Government agencies have spent billions building digital fortresses. A new generation of threat actors, however, is circumventing those investments by exploiting the most persistent vulnerability: agency employees. According to a new report from Scoop News Group and Proofpoint, attackers are bypassing agencies’ technical defenses by targeting employees directly through sophisticated social engineering. What’s causing growing...Read More
Warlock, the emergent cyber crime gang that claims it is holding UK network and telecoms services provider Colt’s data to ransom, appears to have hit multiple other victims in the past few weeks, it has emerged. This is according to data supplied through the open source RansomLook.io information service, which is currently tracking 475...Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 20-year-old Palm Coast man linked to a massive cybercriminal gang was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to federal charges, including conspiracy and wire fraud. Despite federal prosecutors requesting eight years and the defense requesting five years for Noah Urban, a federal judge decided to...Read More
Healthcare’s cyber blind spot: What brokers must know about the risk-investment gap Insurance Business America Source link .........................Read More
Following a horrific string of alleged child sexual abuse incidents across Melbourne childcare centres by Joshua Brown, the Victorian Government has announced a major overhaul to the system to increase child safety. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allen’s Labor Government said it would accept and implement all 22 recommendations that came from an independent rapid child safety...Read More
An Israeli army attack killed a former Palestinian basketball player while he was seeking food in Gaza, local media reported late on Tuesday. Mohammed Shaalan, 40, one of the most prominent players of the Palestinian national basketball team, was targeted and killed by Israeli gunfire in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, while trying to obtain food...Read More
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming cybersecurity — escalating threats even as it opens a $2 trillion market opportunity. One company positioned to seize this moment is Cohesity Inc., which in December 2024 finalized its acquisition of Veritas Technologies LLC’s enterprise data protection business. The deal instantly elevated Cohesity’s scale and cemented its ambition to lead...Read More
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Ransomware Attacks Pummel Critical National Infrastructure Sectors, Experts Warn Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 15, 2025 Image: Martin Mecnarowski/Shutterstock The oil and gas sector in Pakistan is on high alert following a ransomware attack against the state-owned oil and gas company – an instance of ransomware...Read More
Inotiv pharmacy firm reports suffering a ransomware attack It is currently restoring some of its services Ransomware operators Qilin claimed responsibility Inotiv, an American pharmaceutical and biotech company, has confirmed it has suffered a ransomware attack which forced it to shut down parts of its IT infrastructure. In a report filed with the US Securities...Read More
20 Aug Combating the $10 Trillion Cybercrime Business Posted at 08:41h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 20, 2025 – Watch the video On a Bloomberg Businessweek Daily video feature last week, Anneka Gupta, Rubrik’s Chief Product Officer, discusses the emergence of so-called AI...Read More
