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SiliconAngle reports that U.S. engineering firm and building materials producer Simpson Manufacturing had its IT infrastructure and apps disrupted as a result of a cyberattack.

Air Canada breach admitted by BianLian ransomware gang Air Canada had 210 GB of data claimed to be stolen by the BianLian ransomware operation during a recent data breach, BleepingComputer reports.

BleepingComputer reports that WordPress sites could be taken over by a new backdoor masquerading as a legitimate caching plugin.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been noted by Progress Software to have launched an investigation into the widespread hack of its MOVEit file transfer app, which has so far impacted 2,546 organizations and exposed information from over 64 million individuals, TechCrunch reports.

Cofense researchers say new attacks with LinkedIn Smart Links target user email credentials mostly in the financial and manufacturing sectors.

Google has begun implementing passkeys by default after gradually rolling out the authentication approach to Chrome and Android and later to user accounts and Google Workspace during the past year, reports SiliconAngle.

TechCrunch reports that security orchestration, automation, and response platform developer Revelstoke is set to be purchased by cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf in a bid to facilitate accelerated and more comprehensive cyberattack detection and response.