WINONA COUNTY, Minn. — Winona County says it paid more than $128,000 to resolve a ransomware attack that hit its computer network in January. County commissioners said they detected ransomware on January 22 and immediately brought in cybersecurity experts and federal law enforcement. After careful consideration and guidance from their cybersecurity team, the county negotiated...Read More
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Not to show my age, but I was a freshman in high school when Instagram first came out. At the time, I don’t think anyone could fathom it becoming as big as it is today. Back...Read More
A prolific hacking group has taken credit for last week’s cyberattack against U.S. pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson, leading to the latest spill of highly sensitive health data by an American healthcare company in recent months. McKesson confirmed Friday in a statement on its website that hackers broke into several of its cloud-hosted accounts earlier in...Read More
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities beyond the information technology (IT) sector, with recent investigations identifying suspected workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. The ongoing insider threat is part of what has been described as...Read More
Anyone doubting the importance of cybersecurity to AI, or its strength as a business model, need only look at MarketBeat’s Most Upgraded Stocks. The five most upgraded stocks from the Q2 reporting period were all cybersecurity names. Not five of the most upgraded—the five most upgraded stocks. These companies’ services are in demand, and the...Read More
As students return to school, the Child Safety Organisation has called for families and schools to work together to strengthen six key pillars that support children’s safety and wellbeing throughout the 2026–2027 academic year: safe journeys between home and school; health readiness; responsible, family-supervised digital use; promoting respectful behaviour; open family dialogue; and sustained communication...Read More
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has rejected the Department of State Services’ move to suspend his cyberbullying trial until after the 2027 general elections. Sowore instead demanded that the DSS withdraw the charges against him, terminate the trial and publicly apologise for what he described as an unjust prosecution. Speaking...Read More
CrowdStrike Holdings (NasdaqGS:CRWD) expanded Project QuiltWorks with the launch of Falcon IQ to help customers operationalize AI risk security. The company added new partner integrations that pull in third party cybersecurity data sources into its platform. CrowdStrike extended its cloud and identity partnerships, including deploying Falcon on Google Cloud and collaborating with CLEAR for identity...Read More
Global industrial automation provider deploys authID’s biometric identity verification to protect tens of thousands of employees and contractors across Microsoft Entra ID and ServiceNow platforms DENVER, Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — authID (Nasdaq: AUID), a leading provider of biometric authentication solutions, today announced it has been selected by a global leader in industrial automation....Read More
Descartes Systems Group Inc. (ISIN CA2499061083) stock is trading near $81.80 on August 31, 2026, supported by fresh news of a global security filing partnership and solid profitability from its latest reported quarter. The technology-focused logistics software provider has unveiled a new collaboration to extend its customs and security filing capabilities, while recent market data...Read More
