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CISA and ACSC issued new guidance this week on how to procure, implement, and maintain SIEM and SOAR platforms. SIEM and SOAR help organizations analyze data from firewalls, endpoints, and applications to improve detection and response to cybersecurity incidents. However, many face implementation challenges due to high costs and ongoing …

New ransomware payment reporting rules take effect in Australia yesterday (May 30) for all organisations with an annual turnover of AUS $3 million ($1.93 million). Australia’s Cyber Security Act 2024 applies to private companies managing critical infrastructure assets. Organizations must report any ransomware payments to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) …

A nationwide phone network has gone down in Spain, shortly after blackouts caused chaos and significant financial losses. Emergency services in several regions had to issue new phone numbers after Telefonica’s network upgrades caused phone lines to fail. Reports in Spanish media state that landline telephones were the most impacted, …

Cyber fraudsters hacked the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank’s server using a customer’s mobile phone. According to reports, the fraudsters hacked a customer’s mobile banking app at the bank’s Halti branch in Chamba district and withdrew Rs 11.55 crores, which was later transferred to 20 different bank accounts. The State …

Google will pay about $1.4 billion to Texas to settle two lawsuits regarding location tracking and biometric data storage without consent. This $1.375 billion settlement is much larger than previous fines for similar practices: $391 million in 2022 to 40 states, $29.5 million in early 2023 to Indiana and Washington, …

YouTube has restricted access to at least four Bangladeshi television channels in India following a takedown request from the Indian government, citing concerns related to national security and public order. The affected channels: Jamuna TV, Ekattor TV, BanglaVision, and Mohona TV—are no longer accessible to viewers in India. When accessed …

Attackers linked to the Play ransomware operation deployed a zero-day privilege escalation exploit during an attempted attack against an organization in the U.S. The attack occurred prior to the disclosure and patching of a Windows elevation of privilege zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-29824) in the Common Log File System Driver (clfs.sys) on …

On Monday, Palo Alto Networks confirmed it is acquiring the US-based AI security company Protect AI. Protect AI has created a platform for organizations to secure AI models, perform AI red teaming, and ensure AI runtime security. Palo Alto Networks announced that acquiring Protect AI will enhance its ability to …

India has taken a monumental stride toward next-generation technology by initiating its first Quantum Computing Village, a state-of-the-art project in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, spearheaded by the Real-Time Governance Society (RTGS). Supported by major companies like IBM, TCS, and L&T, the initiative seeks to develop a top-tier ecosystem for quantum hardware …

Amazon has paused some data center lease negotiations for its cloud division, particularly in international markets, according to Wells Fargo analysts on Monday. “This is routine capacity management, and there haven’t been any recent fundamental changes in our expansion plans,” said Kevin Miller, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) …