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Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history — CNBC

Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, writes Kevin...

Amazon staffers took bribes, manipulated marketplace, leaked data including search algorithms – DoJ claims — The Register

US prosecutors claim six people bribed corrupt Amazon insiders to rig the the web giant's Marketplace in their favor and leak terabytes of data,...

DHS awards Synthetik $1M to develop ML training data for airport security program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, has awarded Austin, Texas-based Synthetik funding to develop machine learning training data.

HCL opens cybersecurity fusion center in Europe

HCL Technologies has opened an European Cybersecurity Fusion Center (CSFC) in Gothenburg, Sweden; the first such center in Europe for the company. 

Attackers are trying to exploit a high-severity zeroday in Cisco gear — Ars Technica

The security flaw resides in Cisco’s iOS XR Software, an operating system for carrier-grade routers and other networking devices used by telecommunications and data-center...