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Addressing Quantum Readiness in Healthcare Security

Healthcare organizations should prepare for post-quantum cryptography without overreacting to hype, said John Frushour, CISO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Stronger encryption standards, commercial software support and attention to medical devices can help providers manage emerging risks.

How Cloud Security Risks Grow With Home-Based Care

As hospital-at-home programs expand and AI adoption accelerates, healthcare organizations face mounting cloud security demands. Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare, discusses vendor accountability, identity management, clinical AI risks and the need for stronger cybersecurity foundations.

How Renown Health Is Reshaping Its Digital ID Strategy

Renown Health is reshaping digital ID management with a strategy that reduces friction for clinicians, strengthens security and prepares the organization for emerging AI-driven identity challenges, said Steven Ramirez, Renown Health's chief information security and technology officer.

How Agentic AI Is Reshaping the Modern SOC

Agentic AI is redefining security operations by embedding intelligence across detection, investigation and response. Optiv's Ben Spencer and Google Cloud's Wayne Kearns explain how AI-powered SOCs strengthen defense, why human expertise is essential and how MSSPs can accelerate enterprise adoption.

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FDIC: Supervisory Approach to Payment Processing Relationships with Merchant Customers

The FDIC is clarifying its policy and supervisory approach related to facilitating payment processing services directly, or indirectly through a third party, for merchant customers engaged in higher-risk activities.

FFIEC: Statement on End of Microsoft Support for Windows XP

The FFIEC on Oct. 7 issued a joint statement concerning Microsoft's discontinuation of support for its Windows XP operating system as of April 8, 2014.

FDIC: Institutions Encouraged to Work with Borrowers Impacted by Shutdown

Five federal regulatory agencies encourage financial institutions to work with customers affected by the federal government shutdown.

FDIC Issues Guidance to Areas in Illinois Impacted by Severe Storms

The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Illinois affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes.

AI Across the SOC: Investigate Faster Without Adding More Tools

An OnDemand Webinar from Elastic The security operations center (SOC) is more interconnected — and more complex — than ever. As security teams manage an expanding ecosystem of security tools and data, the challenge isn't just in detecting threats, but in harnessing insights wherever they live.

What Are Your Maps Not Showing You?

An OnDemand Webinar from Elastic Watch this webinar to learn how to build a geospatial operational view across departments, systems, and environments as well as how to identify shifts in terrain, routes, timing, and risk early in order to respond before issues escalate.

Boston Scientific Flags Financial Hit From Cyberattack

Nearly 2-Week Production and Shipping Pause Puts Sales Targets Out of Reach Boston Scientific said an Aug. 25 cyberattack that halted production and shipping for nearly two weeks will materially hurt third-quarter and full-year 2026 results, putting its previous sales growth targets out of reach despite restored operations.

France's Mistral AI Touts Its Europeanism, But Faces Limits

'Made in France' Can Only Get Mistral So Far in AI Race Mistral raised 3 billion euros in a funding round that gives Europe's great hope for a domestic AI leader a valuation of more than 21 billion euros. Mistral is playing up its ability to provide "sovereign AI" - but the degree of sovereignty that it can offer Europe is unclear.

MikroTik patches flaws currently being exploited to take over routers

Networking gear manufacturer MikroTik has released patches for six vulnerabilities in its RouterOS firmware, two of which can be chained together to take over devices without authentication over SSH. The exploit chain, dubbed MikroTrick, is already being used by attackers in the wild. The vulnerabilities, found by researchers from the CERT Polska, are located in various firmware components, including the SSH server and client, the bandwidth-test service, the X.509 certificate handling code, and…

US Government Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models

US agencies claim Chinese companies covertly extracted billions of tokens from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and SpaceX's Grok to reduce development costs.

FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach

The policy, passed under the Biden administration, forced health apps to disclose when users’ personal health records were exposed in a breach or shared without authorization. The post FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach appeared first on CyberScoop.

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Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire

The groups have allegedly targeted American citizens and companies, including the wife of GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, a former representative running in a Michigan swing race. The post Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire appeared first on CyberScoop.

U.S. Disrupts Xinbi Guarantee Scam Marketplace, Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced coordinated actions aimed at an illicit online marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee that offered scam services, including seizing Telegram channels used to run the service, confiscating two cryptocurrency wallets, and deploying the Scam Center Strike Force to Madagascar to help disrupt 13 scam compounds run by Chinese organized crime

HelmGuard Raises $7.3 Million for Agentic GRC and Security

The company will increase its US market presence and will expand its engineering and go-to-market teams. The post HelmGuard Raises $7.3 Million for Agentic GRC and Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.