[ad_1] (TNS) — Winona County’s network and critical public systems have been securely restored after a ransomware attack earlier this month. The county stated Thursday that close to full operations at its offices were expected to resume Friday. The county’s public-facing systems were restored in phases. People might still experience some delays though, as a...Read More

[ad_1] KENTWOOD, La. (WVUE) – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a New Jersey man for scamming an elderly Tangipahoa Parish resident out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold. Nigam Bhatt, 25, has been booked on extortion charges. Bhatt lives in Parsippany, New Jersey, and is in the U.S. on a work...Read More

[ad_1] Russian hackers accessed Kharkov emergency service data used by Ukrainian forces, exposing over 100 officers and revealing critical equipment shortages. Russian hackers gained access to a database of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkov region, which, according to the Telegram channel SHOT, had been used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for military purposes. The breach reportedly exposed personal data...Read More

[ad_1] Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women...Read More

[ad_1] The rise of cloud computing, remote work, IoT devices, and interconnected systems has significantly expanded the attack surface. At the same time, cyber threats are evolving rapidly—becoming more sophisticated, automated, and harder to detect. Traditional cybersecurity approaches, which rely heavily on rule-based systems and manual intervention, are no longer sufficient. This is where AI-driven...Read More

[ad_1] For decades, federal cybersecurity strategy has focused on defending the perimeter: securing networks, locking down data centers, and controlling endpoints. That model no longer reflects the reality of today’s workspace and risk. Today, most federal mission work supported by systems integrators happens inside a browser interacting with cloud applications. The most critical security control...Read More

[ad_1] SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. – On Friday, the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office announced that Robert Barber, a convicted child sex predator, was denied parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings. On Friday morning, after a full hearing was held, the parole board denied parole for Barber, completely reversing a prior ruling that would...Read More

[ad_1] Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Phil Sorrells addresses the media Friday at the Tim Curry Justice Center about a global scam directed at senior citizens. Michael Cuviello/Dallas Morning News Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells speaks during a news conference Friday at the Tim Curry Justice Center in Fort Worth flanked by other law...Read More

[ad_1] Security leaders should be turning offensive AI cyber tools on their own systems before threat actors do, exploiting the innate defenders’ advantage to attain the high ground and increase their chances of withstanding a cyber attack. So says Yinon Costica, co-founder of Google-owned Wiz, who, speaking at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas,...Read More

[ad_1] A sixteen-year-old in Montana cannot vote. She cannot get a credit card, buy a lottery ticket, or smoke cigarettes. She needs a parent to sign off before she can get a tattoo, apply for a driver’s license, or play school sports. But she can consent to one thing: the predatory practices of online platforms....Read More