The cybersecurity landscape continued to evolve in 2024, marked by familiar adversaries and emerging threats with new technologies and improved tactics. Monthly key developments provided a comprehensive narrative of the year’s significant cyber attacks, vulnerabilities and controls, including the TA866 email malware campaign, Australia’s Court Services Victoria ransomware attack, and Southern Water ransomware attack. Also, noteworthy were the Microsoft corporate email breach, the significant Lockbit Disruption, and the “Mother of All Breaches.” The OpenAI account takedown, facial recognition data breach and NHS Scotland Trust ransomware attack, among others, were also significant.
AI-powered tool predicts gene activity in cancer cells from biopsy images
Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an AI-based programme, SEQUOIA, which can predict the activity of thousands of genes within tumour cells using standard biopsy images.
