Meta is on the hook for nearly $1 billion following a ruling from a judge over child safety concerns. The tech giant behind popular social media apps Facebook and Instagram was ordered last week to pay $567 million to address a youth mental health crisis that the state of New Mexico claimed it helped fuel....Read More
Experts: Incident Underscores OT Risks in Healthcare Environments Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 12, 2026 Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba, Ontario’s largest hospital, is reportedly responding to a ransomware attack that affected its facility management system, including doors and HVAC. (Image: Shared Health) A Canadian hospital is dealing with a ransomware attack...Read More
An attacker using Akira ransomware was observed rebooting a victim host in Safe Mode to avoid endpoint defenses, a first for Akira ransomware attacks, Huntress revealed in a report Wednesday.The attack in early August began with initial access via an exposed SonicWall SSL VPN that was not protected with multi-factor authentication (MFA). Akira ransomware-as-a-service affiliates...Read More
Boston knew that hosting seven matches during the World Cup would attract fans from all over the world. What officials there didn’t know, however, is that the World Cup would also improve the city’s cybersecurity. Thanks to the international event, Boston Chief Information Security Officer Greg McCarthy found himself sharing intel and cybersecurity concerns with...Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the results of a major human-trafficking and crimes-against-children operation led by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Statewide Prosecution, resulting in 116 arrests to date. In a release on Wednesday, officials said that number is expected to climb as outstanding warrants are served....Read More
A ready-made scam kit goes for $500 on a cybercrime forum. Anyone with almost no technical skill can set up a fake $TSLA token presale and empty the wallets of anyone who buys into it. Hacker sells fraud as a finished product The kit is the work of a forum account going by xrep, active...Read More
In brief The Coldcard firmware exploit drained approximately 2,100 BTC, with losses estimated near $130 million across multiple attack waves. Onchain data from Checkonchain shows 233,000 BTC left long-term holder wallets in the days around the breach. Casa CEO Nick Neuman, citing actual customer conversations, says some of that 233,000 BTC came from Ledger and...Read More
A hacking group called Helix has posted what it claims are stolen Uber Freight files — mailboxes, accounts payable records, dispatch documents, customer emails — on its leak site. Uber Freight confirmed it is investigating unauthorized access to part of its systems and repositories, and told Reuters its operations were unaffected. That’s technically reassuring. It...Read More
PONCA CITY – 96 percent of parents and caregivers believe their child safety seats are installed correctly, but NHTSA research shows that 7 out of 10 children are improperly restrained, putting them at risk for serious injury or death in a crash. To find out if your child is at risk, the Kay County Health...Read More
OCI Block Storage now supports immutable backups, helping protect backups from premature deletion and retention-period changes for the duration of the retention policy. These capabilities can help organizations strengthen ransomware resilience and support compliance efforts. Cyberattacks are a critical business risk that can disrupt operations, compromise sensitive data, erode customer trust, and create legal or...Read More
