Summary On August 26, 2026, the ransomware group Krybit claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Finodaya Capital Private Limited (finodayacapital.com), a prominent Indian Non-Banking Financial Company. Krybit has threatened to leak sensitive data unless the company initiates negotiations. Incident Report Field Details Target Finodaya Capital Private Limited Domain finodayacapital.com Country India Attacking Group Krybit Date...Read More

Sygnia found attempts to suppress logging and conceal configuration activity on affected network equipment, while evidence was also tampered with on compromised Linux systems. The firm described the operation as creating a potential “target behind the target” scenario, in which access to one organization’s trusted infrastructure could expose paths toward other high-value environments. Sygnia said...Read More

Winona County Commissioners confirmed the ransom in an update following two separate ransomware incidents in January and April. WINONA, Minn. — Winona County officials say they negotiated and paid a $128,539.57 ransom following a cyberattack in January. Winona County Commissioners confirmed the ransom in an update following two separate ransomware incidents in January and April....Read More

Multiple Dropbox users were notified that unauthorized parties accessed their accounts through an authentication flaw involving Lenovo ID. The incident appears to have exploited the way Dropbox handled single sign-on, or SSO, through Lenovo IDs. Dropbox said an issue with Lenovo’s email verification process allowed unauthorized parties to register Lenovo IDs using other people’s email...Read More

SOFIAH NICHOLE SALIVIO News Editor Technology security leaders used International Women in Cyber Day to highlight the sector’s gender gap and call for sustained efforts to bring more women into cybersecurity roles. Senior executives from Datadog, Infoblox and ManageEngine said the industry faces both a structural skills shortfall and a diversity challenge. Women remain a...Read More

On August 26, 2026, a federal courtroom in Oakland, California became the site of what many legal scholars and technology policy experts are already calling the most consequential technology industry settlement in American history. During trial, Meta Platforms, Inc., agreed to pay approximately $18 billion to resolve a multistate lawsuit brought by forty-seven states, the...Read More

(TNND) — California’s Legislature passed a bill Monday to keep kids under 16 off social media platforms with so-called addictive features. The bill targets features that have become part and parcel of social media apps: algorithms, infinite scroll, autoplay and notifications. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bill,...Read More

US and CrowdStrike Dismantle 20-Year-Old Russian Cybercrime Operation Sality Operation Sality: Takedown of a Notorious Russian Botnet Background and Announcement LAS VEGAS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed “Sality” is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.  U.S. officials said they had seized the web domains hackers...Read More

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development House Intel Committee Warns Frontier Models Could Help Rogue Actors Build Weapons Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • September 1, 2026     Image: Shutterstock A U.S. House of Representatives report released shortly before the 25th anniversary of Sept 11, 2001, warns that frontier artificial intelligence...Read More

Texas Halts State Funding for AI Surveillance Cameras Gov. Greg Abbott freezes state spending on Flock Safety cameras amid growing privacy concerns and mounting reports of law enforcement misuse. By Jesse Jacobs Sep 01, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Texas state agencies to pause all funding for automated license plate readers manufactured...Read More