Cybersecurity training company Immersive Labs Inc. today unveiled the expansion of its artificial intelligence-ready platform with coverage across the entire organization through its new Workforce Exercising solution. The solution has been designed to address the issue of the “human element” being responsible for the majority of security breaches. It leverages behavioral science techniques with relatable content ...

A ransomware gang going by the name of Ransomed.vc claims to have hacked Sony Group Corp. and is offering for sale the data it has stolen. The claimed hack was first reported today by Cybersecurity Connect, which writes that the Ransomed.vc ransomware gang has been operating for only a short time. Ransomed.vc is reported to have ...

The National Student Clearinghouse, an education nonprofit that provides report, verification and research services, has disclosed that it was compromised and that data from nearly 900 universities and colleges has been stolen. According to NSC, the compromise occurred through a vulnerability in one of its third-party software tools, MOVEit Transfer. In a notice of data ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly preparing to release artificial intelligence-enabled chatbots as a way to attract young users, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. The Journal says the generative AIs have been tested internally and are expected to be announced at the Meta Connect Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 27. ...

Services at hotels and casinos owned by MGM Resorts International Inc. have been at least mostly restored following a ransomware attack that crippled services provided by the company last week. The cyberattack was first detected on Sept. 10 and affected systems, including websites, online reservations, ATMs, credit card machines and MGM Resorts across the U.S. ...

A new report today from tech research site Comparitech details an alarming rise in cyberattacks targeting the education sector, including 85 attacks in the first half of 2023. The report found that from 2018 to mid-September, 561 education institutions have been hit by a ransomware attack. The estimated cost of these attacks is believed to be $53 billion to ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency today released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of the Snatch ransomware operation. Snatch first appeared in 2018 and operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model. That’s a cybercriminal business model where ransomware operators develop and provide ransomware to affiliates who pay to use it ...

Data infrastructure and analytics startup MotherDuck Corp. announced today that it has raised $52.5 million in new funding on a $400 million valuation and that it will no longer have a waitlist for those interested in trying its platform. Founded in 2022 by Jordan Tigani, who worked at Google LLC for over a decade, MotherDuck offers a serverless ...

Application security posture management platform startup Legit Security Ltd. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its sales, marketing and research and development efforts and to address the emerging threat of artificial intelligence and large language models in the development of new applications. Founded in 2021, Legit Security offers ...

Drone manufacturer Skydio Inc. today released its latest enterprise drone, the Skydio X10 The company says the drone offers new, cutting-edge data capture cameras, autonomy and versatile hardware to serve a range of industries, including defense, energy, public safety, transportation, construction and communications. The X10 is being released at a critical moment for the drone industry. Skydio ...