SDG, a Norwalk-based provider of AI-driven cybersecurity, has acquired Synergetika, a Toronto-based privileged access management consultant and integrator. Privileged access management (PAM) is a cybersecurity strategy that provides access to critical IT systems to certain individuals and systems with elevated permissions. SDG, which is headquartered at 75 N. Water St., in Norwalk, did not disclose...Read More

In healthcare, every minute of downtime isn’t just a technical problem — it’s a patient safety risk. CNN recently reported that Kettering Health, a major hospital network in Ohio, was hit by a ransomware attack. According to CNN, the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility, sending a chilling reminder that healthcare remains a prime target for this particular ransomware...Read More

‘Nothing left’: Indian artillery strike wipes out three generations of women at Azad Kashmir home Abbaspur, POONCH: Blackened from the explosion, shards of a tin roof loosely hang from the branches of a wild apricot tree in the border village of Chaffar in Azad Kashmir’s Poonch district. What once used to be a modest...Read More

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, held a workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 29 and 30 May to support the country in developing a national competency framework and training strategy on cybercrime and electronic evidence. The workshop brought together 20 senior representatives from key law enforcement and...Read More

Global jewelry giant Cartier is writing to customers to confirm their data was exposed to cybercriminals that broke into its systems. The notification email, seen by The Register, said: “We are writing to inform you that an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our system and obtained limited client information.  “We contained the issue and...Read More

After ten months of operation, Nebraska’s joint security operations center is proving an essential piece of the state’s cybersecurity service offerings, particularly as federal funds dry up, state Chief Information Officer Matthew McCarville said in a recent interview. “With these things expiring, we’re seeing a lot of questions come back to us at central state...Read More

Image: Getty Images Cyber security firm Kaspersky has released its Q1 2025 cybersecurity outlook for the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META), revealing a fast-evolving threat landscape driven by AI innovations, ransomware-as-a-service models and low-cost attacks. The report shows that Türkiye and Kenya recorded the highest share of users impacted by web-based threats (26.1 per...Read More

This is an era where we need to be on top of our cybersecurity game. As we all know, cybercrime and cybersecurity are very serious matters. However, the developments in AI have also made issues with these become more difficult. Fortinet, a global cybersecurity company, has given us more clarity on the current situation via...Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – The Springfield Police Department is using the latest technology to keep your family safe this summer. That includes while you’re outdoors. “You hear stories all the time about predators that just walking among us, and they come to the parks just for that reason,” said Rachel Arthur. She says her trip...Read More

Small businesses are a prime target for cybercrime, as we highlighted in our last annual report. Many of the criminal threats we covered in that report remained a major menace in 2024, including ransomware–which remains a primary existential cyber threat to small and midsized organizations. Ransomware cases accounted for 70 percent of Sophos Incident Response cases...Read More