We catch up on news after a week of BSidesSF and RSAC Conference. Unsurprisingly, AI in all its flavors, from agentic to gen, was inescapable. But perhaps more surprising (and more unfortunate) is how much the adoption of LLMs has increased the attack surface within orgs. The news is heavy on security issues from MCPs and a novel alignment bypass a...
BleepingComputer reports that the recent cyberattack on UK retail group The Co-operative Group, or Co-op, is more serious than previously disclosed, with hackers successfully stealing data from current and former members, including names and contact details, though no financial or password information was taken.
TikTok has been ordered by the Irish Data Protection Commission to pay a $600 million fine after transferring its European users' data to China while failing to address possible access by Chinese authorities, which is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation, according to The Associated Press.
Nova Scotia Power, the leading electric utility in the Canadian province, has disclosed the compromise of personal information belonging to some of its customers following a cyberattack late last month, SecurityWeek reports.
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