Cybersecurity engineer Toufik Airane was approached by a North Korean hacker who offered him a small fortune in exchange for use his of his identity—and he has the screenshots to prove it. Airane revealed to RFA Korean’s Jaewoo Park that after interacting with mysterious figures online, he found himself in a videocall with an East...Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy has introduced a detailed five-year plan aimed at strengthening cybersecurity across the nation’s energy infrastructure. Developed by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER), the strategy lays out a clearer structure for how the federal government plans to protect the systems that generate, transmit, and distribute electricity....Read More
One click and everything’s gone. That’s the danger of cybercrime. We’ve heard the warnings for years, but despite those warnings, high-tech heists are soaring in the number of victims and the amount of money lost. “These fraudsters are professionals. They’re professional criminals. And they have a playbook to deal with potential victims,” said Melanie Devoe,...Read More
An experienced hacker has revealed the scariest things he saw while venturing across the dark web. Luckily, 99 percent of internet users will not go beyond the ‘surface web’ when they’re surfing or scrolling on social media. Think Google, TikTok, or even YouTube – this is all known as a safe space and therefore the...Read More
By Darrell SmithThe Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper announced a new ballot initiative that would revise Proposition 57 to prohibit sexually violent predators from being eligible for early parole. Saying the state’s independent parole board has “too much unfettered power,” Cooper said the “only way to reform Prop. 57 is...Read More
Key Points Viva Ticket, a major ticketing platform used by museums and theme parks, was hit by a ransomware attack in March, impacting around 3,500 partners, including the Louvre. Potentially affected data includes identification and billing information, but not bank details, and no evidence of data extraction or fraud has been found so far. Viva...Read More
Also, Russian Signal Phishing, Iran-Linked Malware, Breaches in Spain and France Pooja Tikekar (@PoojaTikekar) • March 26, 2026 Image: SquareMotion/Shutterstock/ISMG Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, Tycoon 2FA is back, a Trio-Tech ransomware attack turned potentially material, more warnings on Russians targeted...Read More
As sectors from health care to energy become increasingly digitized, the frequency of cyberattacks is surging – the risks made worse by a pronounced shortage in the global cybersecurity workforce. In an effort to address this gap, the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering is introducing a cybersecurity certificate that will prepare...Read More
Attorney General Russell Coleman announced in a statement on March 26 that a Perry County man previously convicted of sexually assaulting multiple children was sentenced to three life sentences with no possibility of parole. According to the statement, Perry Circuit Judge Alison C. Wells handed down the sentence against Harrison Cress, 58, of Beehive Road,...Read More
PRESQUE ISLE — A mental health agency in Maine is the target of an alleged Russian ransomware attack. AMHC is based in Presque Isle. It provides behavioral health services to more than 55 hundred clients in Aroostook, Hancock and Washington counties. In a statement marketing and grant development specialist Clare Hickey said “AMHC recently experienced a network...Read More
