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      Fidelity Customers' Financial Info Feared Stolen In Suspected Ransomware Attack

      2023-03-05

      The Register: Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information — including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes — after breaking into Infosys' IT systems in the fall.

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      Cybersecurity Startup Axonius Raises $200 Million From Returning Investors

      2024-03-05

      US News: Axonius, a startup which help companies manage their cybersecurity infrastructure, said it has raised $200 million at a $2.6 billion valuation, a sizable funding amount in a relatively muted market for growth and late-stage startups.

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      Julius Baer Suffered Tech Crash That Left Bank Offline

      2024-03-01

      SWI swissinfo.ch: Julius Baer Group AG suffered a crash of its core banking systems on Feb. 16 that left Switzerland’s second-largest listed wealth manager offline for some time, according to people familiar with the matter. 

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      How Open Source Is Disrupting Enterprise Security: Startup Filigran Shows The Way With Collaborative Threat Defense

      2024-02-28

      VentureBeat: Open-source models and platforms are proving valuable in solving one of the most urgent paradoxes all cybersecurity startups face: balancing the need to deliver reliable apps at scale and low cost while being open enough to integrate across existing IT infrastructure. 

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      Energy Department Invests $45 Million in 16 Projects to Improve Cybersecurity

      2024-02-27

      SecurityWeek: Managed by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), the projects are aimed at developing new tools to reduce cyber risks and improve the resilience of energy systems, including the power grid, utilities, pipelines, and renewable energy sources.

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      NIST Releases Expanded 2.0 Version Of The Cybersecurity Framework

      2024-02-27

      CSO Online: After two years of work, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the 2.0 version of its widely referenced Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), expanding upon the draft 2.0 version it issued in September.

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      China to Increase Protections Against Hacking for Key Industries

      2024-02-26

      US News: China's ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) unveiled a plan that aims to improve data security in China's industrial sector and effectively contain "major risks" by the end of 2026.

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      Prudential Says Hackers Gained Access to Its Computer Systems

      2024-02-13

      BNN Bloomberg: Prudential Financial Inc. said hackers it believes to be part of a cyber-crime group gained access to some of its information-technology systems and a small percentage of user accounts associated with employees and contractors.

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      Ivanti Gets Poor Marks for Cyber Incident Response

      2024-02-13

      Dark Reading: Here's what's clear about the current cybersecurity state of Ivanti's VPN appliances — they have been widely vulnerable to cyberattack, and threat actors are onto the possibilities. It's up to enterprise cyber teams to decide what comes next.

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      Willis Lease Finance Corp Discloses Cyberattack

      2024-02-13

      SecurityWeek: Aircraft parts dealer Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) has informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it fell victim to a cyberattack. According to the SEC filing, the incident was flagged on January 31, when unauthorized activity was detected on portions of its systems.

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