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IdeaLab is notifying individuals impacted by a data breach incident last October when hackers accessed sensitive information. Although the organization does not describe the type of attack, the Hunters International ransomware group has claimed the breach and leaked the stolen data on the dark web. IdeaLab is a California-based technology startup incubator that since 1996 has launched over 150 companies, including GoTo.com, CitySeach, eToys, Authy, Pet.net, Heliogen, and Energy Vault. Being one of the longest-running and influential venture capital firms in the U.S., the company has generated considerable economic impact, job creation, and investment value. On October 7, 2024, IdeaLab detected…

Hunters International ransomware gang shuts down and offers free decryption keys to all victims Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2025 Hunters International ransomware gang announced its shutdown, citing unspecified “recent developments” and acknowledging its impact. The ransomware group Hunters International announced on its dark web site that it is shutting down, citing “recent developments” without specifying details. The group stated the decision was made after careful consideration and acknowledged the impact on affected organizations. “We, at Hunters International, wish to inform you of a significant decision regarding our operations. After careful consideration and in light of recent developments, we have decided…

publishing my previous post on benchmarking tabular reinforcement learning (RL) methods, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t quite right. The results looked off, and I wasn’t fully satisfied with how they turned out. Still, I continued with the post series, shifting focus to multi-player games and approximate solution methods. To support this, I’ve been steadily refactoring the original framework we built. The new version is cleaner, more general, and easier to use. In the process, it also helped uncover a few bugs and edge-case issues in some of the earlier algorithms (more on that later). In this post,…

Breaking a single patent into tradable NFT “shares” turns a complex intellectual property right into a liquid asset that can be bought, sold, and managed by its stakeholders. By creating unique tokens that each represent a small share of an invention, inventors can get immediate funding without giving control to one backer. These tokens include metadata like claim hashes, inventor decentralized identifiers, and expiry blocks, which clearly show the origin and details of the patent. This way, inventors can reach a global group of small investors who are motivated to evaluate, enhance, and support innovation from the start. Crowd-review using…

By breaking down internal silos, leveraging advanced technology and embracing industrywide cooperation, organizations can shift from reactive to proactive fraud prevention to protect revenue and reputation while supporting sustainable business growth.  The post Beyond Silos: The Power of Internal Collaboration on Transforming Fraud Prevention appeared first on Security Boulevard.

John Strand // AV is Dead Long Live Whitelisting. We have been discovering more and more of our tests bypass AV controls with ease.  We have yet to see any iteration or vendor in the blacklist space who is adequately preventing attacks using simple blacklist solutions.  What needs to be done in this industry is a move towards a whitelisting approach.  This can either be in the form of a product like Bit9, Lumension or Bromium.  Or, it can be in the form of using existing controls such as Applocker and/or Software Restriction Policies (SRP).  We recommend organizations start with Applocker then work their way up to full Application Whitelisting.  …

Mature OT cybersecurity programs span beyond perimeter defenses, with an emphasis on deep visibility, continuous risk assessment, and strong governance reflecting the unique conditions and needs of OT (operational technology) environments. The roadmap accounts for legacy systems, scattered industrial installations, multilayer network segmentation, secure remote access to the plant, and asset inventories that are up to date, even as critical equipment ages. But most industrial companies are still stuck using legacy risk models designed for the way our systems used to be, rather than the way they are today. The question remains, however, is most, if not all, of the…

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) that have been disclosed on Monday. Google patches actively exploited Chrome (CVE‑2025‑6554)Google has released a security update for Chrome to address a zero‑day vulnerability (CVE-2025-6554) that its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered and reported last week. Europe’s AI strategy: Smart caution or missed opportunity?Europe is banking on AI to help solve its…

In recent years, North Korea has deployed thousands of so-called IT workers to infiltrate Western businesses, get paid salaries, and send money back to support the regime. As the schemes have become more successful, they have grown increasingly elaborate and employed new tactics to evade detection.But this week, the United States Justice Department revealed one of its biggest operations to tackle IT workers to date. The DOJ says it has identified six Americans who allegedly helped enable the schemes and has arrested one of them. Law enforcement officials searched 29 “laptop farms” in 16 states and seized more than 200…