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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning organizations about Ghost (Cring) ransomware, a sophisticated cyber threat that has been compromising critical infrastructure, businesses, and government entities worldwide. Develop and test ransomware response plans.

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State of Cybersecurity in Canada 2025: Key Insights for InfoSec Leaders

SecureWorld News

Supply chain and cloud misconfigurations are weak links 82% of breaches stem from IoT and cloud misconfigurations, exposing businesses to cascading failures. Address the talent shortage with focused initiatives Expand government incentives for cybersecurity education and mid-career training.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. This information was disseminated, making the vulnerable systems high-visibility targets for threat actors, especially as Fortinet products are commonly found in government, healthcare, and other critical sectors.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco Security

In terms of technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) was still getting off the ground, and AI was largely still science fiction. The astonishing accumulation of personal information available from data brokers and collected from a fusion of advertising and social media has made social engineering attacks much more effective.

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Who is Hero?

Security Boulevard

Podcast Techstrong.tv - Twitch Devops Chat DevOps Dozen DevOps TV Media Kit About Sponsor Analytics AppSec CISO Cloud DevOps GRC Identity Incident Response IoT / ICS Threats / Breaches More Blockchain / Digital Currencies Careers Cyberlaw Mobile Social Engineering Humor --> Security Bloggers Network Home » Security Bloggers Network » Who is Hero?

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AI in the Enterprise: Key Findings from the ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report

Security Boulevard

As organizations work to establish AI governance frameworks, many are taking a cautious approach, restricting access to certain AI applications as they refine policies around data protection.U.S. Figure 1: Top AI applications by transaction volume Enterprises blocked a large proportion of AI transactions: 59.9%

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AI Slop is Hurting Security — LLMs are Dumb and People are Dim

Security Boulevard

Artificial stupidity: Large language models are terrible if you need reasoning or actual understanding. The post AI Slop is Hurting Security LLMs are Dumb and People are Dim appeared first on Security Boulevard.