Deep Instinct takes a prevention-first approach to stopping ransomware and other malware using deep learning

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Another data breach at Forever 21 leaks details of 500,000 current and former employees

Fashion chain Forever 21 has suffered what it has described as a “data security incident” that saw a hacker gain access to its systems for months, and exposed the personal details of 539,207 current and former employees.

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Smashing Security podcast #337: The DEA’s crypto calamity, and scammers’ blue tick bonanza

Seized cryptocurrency is stolen from the DEA, blue-ticks are being exploited, a bath full of dollar bills, the comfort offered by an ostrich’s head, and how Graham is refusing to call Twitter “X”.

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Japan’s cybersecurity agency admits it was hacked for months

Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), the agency responsible for the nation’s defences against cyber attacks, has itself been hacked.

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Court finds autistic members of LAPSUS$ gang responsible for GTA 6 hack and other high profile breaches

A London court has found two British teens responsible for a spree of high profile hacks, including one that saw the leaking of source code and videos of Rockstar Games’s as-yet unreleased “Grand Theft Auto 6.”

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North Korea ready to cash out more than $40 million in Bitcoin after summer of hacks, warns FBI

After a series of high-profile cryptocurrency hacks, the state-sponsored North Korean Lazarus Group is poised to cash out millions of dollars.

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Smashing Security podcast #336: Pizza pests, and securing your wearables

Surely you should be able to order pizza without being pestered for sex? And Carole takes a look at the what and why of wearables…

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Nearly a third of young people preyed on by “text pest” delivery drivers

Surely you should be able to order pizza without being pestered for sex or a date?

So, how come so many young people are claiming that they are being hassled after ordering an online delivery?

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