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"Silent Ransom Group hits US law firms in escalating extortion attacks."

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Today’s news and analysis for cybersecurity professionals

Silent Ransom Group Hits US Law Firms in Escalating Extortion Attacks The financially motivated group is combining vishing, IT impersonation, and in-person office intrusions to steal data and extort victims.

Check Point VPN Flaw Exploited Since Early May A newly discovered, critical zero-day vulnerability is under attack; a Qilin ransomware affiliate has been blamed for at least one incident.

‘Hades’ Campaign Against PyPI Puts New Spin on Shai-Hulud The latest attacks, which hit 37 PyPI wheels and 19 code packages, show a continued evolution of the persistent software supply chain threat.

Sponsored Content by Check Point Why Private LLMs & AI Data Centers Need Security Overhauls Large enterprises are customizing private LLMs and upgrading their data centers with high-performance GPU clusters to run training and inference workloads. But traditional IT security and zero trust were not designed for AI systems – organizations now need to redefine their data center security.

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Digesting a Dynamic Bouillabaisse of Cyber Evolution In this latest installment of the Reporters' Notebook video series, Dark Reading editors reflect on two decades of dramatic change — from perimeter defense to assume-breach strategies — and warn that while AI, cloud, and COVID-19 have transformed the threat landscape, organizations are still failing at fundamental security hygiene that could stop sophisticated attacks in their tracks.

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Iran Signed a Ceasefire — Its Hackers Didn’t An extension of the Geneva Conventions could impose restrictions on cyberwarfare under ceasefire conditions and close a major loophole in international conflict.

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