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A Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint survey of 705 IT and security practitioners at U.S. healthcare institutions (conducted May 2026) found that 97% of organizations suffered at least one cyberattack in the past 12 months, and 74% of those reported disruption to patient care. The average number of attacks per organization rose to 51 from 43…
Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute released their fifth annual Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare report, based on a survey of 705 IT and security practitioners at U.S. healthcare organizations. 97% of respondents experienced at least one cyberattack in the past 12 months, and 74% of those reported disruption to patient care. The average nu…
Proofpoint, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, announced on October 15, 2026 a definitive agreement to acquire Varonis Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNS) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.3 billion, or $49.75 per share. The price is a 52% premium to Varonis' June 22, 2026 close and a 17% premium to its September 1, 2026 close.…
This opinion-led recap of Black Hat USA 2026 reports that AI dominated the conference, both as a source of risk and as a driver of vulnerability discovery. In the opening keynotes, White House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross argued that AI regulation would stifle innovation and struggle to keep pace. CISA's Acting Director Nick An…
AI voice-cloning scams are now cheap and convincing, and a Hiya report from March says one in four Americans received a deepfake voice call in the past 12 months. A further 24% say they cannot tell a cloned voice from a real one. The article describes virtual kidnapping scams, in which attackers clone a relative's voice from a few seconds…
ESET WeLiveSecurity published a guidance article on 'nudify' apps, which use generative AI to turn images of clothed people into synthetic nude images. The resulting non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) is used by fraudsters, bullies and cybercriminals, including for blackmail. An Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and AI Security I…
Consumer-fraud reporting describes a growing ecosystem of timeshare exit scams that target owners wanting to leave their contracts. Scammers find owners through real estate records and approach them with unsolicited calls or high-pressure dinner seminars. They then collect large upfront fees, often thousands of dollars, for services they …
Publicly reported data breaches in the US reached an all-time high last year, with over 3,300 incidents and nearly 280 million victim notices. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports that over 471 million notices went out in the first half of 2026, but only 24% described the attack vector, the lowest rate it has recorded. The ar…
SentinelOne published a retrospective on five years of its ThreatOps program, a gamified, CTF-style threat hunting training platform. It began in 2020 as a webinar and has since trained more than 19,000 defenders. The company says the program influenced about $661.8M in closed-won revenue between September 2023 and September 2026. The pos…
Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant near Terre Haute, Indiana, and would be the first customer for its power, according to an announcement on Monday. American Electric Power (AEP) would operate the plant, and X-energy would supply 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors. The site is a demolished coal plant. The…
Apple tightened its App Store developer guidelines over the weekend to ban apps that use AI to create offensive content. The update also targets apps that pass review as ordinary apps and later turn into nudify apps or surface those features prominently (a bait-and-switch tactic). Apps hosting user-generated content must filter objectiona…
Elon Musk said he will give one of his SpaceX shares to "every kid in America" in 2027. At the current $146 share price, the gift would be worth more than $10 billion, roughly 1% of his reported $1 trillion net worth. The mechanism is unclear, though Musk said he wants to give the shares "directly to the public" and called this the "first…
Laplace Intelligence, an Ann Arbor-based startup spun out of the University of Michigan, is building automated red-teaming for physical AI such as robots and autonomous vehicles. It is competing in Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt. The product pairs a high-fidelity, real-world-grounded simulation with AI agents that probe for…
This is not a cybersecurity incident. It is an interview-based report from TechCrunch Disrupt with the five partners of venture firm Benchmark. The partners discuss the firm's $2 billion raise across two funds this summer, including a $1.25 billion growth fund. They say they will keep a pace of two or three new investments per partner per…
TechCrunch reports that the documentary "You Can See Everything" about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos earned an estimated $15 million in its opening weekend, the second biggest documentary opening ever. It played in 855 theaters, had about 2,000 reported sellouts, and holds a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. It was co-directed …
Town, a two-year-old San Francisco startup founded by former Plaid CTO Jean-Denis Greze, announced a $108 million Series B co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures, giving it a unicorn valuation. The company launched publicly four months ago and says it reached millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue within weeks. It has r…
Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe told TechCrunch Disrupt that autonomous driving will let the company build vehicles very different from its current SUVs and trucks. Rivian is prioritizing autonomy software development even at the cost of delaying profitability. The article is industry and business news and describes no cyber threat, vu…
Apple has reportedly invited media to an "all-day product launch" in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Expected announcements include its first touchscreen OLED MacBook line (14- and 16-inch, M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, possibly 5G), a 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro, an OLED iPad mini with an M6 chip at a rumored $799, an…
Google announced Universal Cart and the When to Buy Guide, two consumer shopping features ahead of the holiday season. Universal Cart saves products from multiple retailers via AI Mode in Search or the Gemini app. It tracks price drops and restocks using the Shopping Graph (60+ billion product listings). It is built on Google Wallet, inte…
MapQuest announced on Bluesky that its navigation app now has a surveillance layer showing the locations of license plate reading cameras from Flock and other companies. Cameras appear as small red eye icons with a vision cone showing the direction each one faces. The app does not yet offer routing that avoids the cameras. MapQuest has no…
