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GUEST RESEARCH:  Delinea, a leading provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralised authorisation, today released its inaugural Cybersecurity and the AI Threat Landscape report.

The BlackBasta ransomware group claims on the Dark Web it has breached major polymer additive and market-leading PVC stabiliser product company Akdeniz Chemson. The group claims to have stolen more than 500GB of financial and HR data and has given until 13 June 2024 for a ransom to be paid, or it will be released.

Another day, another major company breached. The ransomware group Akira alleges to have stolen projects, contracts, and other confidential information from Panasonic. The electronics giant confirms a cybersecurity event has taken place, but denies any data has been taken.

Cisco's adaptive security SSL VPN appliances have been under increased attacks for nearly six months, the security firm Rapid7 says, adding that its staff have observed both credential stuffing and targeted brute-force attacks.

Canon Oceania has appointed Akira "Dave" Yoshida as its new managing director, in place of Yusuke Mizoguchi who has been promoted to a new role at Canon Europe.