A ransomware group claims it stole data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), potentially exposing sensitive information connected to federal criminal investigations. Qilin, a Russian-speaking ransomware operation, said it is aware of claims involving the publication of information obtained from a standalone system and is working with the Department of Justice...Read More

Jaipur, Sep 1 (PTI) The Rajasthan Police will observe September as a public awareness month under the statewide “Cyber Surakshit Rajasthan” campaign to educate people about online fraud and cybercrime, officials said on Tuesday. The month-long campaign, being organised on the directions of Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar Sharma, will focus on preventive measures...Read More

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new technique called GuardBreaker that the pro-Russian hacking group UAC-0099 used against a target in Ukraine. The attackers’ main goal is to disable security systems that use artificial intelligence to analyze threats. How the GuardBreaker technique works ESET experts have found that the attack is aimed at deliberately provoking LLM’s protective algorithms. To do this, hackers insert specially...Read More

Cognizant and CrowdStrike have expanded their collaboration with a new cybersecurity service designed to help industrial organizations protect operational technology systems as IT and OT environments become more connected. The companies announced Cognizant Cybersecurity for Operational Technology, a managed OT security service powered by CrowdStrike Falcon for XIoT. The service combines Cognizant’s industrial engineering and...Read More

California’s approach is one of many efforts across the country by legislators trying to figure out the best way to protect children online in the face of rising rates of youth suicide and adolescents reporting poor mental health. Dreamstime Dreamstime/TNS The California Legislature on Monday approved a bill to require social media companies to provide...Read More

Long Beach may soon be leading the charge to regulate social media. A watershed bill proposed by the city’s state assemblymember is expected to soon become law in California, prohibiting social media platforms from providing addictive features to kids under age 16. The California legislature on Monday unanimously passed the bill, which will now head...Read More

Artificial intelligence is enabling 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa, while cybercrime-related losses have more than doubled to $484 million since 2024, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has said. COP Donkor said the figures, contained in Interpol’s 2026 African cyber threat assessment, highlight the growing scale and sophistication...Read More

Manila: Philippine police arrested 766 individuals for various cyber offenses from January to July 2026, with online selling scams ranking as the most common violation, according to local media reports on Tuesday. During the seven-month period, the Philippine police also rescued 149 victims and secured 81 case convictions, according to the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) of...Read More

New 36-hour mandate and recent federal interventions underscore rising risk to resident data; Drip7 expands training support for public housing agencies. When staff compete on leaderboards, discuss threats like deepfakes, and report phishing in real time, the organization’s risk profile drops.” — Heather Stratford SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, September 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Ransomware attacks...Read More

A ransomware group claims it stole data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), potentially exposing sensitive information connected to federal criminal investigations. Qilin, a Russian-speaking ransomware operation, claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and posted approximately 6.3 gigabytes of data to its dark web leak site after a 72-hour countdown expired. Cybernews...Read More