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The Target: Boyd Gaming is a public US casino entertainment company with 28 gaming properties in ten states.
The Take: The threat actors were able to steal data from the company's systems, which includes information about employees and individuals.
The Vector: In a new 8-K form filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said it experienced a cybersecurity “incident” in which unauthorized third parties accessed its IT system.
This breach highlights the extreme importance of timely software updates for known software vulnerabilities, not only in systems directly under a firm’s control, but in third-party systems the firm relies upon as well. The longer a firm, or its vendors, hold out on deploying the most up-to-date software for their systems, the greater the chance an attacker will exploit the issue.
TechCrunch: Bryan Onel’s father was a locksmith. As for Onel, he described himself as the digital equivalent. Ethical hacking was Onel’s hobby growing up. He studied AI at university and then turned that hacking hobby into a profession.
Forbes: IBM’s "2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report" sounds an alarm for organizations racing to deploy AI without adequate safeguards. The study highlights how organizations are choosing speed and innovation over security oversight, which is translating into steeper breach costs and more-complex recovery efforts.
Cybersecurity Dive: A federal program that encourages companies to share cyber threat information expired, raising fears of significantly diminished cybersecurity collaboration between the government and the private sector.
CSO Online: Databricks is trying to carve out a bigger role in cybersecurity for itself with the launch of “Data Intelligence for Cybersecurity,” a platform aimed at unifying fragmented security data and powering AI agents against automated attacks.
Investing.com: CrowdStrike, the $122.58 billion cybersecurity powerhouse that has delivered a remarkable 74% return to investors over the past year, announced the appointment of Amjad Hussain as chief resilience officer, a new position focused on advancing operational excellence and reliability across the cybersecurity company’s platform and business operations.
SecurityWeek: The firm was founded by Mike Pena (CEO), Nicholas Gonzalez (chief revenue officer), Hector Monsegur (chief research officer), Ibrahim Karajic (VP of infrastructure), and Andy Sok (VP of product).
Forbes: As digital ecosystems expand and global interconnectivity accelerates, cybercrime is emerging as a significant economic vulnerability. In 2020, Cybersecurity Ventures projected it would inflict $10.5 trillion in damages annually by 2025.
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