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Ransomware

Florida ransomware expert said his company could decrypt attacks without paying hackers; prosecutors allege he charged victims more than $19 million while secretly sending over $8 million in ransom payments

A Florida cybersecurity expert has been charged with fraud for allegedly misleading ransomware victims. Prosecutors say Zohar Pinhasi claimed his company could recover encrypted data without paying hackers but secretly sent over $8 million in ransom payments

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Ransomware

Feds Say Ransomware Expert’s Miracle Cure Was Just Paying the Hackers

Zohar Pinhasi spent years telling ransomware victims his Florida company could get their files back without paying the attackers. But federal prosecutors now say Pinhasi’s firm simply paid the ransom

1 min read 2 views Oct 09
Other

Why I would invest $5,000 in these top Vanguard ETFs

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of my favourite ways to invest for the long term. With $5,000 to invest, Vanguard offers plenty of choices across different markets and investment strategies. H

1 min read 1 views Oct 09
Vulnerabilities

Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor known as Flax Typhoon. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2015-33

1 min read 2 views Oct 09
AI Security

Lean SuperIntelligence (LSI) Closes Initial Financing and Announces First Self-Improving, On-Premise, Lean Cybersecurity Models Beyond Mythos™

Self-improving cybersecurity LLMs do offense–defense interplay in customizable on-prem deployments and run at massively lower cost. PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lean SuperIntelligence (LSI) is the first AI lab to build self-improving offens

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Vulnerabilities

Bitcoin holder loses 80 BTC worth $5.2 million after moving funds to reseller-bought Ledger

The incident underscores the critical importance of purchasing hardware wallets from official sources to ensure asset security.

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Other

DataTribe launches fourth fund as cybersecurity valuations surge

The Fulton firm has historically backed companies from seed to Series B stages. This story appeared on bizjournals.com, 2026-10-09 17:19:56.

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Other

What We Missed: FBI Strikes Back at ShinyHunters

In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the arrest of a suspected ShinyHunters operative to the compromise of a Pentagon-run data center.

1 min read 9 views Oct 09
Cloud

Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data

A former paralegal at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has filed a purported class action lawsuit alleging that the law firm failed to protect personal information stolen in an August cyberattack that she said affected at least 1,000 people.

1 min read 2 views Oct 09
AI Security

Anthropic and OpenAI Hire Trump Administration Alumni to Build Relationship with Washington

Anthropic and OpenAI have spent the past year recruiting former officials from President Trump's administration into senior roles, a hiring pattern that tracks with frontier AI's growing status as a matter of national security.

1 min read 1 views Oct 09
AI Security

The AI Velocity Paradox: Why Security Is Decades Behind AI Ambition

As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The "Horizons of Identity Security" report from SailPoint highlights a critical “velocity paradox,” in which organizations invest in

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Other

7 Director, US Marketing - Surgical Robotics Resume Templates with Example

Experienced Software Engineer: Ethan Davis, with 5 years of expertise in Java, Python, and cloud technologies. Proven track record of leading development teams at XYZ Corp to build scalable web app

1 min read 1 views Oct 09

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