Google Workspace adds AI ransomware detection and sync pausing for Drive

Google is strengthening its ransomware defences with artificial intelligence-powered malware detection in the Drive cloud storage for customers on Workspace productivity plans, in an effort to limit the damage from the ongoing threat. Unlike similar, competing solutions from Microsoft, Box and Dropbox, Google’s anti-ransomware capability stops file synchronisation to cloud storage automatically when attacks are […]

Industry groups worry about cyber info sharing

The US federal law that facilitates a significant portion of information sharing between the federal government and private sector is likely to expire October 1 in a development that could have major impacts on private industry and government cyber threat coordination.  Despite broad bipartisan support, lawmakers have not agreed on how to either renew or […]

Asahi Group production impacted by cyberattack

Japanese beer and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings has not been able to resume production at domestic factories a day after a cyberattack and cannot foresee when it can be resumed, a company spokesperson said. The company has 30 plants in Japan making beer, beverage and food products, but it is still investigating whether all […]

First malicious MCP server for AI found

Security researchers have spotted what they think is the world’s first malicious model context protocol (MCP) server, made available as open source on Microsoft owned code repository GitHub. MCP was created by Anthropic, with researchers criticising the protocol for its optional security approach and vulnerabilities. It is designed to provide a standardised protocol for connecting […]