The PEAR hacking group, short for “Pure Extraction and Ransom,” has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack targeting Monmouth University. According to the group, it infiltrated the university’s servers earlier this month and exfiltrated approximately 16 terabytes of sensitive data. Unlike traditional ransomware attacks, PEAR stated that it chose not to encrypt the stolen data....Read More

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office suffered a ransomware attack last week that knocked out the department’s computer systems, Lt. Adam Nicholson said Wednesday.  “We pretty much have to start up from the ground up again,” Nicholson said.  The department’s network remains shut down while IT support responds to the issue, Nicholson said. The system for...Read More

Jazz has won the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator run by CrowdStrike and Amazon Web Services, with support from NVIDIA Inception. It was selected after reaching the final round of a programme that drew nearly 1,000 applicants. The winner was decided after a final pitch session in San Francisco, where Jazz emerged from a group of...Read More

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cyble, a global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, announced major recognition across two of the industry’s most prestigious award programs. The company received the Gold Award for Threat Intelligence at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards and earned four honors at the Global InfoSec Awards 2026, presented by Cyber Defense...Read More

The global surge in energy sector ransomware attacks intensified throughout 2025, exposing deep vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. As organizations prepare for what’s coming next, the lessons are becoming harder to ignore. The systems that power homes, fuel industries, and sustain modern life are under siege, not by isolated hackers, but by highly organized ransomware groups operating at scale.  In 2025 alone, the energy...Read More

The Waterfall Threat Report 2026 finds that publicly recorded cyber breaches with physical consequences across heavy industry and critical infrastructure fell by 25% to 57 incidents in 2025, down from 76 in 2024, largely due to temporary factors affecting ransomware activity. At the same time, nation-state and hacktivist attacks doubled, with the majority targeting critical...Read More

27 March 2026 Britney Spears has accused her ex-bodyguard of hacking into her iCloud account. Britney Spears has reportedly accused her former bodyguard of hacking her The 44-year-old star’s attorney has reportedly sent a cease and desist letter to security guard Thomas Bunbury, alleging that he accessed her personal devices and iCloud without her content...Read More

Disconnecting from the interndoes not guarantee safety from cyber threats, as nearly one in three computer users in India were targeted by local, on-device attacks in 2025, according to a report by cybersecurity major Kaspersky. The company stated it detected and blocked over 6.46 crore local incidents in India between January and December 2025. These...Read More

In one of the largest coordinated global cybercrime crackdowns, law enforcement agencies across 72 countries have dismantled over 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers linked to ransomware, phishing, and malware operations. The operation, carried out under INTERPOL and codenamed Operation Synergia III, targeted the critical digital infrastructure used by cybercriminal networks to launch and sustain...Read More

As lawmakers begin the new Legislative Session this week, Governor Kay Ivey is calling for the swift passage of the Child Predator Death Penalty Act “to prioritize the safety of Alabama’s children.” The governor highlighted this bill as a priority during her state of the state address Tuesday evening. “When it comes to safeguarding our...Read More