In early 2026, Nike disclosed a ransomware incident. Attackers encrypted some systems. Nike restored from backups. Operations continued with minimal disruption. Sounds like a contained incident, right? Here’s what Nike didn’t emphasize in their public statements: Before encrypting anything, the attackers exfiltrated approximately 1.4 terabytes of intellectual property: Unreleased shoe designs and prototypes Manufacturing processes...Read More
Europol’s “Operation Alice” dismantles massive dark web scam network 373,000 sites shut down, 105 servers seized, operator identified 440 customers investigated for attempting to buy CSAM; global agencies involved Earlier this month, Europol led a global operation against a major cybercrime network. It resulted in the takedown of hundreds of thousands of dark web websites,...Read More
AstraZeneca, widely recognized for its pivotal role in developing a COVID-19 vaccine in collaboration with an Indian pharmaceutical firm, has recently made headlines for an entirely different reason—a reported data breach. The company, which gained global attention during the pandemic for its contributions to public health, is now facing scrutiny over potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. According...Read More
It was conceived to be the perfect alibi placing Stephen McCullagh almost 20 miles away at his home in Lisburn while his pregnant partner Natalie McNally was murdered at her home in Lurgan just a week before Christmas in 2022. The 32-year-old died after being violently attacked between 8.50pm and 9.30pm on Sunday December 18...Read More
TEL AVIV — The role of Israel’s hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime. Hundreds of millions of cameras have been installed above shops, in homes and on street corners across the world, many connected to the internet and...Read More
As much as 4.3% of the total malware detections in India in 2025-26 were from Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Nearly 9% of the total ransomware cases in India in 2025–26 were from Karnataka, according to the Centre of Excellence for Cybersecurity – Karnataka (CySecK) annual compendium report released on Monday. The report also...Read More
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have jointly issued a public service announcement (PSA) to warn the public about ongoing phishing campaigns by cyber actors associated with the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) targeting commercial messaging applications (CMAs). RIS actors have compromised individual CMA accounts, but not CMAs’...Read More
Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 report, released today at the RSA Conference, shows that attackers are moving faster, operating more collaboratively, and increasingly focusing on the systems organizations rely on to recover from breaches. The report, based on more than 500,000 hours of incident response engagements in 2025, finds that attackers are compressing key phases of the...Read More
Iranian government hackers are using Telegram as a way to steal data from hacked dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose the regime around the world, according to an FBI alert published on Friday. In the first stage of the attack, the hackers contact their targets and pretend to be a known contact or tech...Read More
A semiconductor testing company warned regulators on Friday that its subsidiary in Singapore suffered a ransomware attack earlier this month. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, Trio-Tech International said the cyberattack was discovered on March 11 and led to the encryption of files within the subsidiary’s network. “At that time,...Read More
