The day’s local, regional and national news, detailed events and late-breaking stories are presented by the ABC 6 News Team, along with the latest sports, weather updates including the extended forecast. (ABC 6 News) — Mower County has determined that, during the ransomware attack that took place in June, there was unauthorized access to and...Read More

Ransomware is a certainty for all organizations today. The name of the game isn’t when they face an attack; it’s how well they recover when one strikes. Yet despite this inevitability, many organizations continue to struggle with recovery. According to “From Risk to Resilience: Veeam 2025 Ransomware Trends and Proactive Strategies Report”, 57% of organizations...Read More

The clock is ticking toward September 30, 2025, when one of America’s most vital cybersecurity protections will expire unless Congress acts. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has quietly become the backbone of our nation’s cyber defense. Without creating any additional regulations, it enabled the rapid sharing of threat intelligence between government and businesses...Read More

Federal law enforcement agencies have executed a major operation against a prominent ransomware operator, seizing over $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, $70,000 in cash, and a luxury vehicle from Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. The U.S. Justice Department unsealed warrants on August 14, 2025, charging Antropenko with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, as well as money...Read More

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), a cornerstone of America’s national cyber defense, is set to expire on September 30, 2025, unless Congress acts to reauthorize it. Over the past decade, CISA 2015 has enabled critical threat intelligence sharing between the government and private sector without imposing new regulatory burdens. This mechanism...Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Healthcare institutions have become a favorite target for bad actors, largely because of how easy they make it for attackers. In June, researchers discovered a healthcare data breach that exposed the personal information of around 8 million patients. All of this information was publicly accessible online without...Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from suspected ransomware operator Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko, indicted in Texas for computer fraud and money laundering, was linked to Zeppelin ransomware, a now-defunct extortion operation that ran between 2019 and 2022. Apart from the digital asset seizure, the authorities...Read More

The ransomware threat landscape witnessed a concerning surge in July 2025, with the Qilin ransomware group maintaining its dominant position for the third time in four months. The group successfully claimed 73 victims on its data leak site, representing 17.3% of the month’s total 423 ransomware incidents. This marks a significant consolidation of criminal operations...Read More

At least a dozen ransomware gangs have incorporated kernel-level EDR killers into their malware arsenal, allowing them to bypass almost every major endpoint security tool on the market, escalate privileges, and ultimately steal and encrypt data before extorting victims into paying a ransom. One of the most recent examples includes the operators of Crypto24, a...Read More

The U.S. Treasury just delivered a crushing blow to cybercriminals who thought they could hide behind cryptocurrency exchanges. The Office of Foreign Assets Control slammed sanctions on Garantex Europe, a crypto platform that’s been washing dirty money for ransomware gangs and other digital criminals since 2019. This isn’t just another regulatory slap on the wrist....Read More