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SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon comparisons

Hundreds of victims are surfacing across the world from zero-day cyberattacks on Europe’s biggest software manufacturer and company, in a campaign that one leading cyber expert is comparing to the vast Chinese government-linked Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon breaches of critical infrastructure. The zero-days — vulnerabilities previously unknown to researchers or companies, but that malicious…

Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity

Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity Tuesday called out the need for more proactive tracking of products used across the country, saying the status quo leaves many health system owners and operators in the dark about vulnerabilities, exploitation and patching updates. Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and…

Miist, founded by a 25-year-old, wants people to vape their way out of smoking addiction and migraines

As a university student, Dalton Signor was troubled by how many people around him smoked or vaped, including his grandmother and 14-year-old sister. Signor (pictured center) felt that existing smoking cessation medicines, whether patches, gums, or lozenges, are not very effective because they take too long to start working. “They take about 30 minutes to…

This MIT spinout wants to spool hair-thin fibers into patients’ brains

You can’t start a company without a healthy dose of daring, and that’s certainly the case with NeuroBionics. The MIT-spinout thinks it could one day improve the lives of millions of people who live with neurological conditions like depression, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.  Famed investor Steve Jurvetson of Future Ventures said that if everything goes…