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National Risk Assessment Cites CrowdStrike Lessons Learned, Hybrid Warfare RisksThe British government's latest national security risk register sees a rising threat posed by cyberattacks disrupting operational technology in more critical national infrastructure sectors, and cites the CrowdStrike outage in "digital resilience failure" lessons to be learned.

Vital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA SaysCritical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation's civilian cyber defense agency said.

Claroty Warns of Downtime, 'Devastating' Impact of Vulnerabilities in OT SystemsVulnerabilities in backup power devices and heating and cooling control systems widely used in data centers could enable remote cyberattacks and result in costly downtime and "devastating" operational impact, according to new research from OT security firm Claroty.

France's Mistral Makes Digital Sovereignty Case for a European MythosThe European Central Bank added to mounting warnings sent to financial institutions that they must urgently act to protect their systems from artificial intelligence-enabled cyberattacks. British experts warned that gains in AI models' cyber capabilities appear to be accelerating.

Josephine Wolff on Why Healthcare Must Scrutinize Cyber and AI CoverageHealthcare organizations face growing pressure to reassess cyber insurance policies as cyberattacks disrupt patient care and AI tools introduce new liability risks. Josephine Wolff of Tufts University discusses how exclusions, compliance demands and AI-related uncertainty shape insurance decisions.

In the face of relentless cyberattacks that threaten patient safety, hospitals must strengthen their resilience, with clinical continuity, secure backups and coordinated recovery emerging as critical strategies, said John Riggi of the American Hospital Association and Josh Howell of Rubrik.

AI-Developed Attack Tooling Generated 'High-Volume, Noisy Workflows'A hacker used Claude and Chat GPT in a cyberattack against a municipal water and sewage utility's operational technology systems in Mexico in January, according to forensic analysis by OT security firm Dragos. The tools "leveraged known techniques and existing vulnerability knowledge."

AI-Driven Attacks Compress Breakout Times, Forcing Defenders to Rely on Context NowAI has lowered the cost and speed of cyberattacks, enabling adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities within minutes. As breakout times collapse, security teams must respond faster by using context-driven intelligence and automation to detect, prioritize and stop threats in real time.

Critical Infrastructure Operators Urged to Fortify Against Nation-State AttacksThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched CI Fortify, urging critical infrastructure operators to adopt isolation and rapid recovery capabilities to maintain essential services under cyberattacks, amid warnings that nation-state actors are already embedded in operational systems.

UK Government Said It Is Working With Chinese Officials to Remove ListingsThe U.K. government is working with Chinese officials to remove the sensitive de-identified data of 500,000 participants of the UK Biobank that was listed for sale on the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba. U.K. officials said the incident did not appear to involve a cyberattack.

Nation-State Hits Now Comprise Majority of Serious Incidents Probed by GovernmentBritish intelligence officials said they investigate about four major incidents per week, with the majority involving nation-state actors. Officials said the shape and scope of how cyberattacks are being wielded by the nation's adversaries continues to change as fast as the technology evolves.

Stryker Has Said It Doesn't Carry Cyber insuranceStryker notified regulators that its March cyberattack will impact the medtech maker's first quarter financial results. The company also does not appear to have a cyber insurance policy in place to help cover costs associated with the disruptive incident claimed by Iranian hackers.

CEO Solomon Says Bank is Working with Anthropic, Vendors on ControlsGoldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the bank is "hyper-aware" of the heightened capabilities of Anthropic's Mythos model, as it works with the firm and security vendors to harness its potential. His comments come amid concern over the model's ability to accelerate cyberattacks.

Okta's Brett Winterford on Identity Threats and Agentic AI RisksAI is accelerating cyberattacks, collapsing timelines and exposing new identity risks. Okta's Brett Winterford explains how attackers are using AI to scale phishing, exploit credentials and infiltrate enterprises - and what CIOs must do to defend against this rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Defense of Democracies' Mark Montgomery on Warfare Trends, Geopolitical ThreatsCyber operations now support military strategy rather than just acting alone. Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies warns that as militaries integrate cyber and kinetic action, private sector enterprises are facing greater exposure to geopolitical threats.

Signature Healthcare EHRs, Patient Portal Offline; Some Cancer Care CancelledA Massachusetts healthcare system is diverting ambulance patients and is operating under downtime procedures as it deals with a cyberattack. The organization has also canceled certain cancer treatments, taken its patient portal offline and is unable to fill prescriptions at its retail pharmacies.

AI is accelerating cyberattacks faster than organizations can prioritize them, forcing security leaders to rethink how they define and defend against “emerging threats.” Most modern threats aren’t new, just amplified by AI, says Akamai's Brent Maynard.

AI is accelerating cyberattacks faster than organizations can prioritize them, forcing security leaders to rethink how they define and defend against “emerging threats.” Most modern threats aren’t new, just amplified by AI, says Akamai's Brent Maynard.

An identity-based microsegmentation deployment at Main Line Health in Philadelphia is helping to control how its roughly 60,000 devices communicate across the network in order to protect clinical operations and limit the impact of potential cyberattacks, said Main Line Health CISO Aaron Weismann.

AI is compressing cyberattack timelines from months to minutes. While segmentation has been a gold standard security practice for years, many organizations are still operating with outdated, static approaches.