Over the past year, there has been a rise in extortion malware, e.g. Nefilim and Darkside, which steal and threaten to publish sensitive data or encrypt it until a ransom is paid. Nowadays, cybercriminals use various techniques to gain their initial foothold within a network in the organization. One of the techniques is a supply...Read More

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) – An Autauga County schoolteacher was arrested Saturday in connection with an investigation that targeted five online child predators, according to the Prattville Police Department. Brian Pittman was charged with one count of electronic solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. Brian Pittman...Read More

Interpol has taken down more than 40,000 malicious IP addresses and servers as part of an international cyber crime operation targeting phishing, malware and ransomware activities. Law enforcement bodies from 72 countries and territories took part in Operation Synergia III between July 2025 and the end of January this year, with 94 people arrested and...Read More

Ravie LakshmananFeb 24, 2026Threat Intelligence / Healthcare The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Diamond Sleet and Pompilus) has been observed using Medusa ransomware in an attack targeting an unnamed entity in the Middle East, according to a new report by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team. Broadcom’s threat intelligence division said it also...Read More

Ninety-four people were arrested as part of a global, multi-month cybercrime crackdown, Interpol revealed today. Announcing the results of Operation Synergia III, the third iteration of the counter-cybercrime initiative that began in 2023, Interpol also said 110 individuals remain under investigation. Operation Synergia III ran between July 18, 2025, and January 31, 2026, focusing on...Read More

The number of ransomware victims paying threat actors has dropped to 28% last year, an all-time low, despite a significant increase in the number of claimed attacks. A downward payment trend has been observed for the past four consecutive years by the blockchain intelligence platform Chainalysis. At the moment, the total of on-chain ransomware payments in 2025 stands...Read More

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Cloud security has become the backbone of enterprise resilience, but the threat landscape has evolved faster than traditional security models can respond. As global data volumes surpass 200 zettabytes, with roughly half expected to reside in the cloud, cloud resources such as SaaS applications, cloud storage and cloud infrastructure management have become the biggest targets for...Read More

Several crosswalk audio signals were hacked in Denver over the weekend, surprising pedestrians with not only a verbal indication that the walk light was on, but with an anti-President Donald Trump message. “The walk signal is on, (expletive) Trump. The walk signal is on, Trump murders children,” the robotic voices of the hacked crosswalk audio...Read More

matejmo/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways AI-driven ransomware now targets backups, too. Malware can dwell for weeks, mapping recovery systems. Your clean restore point may already be corrupted. We all know the benefits of backups, right? If a computer or server goes down or is otherwise compromised,...Read More