Mitiga in the News

In a playbook move reminiscent of the early days of TikTok’s rise to fame in the US and its backlash from Washington lawmakers, New York state has banned government employees from using the Chinese-owned DeepSeek app over security concerns.

The New York Blood Center (NYBC) said it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted operations and forced it to reschedule some operations.

The New York Blood Center (NYBC) said it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted operations and forced it to reschedule some operations.

The New York Blood Center (NYBC) experienced a ransomware attack, discovered when suspicious activity was identified on IT systems. In response, the NYBC took specific systems offline and is currently working to restore them.

The New York Blood Center has suffered from a significant ransomware attack, on January 26, 2025. The non-profit blood centre collects donated blood (red cells, platelets and plasma) and uses these to create live saving products for distribution through hospitals and clinics. Read more: https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/new-york-blood-center-and-the-lessons-from-the-cyberattack/article#ixzz90u20a83I

It comes as no surprise, sadly, that cybercriminals will attack anyone and any organization as long as there its a profit in it for them, regardless of the impact on human life.

Security researchers uncovered multiple flaws in large language models developed by Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, including in its flagship R1 reasoning application.

As Microsoft users recover from the news that three zero-day Windows vulnerabilities have been actively exploited, and there has been a surge in Russian cyber espionage attacks against Windows users, there’s more bad news for Microsoft 365 account holders.

Google is always in the news and, sadly, not always for positive reasons as far as security issues are concerned.