the attack.
In a solicitation for synthetic data generators, the U.S. federal government is looking for a machine that can generate fake data for real-world scenarios, such as identifying cybersecurity threats. Synthetic data can boost the accuracy of machine learning models or be used to test systems.
The FBI arrested Conor Fitzgerald, the admitted administrator of the notorious, now-defunct BreachForums data breach forum and marketplace, for violating the conditions of his presentencing release, after he allegedly used VPN software and evaded mandatory monitoring of his computers.
Ivanti issued an urgent alert to users of its endpoint security product to patch a critical vulnerability that exposes systems to potential exploitation by unauthorized attackers. The SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-39336 is in all supported versions of Ivanti Endpoint Manager.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has wrapped up its investigation of the xDedic dark web marketplace and successfully dismantled the multinational criminal organizations, leading to charges against 19 individuals, including administrators, developers and customer service reps.
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