The City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has confirmed that a ransomware attack on October 31, 2024, resulted in the theft of sensitive personal information of approximately 67,000 individuals. In breach notification letters filed on June 28, 2025, with regulatory bodies, city officials revealed that Social Security numbers, state-issued IDs, and vehicle license plate numbers were among...Read More
MathWorks, the Massachusetts-based developer of the widely used MATLAB programming platform, has confirmed that a ransomware attack severely disrupted its services for over a week, affecting millions of engineers, scientists, and students worldwide. The company finally disclosed the nature of the incident on May 26, 2025, after initially reporting technical issues on May 18. The...Read More
Pay up: Understanding Australia’s new ransomware reporting requirements As of May 30, businesses that earn more than $3 million a year will need to report paying a ransom to hackers. Here’s what you need to know. New ransomware reporting rules come into effect on May 30 as part of Australia’s Cyber Security Act, requiring organisations...Read More
Report: 69% of orgs hit by ransomware in the last 12 months New research reveals scale of ransomware threat as attacks surge and businesses struggle with extortion. Artificial intelligence is driving a surge in ransomware attacks, driving more and more businesses to struggle with threats of exposure and the decision to pay exorbitant ransoms. Identity...Read More
Cybercriminals leveraged critical vulnerabilities in remote monitoring software to breach a managed service provider and attack multiple customers. Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos have revealed details of a sophisticated attack where threat actors exploited vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) software to deploy DragonForce ransomware across multiple organizations through a managed service provider (MSP)....Read More
It will be no surprise to those following the news that ransomware attacks have continued to surge over the past year, despite fewer victims paying, with a growing number of adversaries tapping a vast cyber underground, trading in the latest hacking tools and upskilling their campaigns. Fresh research from identity security platform Delinea shows that...Read More
Hackers targeted city government systems, including online processing of property taxes, water bills and parking citations with ransomware. WILMINGTON, N.C. — An Iranian national pleaded guilty on Tuesday in North Carolina federal court for his role in a ransomware and extortion operation that prosecutors say targeted computer networks for Baltimore and other U.S. cities, a...Read More
