NTT Data has expanded its global cybersecurity presence with a new facility in Plano. The company’s new Cyber Defense Center opened Oct. 9 and was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. What to know The Plano facility is part of NTT Data’s global network of 20 cyber defense centers and 7,500 cybersecurity professionals, Chief Marketing Officer...Read More

A key supporter for an age minimum on social media is not giving up hope that such a provision could be included in a potential compromise online safety package after the midterm elections. Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., whose original age-minimum bill was amended in committee to replace the age minimum with a related parental consent...Read More

The Brief Nine law enforcement agencies joined forces to arrest 20 men in a child predator sting, dubbed “Operation Cooked.” The four-day operation involved undercover detectives posing as minors online to set up meetings with men allegedly looking to meet children for sex. Those arrested were between the ages of 22 and 64, including some...Read More

The DOJ accuses MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi of secretly paying ransomware gangs for decryption keys while charging victims hefty recovery fees. Zohar Pinhasi, owner of Florida-based ransomware recovery firm MonsterCloud LLC, faces federal charges over allegations that he misled businesses about how the company recovered encrypted data. Pinhasi, who also used the names Zack Silver...Read More

A ransomware-recovery CEO accused of secretly paying hackers while billing victims an $11 million markup. Rogue AI agents hammering Wikimedia’s servers with millions of automated requests. A Chinese-based hacker using an open-source AI pentesting tool and Anthropic’s Claude Code to breach nine South Korean banks. Three stories broke within the same 72-hour window in early...Read More

Prosecutors allege that Pinhasi secretly paid hackers for decryption keys while charging clients much higher fees. A Florida cybersecurity expert who claimed his company could recover data locked by ransomware without paying hackers has been charged with fraud in the United States. Federal prosecutors allege that Zohar Pinhasi, 50, secretly paid cybercriminals to obtain decryption...Read More

OTTAWA — The RCMP says a Canadian has been arrested by the FBI in connection with an attack from a criminal hacking group which breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all the FBI’s employees. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed on Friday the arrest of another co-conspirator in the...Read More

WASHINGTON (TNND) — FBI agents have arrested another suspected co-conspirator linked to ShinyHunters, the cybercrime group believed to be behind the recent breach of FBIJobs.gov, FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday. “Our agents in the field have arrested another suspected co-conspirator of the ShinyHunters group,” Patel wrote on X, calling it the latest arrest made...Read More

For the last few months in this market, if you waited too long to take your profits you might not have any to take. Such environments encourage quick profit-taking. Here’s why we ended up doubling down on cybersecurity stocks instead. From Trimming To Pressing In terms of relative strength, the Nasdaq composite has taken the...Read More

Q2 Rundown: Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) Vs Other Cybersecurity Stocks Wrapping up Q2 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the cybersecurity stocks, including Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) and its peers. Cybersecurity continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments within software for good reason. Almost every company is slowly finding itself becoming a...Read More