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Coast Guard Boardings of Hacked Vessels: New Details
US-Bound Supertankers Hacked Using Known Vulnerabilities, Says Official
Two cyberattacks on U.S.-bound supertankers in August, which led to them being boarded by Coast Guard and FBI cyber specialists, exploited known, unpatched vulnerabilities in on-board systems, a federal official said this week. "This was preventable," the official told ISMG. -
Hadrian Expands Offensive Security Platform With $40M Raise
Platform Expansion Will Move Beyond External Scanning Into Internal Network Defense
Dutch startup Hadrian closed a $40 million Series B funding round to expand its offensive security platform into internal attack-path testing, agentic AI risk detection and autonomous remediation that can proactively implement controls to stop attacks. -
Denmark Braces for Wave of Phishing Attacks
Attackers Stole Data of Nearly 9M Danes from the Central Register of Persons
Denmark’s residents have been hit by a data breach affecting the country’s Central Register of Persons, exposing names, addresses, CPR numbers and other details of 8.8 million people. The breach was traced to abuse of a small company’s legitimate access to the register. -
Google Pauses Open-Source Bug Bounty Program Amid AI Slop
Tech Giant Cites 'Significant Rise in Automated Submissions' Lacking Validity
Google has indefinitely paused a bug bounty program designed to reward researchers who find flaws in the open-source software it maintains, citing "a significant rise in automated submissions, the vast majority of which are not valid." Other software maintainers report similar struggles. -
OCC Issues Volcker Rule Proposal for Public Comment
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called "Volcker Rule" requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.