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CIO Dive: Almost half of bank executives surveyed recently by KPMG expect that generative AI will be able to handle between 21% and 40% of their teams’ daily tasks by the end of the year.
Dark Reading: Orca Security announced it has acquired Opus, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based security startup which developed autonomous vulnerability management technology using agentic AI to remediate and prevent malicious activity automatically.
Cybersecurity Dive: A coalition of 52 U.S. organizations urged lawmakers to reauthorize a law that protects cyber threat information that businesses share with the federal government.
CIO Dive: CEOs expect the growth rate of artificial intelligence investments to more than double during the next two years, prompting an increase in AI-related hiring and reskilling initiatives, according to a May 6 report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value.
SecurityWeek: The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA announced the official launch of the European Vulnerability Database, or EUVD. Industry professionals the EUVD can be a useful resource, but the agency needs to ensure it stays relevant.
Cointelegraph: The US government has asked a federal judge to impose a two-year sentence for Eric Council Jr., the individual who helped post a fake message announcing the approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) X account.
The Target: Frederick Health Medical Group, a major healthcare provider in Maryland.
The Take: Depending on the affected individuals, the attackers stole a combination of sensitive personal information, including patient names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. They also exfiltrated personal health information, such as medical record numbers, health insurance information, and/or clinical information related to patients' care.
The Vector: The investigation determined that an unauthorized person gained access to the network and, on January 27, 2025, copied certain files from a file share server.
This breach is a stark reminder of how strong authentication controls are in an overall robust cybersecurity posture, and that good password hygiene plays a pivotal role in protection.
Cointelegraph: Onchain sleuth and security analyst ZachXBT claims to have identified an additional $45 million in funds stolen from Coinbase users through social engineering scams in the past seven days alone.
TechCrunch: Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said that it would lay off 5% of its global workforce, which amounts to about 500 workers.
SecurityWeek: The lawsuit against NSO was filed in 2019, after it came to light that a zero-day vulnerability had been exploited to deliver NSO-made spyware to roughly 1,400 WhatsApp users.
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