A new report out today from BlackBerry Ltd. details a significant increase in new malware used in cyberattacks in the first quarter of this year as overall attacks continue to surge. The latest BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals that BlackBerry cybersecurity solutions detected and stopped 3.1 million cyberattacks in the first quarter, or 37,000 ...

Infamous ransomware gang LockBit is claiming to have breached the U.S. Federal Reserve and is threatening to release stolen banking information if a ransom payment is not made. According to a listing on its dark web leaks site, LockBit claims to have “33 terabytes of juicy banking information containing Americans’ banking secrets” before going on ...

Amazon.com Inc. is reported working on a new artificial intelligence chatbot that will compete directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter, claims that the internal project building the AI is called “Metis,” a reference to the Greek goddess of wisdom. Metis is said to be powered by an internal Amazon ...

As generative artificial intelligence continues to grow in popularity and become mainstream, so do security issues surrounding large language models and their support services. A new report today from Wiz Inc. details one such vulnerability discovered in Ollama, the open-source infrastructure project designed to simplify the packaging and deployment of AI models. However, in a welcome ...

The U.S. Commerce Department today announced that it’s banning Kaspersky Lab Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky, and its subsidiaries and parent companies from selling its software in the U.S. The decision from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security institutes the ban starting July 20. The company is ...

Cloud networking company Cato Networks Ltd. today announced a new partner platform that eliminates the complexity of delivering managed Secure Access Service Edge services. Called the Cato MSASE Partner Platform, the new platform is been designed to allow channel partners to rapidly deliver and profit from management SASE services. The platform gives partners vendor-level insight, control and ...

Enterprise identity protection and cyber resilience startup Semperis Ltd. today announced that it has secured $125 million in growth financing, which will allow it to invest in product innovation and support its expanding global customer base. Founded in 2014, Semperis offers cybersecurity services that specialize in protecting Active Directory and Azure AD from cyberthreats, as well as ...

A new report released today by NCC Group plc has found that ransomware attacks hit a record high in May, driven by a massive resurgence in LockBit ransomware attacks. The NCC Group 2024 Threat Intel report found that global ransomware attacks rose by 32% month-over-month in May, to 470 recorded ransomware attacks, up from 356 ...

Data technology company CDK Global Inc., a major supplier of software to car dealerships in North America, has been hit by a cyberattack that has resulted in the company being forced to take its systems offline and clients being unable to process regular business transactions. The attack occurred today as systems going offline at around ...

Nvidia Corp. has reportedly agreed to acquire incident automation startup Shoreline Inc., although neither company has confirmed the deal as of now. The details of the unconfirmed deal came from Bloomberg Tuesday, referencing people familiar with the matter. It reported a deal was struck recently and valued Shoreline at around $100 million. Founded in 2019, Shoreline provides intelligence ...