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PHOTO: LEV RADIN/ZUMA PRESS
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Trump's AI order ignored: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a new bill aimed at regulating artificial intelligence companies and requiring them to write, publish and follow safety plans. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, any company with more than $500 million in revenue that develops a large AI system will have to publish and follow protocols aimed at preventing critical harm from the AI models and report any serious breaches or else face fines. (CIO Journal)
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Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks signed a multibillion deal to expand their partnership, building AI security tools and migrating certain Palo Alto systems to Google Cloud. The cyber company will also use Google's Gemini and other AI technology. (Reuters)
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Insiders plead guilty: A former employee at Tel Aviv-based Sygnia Consulting, an incident-response company, and a former ransomware negotiator at Chicago-based cyber and crypto firm DigitalMint pleaded guilty late last week to charges related to hacking U.S. companies. The pair operated over several years, extorting millions, the Justice Department said.
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A third suspect worked with them, according to the Justice Department, but hasn't been named in court documents. (Bloomberg)
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Senator wants action on Russian and Chinese contributions to open source. Coders in Russia and China are building on open-source software widely used by U.S. companies, presenting a national security threat, Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said in a letter to National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross. Cotton urged Cairncross to track these contributions and monitor foreign influence on key open-source tools.
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Breach tally grows at Conduent. Business-process outsourcer Conduent Business Services disclosed that more than 10.7 million Texans had their personal and medical data exposed in a 2024 ransomware attack. That is much larger than Conduent's initial count of more than 42,000 reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in October 2024 and then a subsequent update to four million in Texas alone.
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25,000+
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Number of Fortinet devices exposed to bugs that let hackers bypass authentication steps, according to internet security watchdog Shadowserver. That includes at least 5,400 in the U.S., Shadowserver said.
Fortinet has issued patches for the vulnerabilities. (Bleeping Computer)
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Qualys dropped the most in a largely down week for cybersecurity firms. The stock was one of 14 cyber companies to end the negative, losing 6.71%. The overall index dropped 3.43% for the week. With a late rally Friday, Varonis ended the week on a high note, rising more than any other stock, at 2.34%.
—Jon Leckie
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