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• CMC Releases Analysis and Guidance for Education Sector After Canvas Data Breach
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• Trust in Automated AI Vulnerability Scanning Collapses to 9%, New Study Finds
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• Major Increase in Ransomware Attacks Targeting Europe, Warns New Report
• Researchers Trick AI Browsers Into Leaking Credentials
• Europol-Led Operation Endgame Takes Down StealC and Amadey Infostealers
• macOS Backdoor Uses Prompt Injection to Evade AI Triage
• KDDI Breach Affects Six Japanese ISPs, Exposes 14.2 Email Credentials
• Iran-Linked MuddyWater Poses as Ransomware Gang to Mask Cyber Espionage
• AI Is Making Attacks Cheaper, Faster and More Covert, Says ReliaQuest
• UK Museums Face Cybersecurity Risks, MPs Warn

Open source software projects are getting a new framework for handling security vulnerabilities as AI shortens the time between flaw discovery and exploitation. The Linux Foundation has launched Akrites, an industry initiative that brings together technology companies, financial institutions, security vendors, AI companies, and open source projects to support the remediation and disclosure of vulnerabilities affecting widely used open source software. Akrites aims to establish a common process for addressing security issues in software used …