Tag: breaches
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The Register: ‘Technical debt’ in police database built to respond to child murders causing a ‘failing service’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/police_database_built_to_respond/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Technical debt’ in police database built to respond to child murders causing a ‘failing service’ Feedly Summary: Project rated at ‘Red’ risk as it struggles to move off obsolete Oracle tech and cloud transition stalls The risk rating of the UK’s crime intelligence database is being elevated to…
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Slashdot: Self-Replicating Worm Affected Several Hundred NPM Packages, Including CrowdStrike’s
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/0542237/self-replicating-worm-affected-several-hundred-npm-packages-including-crowdstrikes Source: Slashdot Title: Self-Replicating Worm Affected Several Hundred NPM Packages, Including CrowdStrike’s Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Shai-Hulud malware campaign has affected numerous npm packages, including those maintained by CrowdStrike, via the injection of malicious scripts designed to steal developer credentials and exfiltrate sensitive information. The campaign highlights…
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The Register: Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans healthcare data
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/850k_americans_affected_by_medical/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans healthcare data Feedly Summary: Three US medical centers fess up to serious breaches Cybercriminals broke in and stole nearly a million Americans’ data in the space of a week, after three digital burglaries at healthcare providers.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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The Register: Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/vc_giant_insight_partners_confirms/ Source: The Register Title: Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet Feedly Summary: VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it Venture capital giant Insight Partners has confirmed that a January ransomware attack compromised the personal…
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The Register: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/dod_scale_ai_deal/ Source: The Register Title: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal Feedly Summary: First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret…
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The Register: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/openai_hallucinations_incentives/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance Feedly Summary: Even a wrong answer is right some of the time AI models often produce false outputs, or “hallucinations." Now OpenAI has admitted they may result from fundamental mistakes it makes when training its…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Why a Cisco Talos Incident Response Retainer is a game-changer
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/why-a-cisco-talos-incident-response-retainer-is-a-game-changer/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Why a Cisco Talos Incident Response Retainer is a game-changer Feedly Summary: With a Cisco Talos IR retainer, your organization can stay resilient and ahead of tomorrow’s threats. Here’s how. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details the benefits of a Cisco Talos Incident Response…