Enterprises attempting to deploy artificial intelligence must urgently overhaul approximately $1 trillion in legacy security infrastructure that is fundamentally incapable of countering AI-driven threats, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Executive Officer Nikesh Arora. Editorial credit: PJ McDonnell / Shutterstock Speaking to investors and media following the cybersecurity giant’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release, Arora argued that defenses deployed seven to ten ye

Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson Corporation has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration. The disclosure follows claims by the criminal extortion syndicate ShinyHunters that it compromised internal systems and extracted 284 million data records containing sensitive patient and medical information. Editorial credit: FotoField / Shutterstock In a Form 8-K filing submitted to the

Security researchers have uncovered three backdoor-like surveillance implants embedded in the firmware of routers manufactured by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics, better known as ZBT, raising fresh concerns about the security of networking equipment sold around the world. The findings, published by cybersecurity firm VulnCheck, reveal that several ZBT routers contain software capable of giving remote operators powerful control over affected devices. Because ZBT manufactures ha

A cyberattack targeting two external-facing UK public sector systems has exposed over 740,000 data entries belonging to the Department for Education (DfE) and a major police database. The incident, which compromised contact details for headteachers, police officers, government officials, and members of the public, marks one of the largest public sector security failures in Britain this year. The attack was claimed by a previously unknown extortion gang calling itself ExfilSqu

Healthcare technology provider CareCloud has begun notifying hundreds of thousands of individuals that their highly sensitive personal, medical, and financial records were compromised during a cyberattack on its electronic health record (EHR) infrastructure. State regulatory filings reveal that at least 345,000 patients across the United States were impacted by the security breach, four months after the company first reported an operational disruption to federal regulators. U