Palo Alto’s firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June
Multiple ransomware groups, including Qilin and Inc, have been exploiting a high-severity authentication bypass bug in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS, with Unit 42 investigating attacks since early June across numerous…
Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability ‘avalanche’
An “avalanche of vulnerability reports” is forcing curl to move lower-severity cases into public view, reserving private handling for high and critical flaws. From October 26, low and medium-severity reports…
‘Password1’ and a forgotten test account land Welsh outfits in hot water
A test account protected by “Password1” helped an intruder steal personal data relating to 3,300 people, mostly children, in a ransomware attack that has drawn regulatory rebukes for two Welsh…
UK finance watchdog wants firms to report AI failures and close calls
The UK’s financial regulator says firms’ incident reporting must cover significant AI failures and near-misses as increasingly autonomous systems raise new risks. Speaking at Bloomberg’s UK Policy Series on Monday,…
