“President Trump’s cybercrime executive order offers an avenue for the federal government to address the national security implications of cyber-enabled fraud conducted by foreign adversaries, according to Haiman Wong, resident fellow at R Street’s technology and innovation program. ‘Prioritizing and looking at [cybercrime] through a national security lens is something that I’ve been pushing hard...Read More

Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure confirmed two crosswalk locations were hacked along East Colfax Avenue, broadcasting vulgar anti-Trump messaging. Although fixed, it was the talk of the neighborhood over the weekend.  CBS “I was surprised,” said Damian Meldgaard, who lives nearby. “I had to gather myself and think, ‘Did I really hear that?’ And,...Read More

The latest annual Sophos study of the real-world ransomware experiences of state and local government organizations explores the full victim journey, from attack rate and root cause to operational impact and business outcomes. This year’s report sheds light on new areas of study for the sector, including an exploration of ransom demands vs. ransom payments...Read More

Executive Summary In June 2025, we observed a new ransomware family named 01flip targeting a limited set of victims in the Asia-Pacific region. 01flip ransomware is fully written in the Rust programming language and supports multi-platform architectures by leveraging the cross-compilation feature of Rust. These financially motivated attackers likely carried this out through manual means....Read More

Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai announced the arrest of 21 people under the UAE’s Cybercrime Laws Detained in Dubai has announced that 21 people have been charged together under the UAE’s cybercrime laws.  Its CEO warns even sharing or commenting on circulating videos or news could lead to jail, fines and deportation. 21 people...Read More

Key findings Sicarii is a newly observed RaaS operation that surfaced in late 2025 and has only published 1 claimed victim. The group explicitly brands itself as Israeli/Jewish, using Hebrew language, historical symbols, and extremist right-wing ideological references not usually seen in financially-motivated ransomware operations. Underground online activity associated with Sicarii is primarily conducted in Russian, including RaaS...Read More

A 44-year-old mid-Michigan man is accused of trying to meet minors and solicit sexual images. On the morning of Saturday, March 7, Gladwin man Richard Shank, 44, was arrested following a multi-day online predator investigation led by a vigilante group. The investigation was initiated by the nonprofit organization “Bikers Against Predators,” a group of sexual...Read More

How to Prepare and Respond to Ransomware Attacks 1.16.2026 By Jennifer Andrus Ransomware attacks have evolved into a billion-dollar threat and businesses of all sizes  are at risk. Preparing a business for the threat and planning a response was the topic of a panel discussion sponsored by the Local and State Government Law Section at...Read More

When former US secretary of state Colin Powell took to a London stage alongside Nigerian artist Olu Maintain in 2008 and danced to a song called Yahoozee, he almost certainly didn’t know that the track is widely understood in Nigeria as a celebration of internet fraud. The moment became a striking illustration of something my...Read More

It’s no secret at this point that the original Xbox and Xbox 360 are two consoles that have been hacked in all sorts of ways over the years — it’s generally just what happens to older systems as hackers begin to understand how they work. In fact, there have been many examples where consoles have...Read More