CISA, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Australian Signals Directorate, and the Australian Federal Police and National Cyber Security Centre, released an updated joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Scattered Spider—a cybercriminal group targeting commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory provides...Read More
Despite this, 99% of respondents supported a ban in the private sector, surpassing the 94% in favour of a public sector ban READING, England, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, today published new research revealing a sharp divide between principle...Read More
Despite this, 99% of respondents supported a ban in the private sector, surpassing the 94% in favour of a public sector ban READING, England, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, today published new research revealing a sharp divide between principle...Read More
A Bengaluru techie’s search for love on the dating app Bumble allegedly turned into a harrowing nightmare when a woman named Sangeetha reportedly lured him into a staged trap involving fake drugs and severe extortion demands. After weeks of chatting, the victim was coerced into paying ₹2 lakh under threats from a group that wrongly...Read More
Ransomware has become a defining cybersecurity threat, increasing in scale, sophistication, and cost. In the UK alone, recent months have seen a wave of high-profile incidents disrupting everything from retail and logistics to public services – with consequences that reach far beyond the IT department. Take the case of Marks & Spencer. A major breach...Read More
Key Takeaways US seeks forfeiture of 20.2 BTC from Chaos ransomware group, valued at $2.4 million. Estimates of US government bitcoin holdings vary, with reported figures ranging from 28,988 to nearly 198,000 BTC. Only three US states—Arizona, Texas, and New Hampshire—have passed laws establishing state bitcoin reserves. The United States has filed a civil complaint...Read More
Minnesota called in the National Guard after a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” hit the city of St Paul, severely disrupting public services and forcing a complete shutdown of municipal information systems.St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter confirmed during a press conference on Tuesday that the city had initiated a full shutdown of its information systems as...Read More
Trend Micro has published its latest State of AI Security Report, highlighting how the pace of artificial intelligence development is contributing to new cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. The report details a range of security challenges faced by organisations as they deploy AI technologies, including vulnerabilities in key components, accidental internet exposure, weaknesses in open-source...Read More
Avast has publicly released a free decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware, a short-lived but technically notable strain that integrated AI-generated tooling and operated primarily between December 2024 and March 2025. With the ransomware now considered inactive, Avast’s tool will allow victims to recover encrypted files without paying ransoms. The decryptor was developed by Avast researcher...Read More
A new report from Akamai Technologies has highlighted a worrying escalation in ransomware tactics affecting Asia Pacific enterprises, with a shift towards more sophisticated “quadruple extortion” campaigns alongside the persistent prevalence of double extortion attacks. The 2025 Akamai State of the Internet (SOTI) Ransomware Report reveals that ransomware accounted for over half of all data breaches across...Read More
