Executive Summary Unit 42 regularly monitors the cyberthreat landscape, including trends in extortion and ransomware. Ransomware actors continue to evolve to increase the effectiveness of their attacks and the likelihood that organizations will pay what is demanded. In our 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report, we found that 86% of incidents involved business disruption,...Read More
British retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the iconic Knightsbridge department store, Harrods, have become the latest to be hit by cyberattacks in the UK. Online orders at M&S, one of the United Kingdom’s most prominent high-street stores, remain paused and the attack has already cost the company millions of pounds in lost revenues. Here...Read More
Republicans and Democrats continue pointing the finger at one another after the Joint Legislative Budget Committee approved a transfer of funds to help a state program. JLBC approved a $6.5 million transfer in addition to $10 million from other Arizona programs to aid the Department of Child Safety’s Congregate Care program. The program involves a...Read More
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A recent multi-agency investigation has led to 10 people arrested on charges related to child sex abuse. Those arrested between April 28 and 29 include: 22-year-old Daniel Hennigh 51-year-old Vaughn Catillon 51-year-old Shawn Crawford 23-year-old Andrew Mosely 42-year-old Deepen Kothari 30-year-old Oliver Cruz Tejeda 30-year-old Kevin Rodriguez-Umana 32-year-old David Jones 39-year-old...Read More
Two different federal Justice Department cybersecurity cases announced May 1 underscored the complex challenges the agency faces in policing cybersecurity issues.The first case involved an $8.4 million civil settlement with Raytheon Company and Nightwing for resolving allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with federal cybersecurity controls on 29 Defense...Read More
May 2, 2025 The FBI says ransomware threats are growing and continue to disrupt critical services across the country. FBI Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco field office Sanjay Virmani, leads a team of 43 cyber agents, and points to the People’s Republic of China. “They are pervasive. The threats from them have...Read More
CHICAGO (WLS) — Last year, there were more than 36 million reports of suspected child exploitation online submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. Here in the Chicago area, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has a Special Victims’ Unit dedicated to catching people who target our most vulnerable. Over a series...Read More
These DOGE ransowmare hackers demand a trillion dollar payment. AFP via Getty Images Update, April 25, 2025: This story, originally published April 23, has been updated with further details regarding the DOGE ransomware attack and information from a new FBI report about the FOG malware threat used following the latest trillion-dollar ransom note demand. The...Read More
The arrest of three men in connection with separate and unrelated child sexual abuse material cases was described today by Florida Attorney General James Uthemeyer at a media briefing in Fort Myers. Those arrested included former LaBelle resident 46-year-old Jason Harrison of Jacksonville, 41-year-old Kevin Sheffield of Naples and 34-year-old Travis Montgomery of Bradenton. Sheffield...Read More
