GE Military Project Hack Sparks National Security Concerns
General Electric (GE) recognized the data theft from threat actor IntelBroker pertaining to a project involving the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, sparking national security concerns.
The GE Spokesperson commented on the data theft, saying they are thoroughly investigating the claims, will work on further protecting the integrity of their security systems, and that business operations will not be affected.
Dollar Tree’s Data Breach Affects Millions
Dollar Tree recently reported a third-party data breach to the Maine Attorney General, placing sensitive information from nearly 2 million of its customers in the US and Canada at risk.
Upon further investigation of the data breach, it was found that Dollar Tree’s system was infiltrated through a third-party provider, Zeroed-In Technologies.
AI Boosts Malware Detection by 70%
VirusTotal’s latest research demonstrates how effective AI is in detecting malware by identifying 70% more malicious scripts than its traditional cybersecurity counterparts.
The data from VirusTotal’s research “Empowering Defenders: How AI is shaping malware analysis” was gathered through the analysis of hundreds of thousands of malware samples spanning a six-month period.