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Multiple U.S. counties, including Kaufman County (TX), La Vergne (TN), and DeKalb County (IN), have suffered cyber incidents that forced public service shutdowns. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/sZjgoOALSQ ✍ Kirsten Doyle #CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #ISBNews
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Several U.S. municipalities reported cyber incidents this week, disrupting key public services.Â
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IBM has achieved a major quantum milestone. Running its core error-mitigation algorithm in real time on AMD chips, marking a leap toward practical and affordable quantum computing. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/AREvXmGMrs ✍ Kirsten Doyle #QuantumComputing #CyberSecurity #ISBNews
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IBM says it has reached a major step forward in making quantum computing more practical and affordable. Â
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Subtle cyberattacks are crippling manufacturing Lou Farrell explores how minor yet insidious threats, such as third-party infiltration and data tampering, can gradually bring entire operations to a halt. đź”— Read more: https://t.co/6mvQW1mdgw
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Cyberattacks in the manufacturing sector are evolving faster than many organisations can adapt. While high-profile threats like ransomware and DDoS attacks
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Part Two is here! Insights from @ninjaone, @thrivenextgenit, @RADSecurity_ , @10ZiGTechnology, @bridewellsec, @BlackDuck_SW, @APIContext, @cequenceai, @SaltSecurity, @scality, @ProtonPrivacy, @Cohesity đź”—Read more https://t.co/XCLZMUU4J4
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Cybersecurity awareness doesn’t end with a single campaign or a list of best practices. It’s an evolving mindset. The threats and tools change, and so must
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The CAB Forum’s 47-day certificate rule exposes fragility in manual certificate management. Ganesh Mallaya from @AppViewX explains how automation, visibility & crypto-agility can keep CLM resilient under pressure. 🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/H5GIrqtHU4
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The CAB Forum’s 47-day certificate renewal mandate is more than a compliance change. It is a stress test for enterprise security practices. Manual processes
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A precision spearphishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha hit aid organizations and government offices in Ukraine, masquerading as the President’s Office to deliver a WebSocket RAT hosted on Russian infrastructure. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/ozlowzRKoq ✍ Kirsten Doyle #ISBNews
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The campaign, tracked as PhantomCaptcha, was uncovered by SentinelLabs in collaboration with the Digital Security Lab of Ukraine.Â
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A patched zero-day wasn’t enough to stop attackers. China-linked groups weaponized the ToolShell SharePoint flaw to breach telecoms in the Middle East and government networks according to @symantec and Carbon Black. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/1BimvGTGuo ✍ Kirsten Doyle #ISBNews
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A zero-day that Microsoft patched in July remained active long after the fix. China-based attackers weaponized the SharePoint “ToolShell” flaw
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.@Darktrace has uncovered a stealthy intrusion by China-linked group, Salt Typhoon, on a European telecom provider, exploiting a Citrix vulnerability to deploy the SNAPPYBEE backdoor. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/i8yCANUtZ7 ✍ Kirsten Doyle #APT #SaltTyphoon #ISBNews
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Salt Typhoon, a China-linked espionage group, has once again surfaced, this time in the systems of a European telecommunications provider. Darktrace spotted
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Japan’s retail sector takes a hit after a ransomware attack on logistics giant Askul disrupted Muji, Loft, and Sogo & Seibu’s online services. Expert insights from @CyberSmartUK and @KnowBe) for their insights. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/OrVSn5G1eM ✍ Kirsten Doyle #ISBNews
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It happened because its logistics partner, Askul, was taken offline by a ransomware attack.Â
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Ransomware attacks are making healthcare more expensive. Zachary Amos explains how these attacks stall operations, delay patient care, and force healthcare providers to raise prices to recover losses. đź”— Learn more: https://t.co/NrcTnTecX1
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Healthcare costs have been on the rise in recent years. Factors such as increased tariffs, a lack of medical professionals, and an increasingly elderly
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Can we really trust AI? In our latest article, Irfahn Khimji, Field CTO at @Back_Box, explores how to move from artificial to authentic by treating AI as a partner, not a replacement. đź”— Learn more: https://t.co/kCxU2CGTqF
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Over 75% of organizations participating in McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI survey report using AI in at least one business function. However, concerns about
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Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack from the Clop cybercrime group. The attack exploited a critical zero-day in Oracle’s E-Business Suite. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/ejGiFKSRXL ✍ Kirsten Doyle #Ransomware #ISBNews
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Envoy Air, a regional carrier owned by American Airlines, has confirmed it was the target of a sophisticated ransomware attack attributed to the Clop
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A major cybercrime-as-a-service network has been dismantled in Latvia. Operation SIMCARTEL, led by Europol, Eurojust, and police from Latvia, Austria, and Estonia, resulted in seven arrests and the takedown of key servers. đź”— Read more: https://t.co/dMhcP2LW06
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An international law enforcement operation in Latvia has brought down a major cybercrime-as-a-service network.Â
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Stay Safe Online As AI, automation, and digital complexity reshape the cyber landscape, experts from across the industry share how awareness alone is no longer enough. đź”— Learn more: https://t.co/S6Ijj01PGx
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This year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is at a turning point. The tools that once protected us (antivirus, passwords, firewalls) now have to share space
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Locked out of your Google account? You can now “phone a friend” to get back in, but at what cost to privacy? Expert insights from @CheckPointSW & @SANSInstitute 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/5ywrsYC8P5 ✍ Kirsten Doyle #Privacy #AccountRecovery #ISBNews
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"Using a phone number or previous device as a primary recovery mechanism is convenient, but it comes with inherent risks,” he continues. “SIM swap attacks and
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Sotheby’s confirms that data breaches may have exposed client information, including names, Social Security numbers, and financial details. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/bxMm56CRVL ✍ Kirsten Doyle #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #ISBNews
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Sotheby’s has confirmed a data breach following unauthorized access to its internal systems, exposing sensitive personal information belonging to
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"Identity failed more organizations this year, and the damage hit harder. The takeaway: without decisive action, leaders will see risks grow sharper, losses deeper, and recovery slower." 💯 Great analysis from @Info_Sec_Buzz on the 2026 RSA ID IQ Report⬇️ https://t.co/tg6ixx8OSG
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Identity failed more organizations this year, and the damage hit harder.Â
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Why do smart people still fall for phishing or deepfakes? In this thought-provoking piece, Steve Prentice and Bruce Hallas of Re-thinking the Human Factor™ explore how organizations can turn their “weakest link” into their strongest defense. 🔗: https://t.co/Qw6ySxaDuE
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However, experts like Bruce Hallas, founder of Re-thinking the Human Factor™, argue that this misses the bigger picture. As he describes in the latest episode
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APT group Flax Typhoon, backed by China, turned ArcGIS into a backdoor. @ReliaQuest uncovered how attackers weaponized the software extension, hiding inside system backups and forcing to rewrite its documentation. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/PYEcPitrUW ✍ Kirsten Doyle #ISBNews
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That’s exactly what happened when the China-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Flax Typhoon, maintained year-long access to an ArcGIS
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SimonMed Imaging has confirmed a major cyberattack that exposed data of 1.2 million patients, including medical records, IDs, and financial details. Expert insights from @XcapeInc & @RidgeSecurityAI 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/WgawOCIHOb ✍ Kirsten Doyle #ISBNews
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SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest outpatient medical imaging providers in the US, has confirmed that it fell victim to a cyberattack that potentially
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