Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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A Russian-speaking hacker used generative AI to compromise the FortiGate firewalls, targeting credentials and backups for possible follow-on ransomware attacks.

SonicWall has formally implicated state-sponsored threat actors as behind the September security breach that led to the unauthorized exposure of firewall configuration backup files

Deal Would Boost Veeam's Cyber Footprint as Data Protection Vendor Valuations SurgeBloomberg reported that data protection and ransomware recovery giant Veeam is in advanced talks to buy DSPM and AI security vendor Securiti for $1.8 billion, with an announcement coming as soon as this week. The deal would accelerate Veeam's pivot from backup and disaster recovery to cybersecurity.

Deal Would Boost Veeam's Cyber Footprint as Data Protection Vendor Valuations SurgeBloomberg reported that data protection and ransomware recovery giant Veeam is in advanced talks to buy DSPM and AI security vendor Securiti for $1.8 billion, with an announcement coming as soon as this week. The deal would accelerate Veeam's pivot from backup and disaster recovery to cybersecurity.

Microsoft on Monday said it took steps to correct a glaring security gaffe that led to the exposure of 38 terabytes of private data

Shared Access Signature (SAS) link exposed a storage bucket with 38TB of private data, including passwords, Teams messages, and the backups of two Microsoft AI research employees' workstations.

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