IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report finds the cost to an organization from an attack or breach continues to escalate. Public cloud storage breaches can carry some of the highest average incident costs, while ransomware dwell time continues to increase. Enterprises can no longer afford to validate data integrity only after systems fail. Ransomware...Read More

An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion against victims across...Read More

[Photo: Shinhan Financial Group] Shinhan Financial Group said on Sunday it has become the first in the finance sector to apply a “financial security level assessment framework” on site at major group affiliates. The application is the first domestic case of a financial company moving away from passive, regulation-compliance-focused security management to a self-directed security...Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentuckians lost more than $72 million last year to fraud, according to sources, with adults over the age of 60 reporting fraud more than any other age group. Chase Bank and Lexington Police met at the Lexington Senior Center Tuesday to address that statistic ahead of what officials call a busy...Read More

[Photo: Naru Security] Cyber threat management company Naru Security said on Sunday it signed a memorandum of understanding with hosting service company Viaweb for business cooperation and the development of a “ZeroTrust Hosting” model for small and midsize enterprises. The collaboration focuses on enabling small companies, which lack security budgets and specialist staff and find...Read More

Hackers from North Korea have bugged software used by thousands of companies across the United States in an attempt to use stolen cryptocurrency to fund the country’s nuclear and missile programs. So far, 135 devices across 12 companies have been confirmed compromised, but more victims could exist. It will take months to fully investigate and...Read More

The push to protect children from social media’s harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech’s home turf. A groundbreaking Los Angeles jury verdict last week found Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google negligent in the design and operation of their popular platforms — saying they harmed a young user with...Read More

California’s artificial intelligence industry includes security leaders working across frontier model development, enterprise AI platforms, data infrastructure, observability, and AI-native software products. The executives in this feature bring experience from high-growth startups, major technology companies, cloud-native environments, offensive security, incident response, compliance, and product security. Their backgrounds reflect how AI security leadership now spans not...Read More

For a digitally mature country like Singapore, a strong cybersecurity framework is essential.   The country has embraced digital transformation to the point where most interactions between government and citizen are digital in nature.   Any disruption of the digital infrastructure can directly affect citizens.   “This [digital] maturity changes the equation in a few...Read More

Summary On April 3, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Akira announced a significant cyberattack impacting several U.S. companies, including American Vintage Home, Briggs Plumbing Products, and Genco Manufacturing. The group claims to have exfiltrated 11GB of sensitive data, affecting diverse sectors from HVAC services to insurance. Incident Report Field Details Target American Vintage Home, Briggs...Read More