Executive Summary What’s new. As the frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks increase, corporate responses to these incidents are subject to ever-growing regulation, and enforcement actions are becoming more frequent. Why it matters. Businesses that are victims of a ransom attack face new regulatory risks and heightened scrutiny over their response processes, on top of...Read More
Convicted violent sexual predator Jack Covert is not entitled to a “discount” of consecutive sentences involving six separate cases following jury convictions and plea agreements of sexually assaulting multiple girls and possessing child sexual abuse materials, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled. The appellate court upheld Covert’s sentence of 52 years, six months to 112...Read More
Financial institutions need federal rule changes – and coordination with other industries – to attack online fraud more comprehensively, fraud-fighting professionals said Wednesday in an online panel discussion. In other nations, a cross-sector approach has delivered “some good lessons learned,” said Donna Turner, a consultant with Risk Insight Solutions and former chief operating officer for...Read More
Denver pedestrians got a surprise this weekend when the audio messages from push-button speakers on some crosswalks were mysteriously replaced with anti-President Donald Trump messages. “The walk signal is on, Trump … (reference to the Iran school that was bombed),” a robotic voice said, according to a video on the social media platforms TikTok and...Read More
A new ransomware family called Osiris was used in an attack targeting a major food service franchisee operator in Southeast Asia in November 2025. While this Osiris ransomware shares a name with a ransomware family from 2016, which was a variant of the Locky ransomware, there is no indication that there is any link between these...Read More
Flashpoint warns of AI-driven “era of total convergence” in cybercrime 1,500% surge in illicit AI discussions, 3.3B credentials stolen in 2025 Ransomware shifting to insider-enabled, identity-focused attacks Cybercrime has entered the “era of total convergence”, where everything from reconnaissance, phishing generation, to credential testing and infrastructure rotation is being done through agentic AI frameworks without...Read More
Nike and Under Armour appear to be the latest high-profile targets for cyber attacks. Ransomware gangs have been posting who their latest victims are to pressure them for ransom payments, and both Nike Inc. and Under Armour Inc. are on the list. The malware that is used prevents companies from accessing their data until payment...Read More
The website offered a paid IP proxy service, allowing its customers to hide their real IP addresses by giving them access to existing IP addresses around the world. Access to the affected IP addresses was made possible by infecting modems worldwide, belonging to individuals or organisations, with malware. After infection, the modems’ owners would not...Read More
The ShinyHunters ransomware group has claimed the theft of data containing 10 million records belonging to the Match Group and 14 million records from bakery-café chain Panera Bread. Claims posted by ShinyHunters The Match Group, that runs multiple popular online dating services like Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, and Hinge has confirmed a cyber incident and...Read More
The wild ride of cryptocurrencies is not just impacting the people that mine or trade crypto. It turns out that the anonymous platforms that run crypto have also become increasingly associated with cybercrime. A recent study from Interisle Consulting Group revealed that phishing attempts related to cryptocurrencies grew 257 percent over last year (compared with...Read More
