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  • Slashdot: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/232218/uk-to-ban-public-sector-orgs-from-paying-ransomware-gangs Source: Slashdot Title: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The UK government’s proposed legislation to ban public sector and critical infrastructure entities from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks reflects a proactive approach to combatting cybercrime. This move could significantly impact…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How governments can use AI to improve threat detection and reduce cost

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-governments-can-use-AI-improve-threat-detection-reduce-cost/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How governments can use AI to improve threat detection and reduce cost Feedly Summary: Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Enrique Alvarez, public sector advisor, Office of the CISO, explores how government agencies can use AI to improve threat detection…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Cybercriminals camouflaging threats as AI tool installers

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/fake-ai-tool-installers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Cybercriminals camouflaging threats as AI tool installers Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has uncovered new threats, including ransomware like CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t, and a destructive malware called Numero, all disguised as legitimate AI tool installers to target victims. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text reveals critical…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-google-cloud-security-team-helps-build-securely/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, pulls back the curtain on how Google Cloud approaches security engineering and how we take secure by design…

  • The Register: Southern Water takes the fifth over alleged $750K Black Basta ransom offer

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/southern_water_black_basta_leak/ Source: The Register Title: Southern Water takes the fifth over alleged $750K Black Basta ransom offer Feedly Summary: Leaked chats and spilled secrets as AI helps decode circa 200K private talks Southern Water neither confirms nor denies offering Black Basta a $750,000 ransom payment following its ransomware attack in 2024.… AI Summary…

  • The Register: Experts race to extract intel from Black Basta internal chat leaks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/experts_race_to_extract_intel/ Source: The Register Title: Experts race to extract intel from Black Basta internal chat leaks Feedly Summary: Researchers say there’s dissent in the ranks. Plus: An AI tool lets you have a go yourself at analysing the data Hundreds of thousands of internal messages from the Black Basta ransomware gang were leaked…

  • The Register: Ransomware isn’t always about the money: Government spies have objectives, too

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/ransomware_nation_state_groups/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware isn’t always about the money: Government spies have objectives, too Feedly Summary: Analysts tell El Reg why Russia’s operators aren’t that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data Feature Ransomware gangsters and state-sponsored online spies fall on opposite ends of the cyber-crime spectrum.… AI Summary…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Slashdot: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/11/2156211/aukus-blasts-holes-in-lockbits-bulletproof-hosting-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The US, UK, and Australia have sanctioned Zservers, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, due to its involvement with the LockBit ransomware operations. This collaborative effort underscores the importance of disrupting criminal infrastructures that…