SCWorld.com reported that “The latest fraud figures are sobering: U.S. consumers reported more than $12.5 billion in fraud losses in 2024, a 25% jump from the previous year, according to the FTC. Businesses are feeling the effects too, with nearly 60% reporting higher fraud losses year over year, according to
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DarkReading.com reported that “Security leaders in critical infrastructure traditionally have focused their defensive energy on operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS). Those remain the crown jewels for attackers.” The October 13, 2025 article entitled ” Critical infrastructure CISOs Can’t Ignore ‘Back-Office Clutter’ Data” (https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/critical-infrastructure-back-office-data) included these
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CSOonline.com reported that “Nearly three out of every five (57%) significant cyber incidents involve attacks the cybersecurity team had not prepared for, suggesting CISOs need to re-evaluate — and in some cases recommit to — their tabletop strategies.” The October 14, 2025 article entitled “CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57%
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ComputerWorld.com reported that “Generative AI (genAI adoption is transforming entry-level roles in the tech industry, with more than half of workloads now augmented by AI, according to one study. Tasks such as drafting reports, synthesizing research, fixing simple code, and cleaning data, can already be executed by AI tools
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CSOonline.com reported that “With CISO tenures averaging just three years, many are questioning whether relentless stress, liability, and limited rewards are making the role unsustainable.” The October 7, 2025 article entitled ” Is the CISO chair becoming a revolving door?” (https://www.csoonline.com/article/4066101/is-the-ciso-chair-becoming-a-revolving-door.html) included these comments:
CISO tenures average three
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HealthCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “Harris Health is contacting 5,000 patients about a breach involving a former employee who improperly accessed electronic health records for over a decade. The Texas healthcare organization said it learned of the incident and reported it to the FBI four years ago.” The October 7, 2025 article
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ComputerWorld.com reported that “The Discord user data breach offers yet another argument against the UK government’s authoritarian plans for Digital ID. A sensible government would consider the implications before forcing people to risk information with a stunt like this.” The October 9, 2025 article entitled “Major Discord hack exposes
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ComputerWorld.com reported that “With the Windows 10 end of support date arriving on October 14, upgrading to Windows 11 is now a matter of “when,” not “if.” But it may be better still to clean install Windows 11 on your PCs, rather than taking the upgrade path.” The October 6
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DarkReading.com reported that “Showman P.T. Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Had he been a cybersecurity expert, he might have changed that to say, “There’s a cybersecurity vulnerability published every 12 minutes.” He wouldn’t have been far off.” The October 2, 2025 article entitled “Despite More CVEs
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DarkReding.com reported that “As vishing becomes more frequently used amongst threat actors, researchers have discovered that AI-generated voice clones from as little as five minutes of recorded audio are well on the rise.” The September 30, 2025 article entitled ” AI-Powered Voice Cloning Raises Vishing Risks” (https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ai-voice-cloning-vishing-risks) included
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