AI is reshaping the economics of cybercrime by making attacks faster and cheaper to launch, according to Flashpoint, which found ransomware victims rose 45% in the first half of 2026 as the average underground price of initial access fell 69%, from $1,427 to $439. The findings, detailed in Flashpoint’s 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report: Midyear...Read More
OpenAI, Google, 100+ firms warn of AI hacking surge More than 100 companies, organised around a letter published by OpenAI, are warning that AI-powered cyberattacks will grow far more capable within months, a warning made more urgent by a summer in which several of the letter’s own signatories watched their AI systems get used as...Read More
U.S. CISA adds ownCloud, Linux Kernel, and JFrog Artifactory flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2026 U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ownCloud, Linux Kernel, and JFrog Artifactory flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited...Read More
Nation-state actors, ransomware groups and cyber criminals have outpaced the traditional, siloed approach to government cybersecurity. Today’s sophisticated threat actors are exploiting that fragmentation faster than governments can respond. State and local agencies sit on the front lines of defense while operating with varied resources and talent across teams. This requires these jurisdictions to lean...Read More
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced on Aug. 27 that it has suffered a cybersecurity incident. “The impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF eForms system, or any other ATF system,” the press...Read More
Back-to-school safety will be the focus of Saturday’s Community Kauffee hosted by Oswego Village President Ryan Kauffman. Kauffman will be joined by members of the Oswego Police Department and Kendall County Sheriff’s Office for a conversation focused on back-to-school safety. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the community room...Read More
Béjar claimed Meta ignored warnings about harmful content. It echoed similar claims by Frances Haugen, a disillusioned former engineer, that not only scuppered Meta’s plans for a kids version of Instagram, but inspired Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, and a group of other US attorneys to pursue Meta this time around. Béjar also alleged Meta...Read More
New Hampshire will receive up to $224 million as part of agreement resolving lawsuits that claimed tech-giant Meta intentionally designed its products to addict young users and misrepresented the safety risks their social media platforms posed. New Hampshire’s payout is part of a more than $17 billion multi-state deal, which includes 47 other states, Washington...Read More
According to Carr’s office, almost every attorney general nationwide started investigating the social media industry in 2021. In October 2023, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general sued Meta following a multiyear nationwide investigation into the company’s practices. The attorneys general alleged that Meta intentionally designed Facebook and Instagram to foster compulsive use among young people...Read More
Aurora ransomware actors have been observed abusing SpaceX’s AI Cursor Agent as part of exploitation campaigns, according to a new study by Gambit Security’s Threat Intelligence team. The threat actors ran Claude Sonnet through Cursor Agent to assist with various exploitation activities against 10 victims between April 8 and May 26, 2026. These tasks included...Read More
