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12+ min ago (215+ words) Home " Security Bloggers Network " Uncategorized " Kevin Lancaster Joins the usecure Board to Accelerate North American Channel Growth Lancaster's arrival brings significant North American channel experience and expertise, supporting usecure's ambition to cement its position as the market-leading human risk management solution for MSPs. Kevin will work with the board and executive team to support usecure's continued expansion in the North American channel and help advance the company's goal of becoming the number one human risk management solution for managed service providers. Kevin Lancaster commented on the appointment, saying he is excited to join usecure's board and support the company's ambitions. "usecure is at a pivotal moment in the evolution of Human Risk Management, and I am thrilled to help accelerate its mission. The team has built something genuinely innovative, and I am looking forward to guiding usecure through its next…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (185+ words) SitusAMC, a real estate finance platform, announced it experienced a cyberattack. On Nov. 22, the organization released a statement'regarding the incident, revealing that "certain information" was compromised from their systems as a result.' The statement read, "Corporate data associated with certain of our clients" relationship with SitusAMC such as accounting records and legal agreements has been impacted. Certain data relating to some of our clients" customers may also have been impacted. The scope, nature and extent of such impact remains under investigation by the Company and its third-party advisors."' This incident occurred on Nov. 12. Upon discovery of the attack, the organization states that it began its investigation and cooperation with law enforcement officials.' Below, security leaders discuss the implications of this cyberattack.' What was once limited by manual capacity and expertise is now able to be delivered as a commodity ranked…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago (757+ words) The Age of AI vs. AI cyber warfare, and machine-speed warfare is upon us as a recent attack using Anthropic's Claude showed writes Satyen K. Bordoloi In mid-September 2025, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, designated GTG-1002 by Anthropic, executed what the AI company called as "the first documented case of a cyberattack largely executed without human intervention at scale. It targeted about 30 organisations in the financial services, technology, chemical manufacturing, and government agency sectors. The GTG-1002 campaign is fundamentally different from traditional hacking operations. The attackers developed an autonomous attack framework that exploited the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to manipulate Anthropic's Claude Code tool. By employing sophisticated jailbreaking techniques " including breaking attacks into seemingly innocent tasks and convincing Claude it was working for a legitimate cybersecurity firm conducting defensive testing " the attackers bypassed the AI's extensive safety guardrails. The AI harvested credentials,…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago (178+ words) Sanchar Saathi gives users the ability to verify IMEI numbers, flag suspicious communication, and request the blocking of stolen phones via a central, government-managed platform. Authorities say the tool has been central to terminating more than 30 million fraudulent connections and blocking 3.7 million stolen devices from being used on Indian networks. The ministry describes the app as essential in addressing "serious endangerment" to telecom security posed by fake IMEIs, which are frequently exploited by scam networks and criminal groups to conceal device identities. The Cupertino-based tech giant has consistently declined such government requests globally and may seek a negotiated compromise that avoids mandatory preloading, potentially by offering users a prominent prompt to install the app voluntarily. Apple, Google, Samsung and Xiaomi have not publicly commented on the directive. The telecoms ministry has also remained silent. An IMEI number'typically 14 to 17 digits'is vital…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago (255+ words) Hibi Eden assumes charge of Congress Kerala's Social Media Cell after VT Balram steps down, as the party overhauls its digital wing following cyber attacks on leaders. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: The Congress in Kerala has decided to undertake a major overhaul of its digital media cell following a series of cyber attacks targeting party leaders. KPCC Vice President VT Balram has resigned as chairman of the cell, with Vice President Hibi Eden MP now taking charge. The move follows a recommendation from the AICC, and the unit has been renamed the Social Media Cell. Balram had earlier notified the KPCC of his intention to step down.The post on the Congress Kerala unit's page criticising the reduction of GST on tobacco products ahead of the Bihar elections, which stated, "Beedi and Bihar start with B," had sparked widespread uproar. Balram had…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago (164+ words) VILLAGE OF GOLF MANOR (HAMILTON COUNTY) " A small Ohio village is dealing with a ransomware attack that is impacting its computer services. The Village of Golf Manor in Hamilton County was the victim of a cybersecurity incident that has "encrypted their computer network, including all available back-ups," according to a Village of Ohio Resolution. The village council passed Resolution No. 2025-30 on Nov. 24. It proposed to pay for the guidance of a third-party group of experts to help. The resolution states that experts may advise the village "to make a ransom payment" in exchange for the decryption key for the village's networks and backup data. A council member told Cincinnati TV station, WXIX TV, that the Village of Golf Manor is not at any stage where they are interested in paying the ransom. They added that the legal counsel assigned by…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago (573+ words) Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) has just stepped up its game in cybersecurity and enterprise networking. The company announced a new managed detection and response solution with Microsoft Sentinel, as well as a joint AI-driven networking product with Meter. See our latest analysis for Lumen Technologies. If these moves in tech infrastructure have sparked your curiosity, it might be time to see what's next in the sector. See the full list for free. With shares still trading at a notable intrinsic discount, but expectations running high after recent innovations, the key question now is whether Lumen is truly undervalued or if the market has already priced in its future growth. Despite recent momentum, the most widely followed narrative values Lumen Technologies at $7.23 per share. This is below the last close of $8.11, signaling that the current valuation may be running ahead of…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (551+ words) Ohio's been on the radar screen from a cyber perspective in recent years, "and definitely not in a good way," said Shawn Waldman, CEO of Moraine-based Secure Cyber. About 10 years ago, he said the threats were "very much domestic," but that's not the case anymore. "We're dealing with the big four," Waldman said. "China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, those are the types of threats we're encountering on a day-to-day basis," Waldman said. "It is a continuous effort." Hamilton Executive Director of Strategy and Information Brandon Saurber said cyber security is "something that's on council's mind." "We work with them near daily," he said of Secure Cyber. "They help us with threat detection, monitoring, risk assessments, employee training and incident response planning so that if we did have something we've got a plan in place to deal with that." Hamilton contracted…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago (328+ words) Mrinmay Dey is a correspondent for Reuters. Lucia Mutikani is a correspondent for Thomson Reuters. Idrees Ali is a national security correspondent for Reuters, who focuses on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters)U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety, but gave no further details as Washington ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government. "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY, Trump said in a Truth Social post. Venezuela's communications ministry, which handles all press inquiries for the government, did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Trump's post. The U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1300+ words) Construction workers begin development at the site of the Marshall University Institute of Cyber Security on Nov. 12, 2025, in Huntington. HUNTINGTON " Marshall University's new Institute of Cyber Security may be built for the ever-evolving digital future, but project designers say the building's foundation is unmistakably West Virginian " shaped by the surrounding mountains, iconic steel bridges and historic brickwork that define the state's and university's past. Toney Stroud, Marshall's vice president for strategic initiatives and corporate relations, said the university is dedicated to preparing students to protect critical infrastructure of the future through developing its state-of-the-art cybersecurity center. The university recently awarded a construction bid for the $45 million, 72,000-square-foot Institute for Cyber Security to the local Neighborgall Construction Co., whose crews officially broke ground on the project earlier this month at the corner of Hal Greer Boulevard and Fourth Avenue. Perkins Eastman…...