Report Reveals Local Governments Face Surge in Ransomware Attacks with Minimal Resources KnowBe4, the cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, recently released new research highlighting the critical cybersecurity challenges facing state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments. The report details how government organizations have become prime targets for cybercriminals while simultaneously facing...Read More

Second-Place Winner in 2025 The Cyber Edge Writing Award. Improving trust in the cyber crime reporting process is paramount to the cyber defense of our nation’s critical infrastructure, as it allows law enforcement to disrupt and capture the criminal groups responsible for the attacks. By engaging in simple policy and procedure changes, law enforcement agencies...Read More

With children out of school and sometimes home alone, a child safety expert said summertime is a time of year when predators are working hard to exploit young people online. With children out of school and sometimes left home alone, a child safety expert said summertime is a time of year when predators are working...Read More

Never before has there been a time such as the present where families need to protect their older family members and those living alone from the ills of cybercrime. Those who struggle with failing memory are particularly vulnerable to cybercriminals and predators.  A growing number of older adults are falling victim to online scams, and...Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ageism is not only a deeply ingrained societal bias; it is a powerful tool used by cybercriminals to target and financially exploit vulnerable senior citizens, say researchers from the University of Surrey In 2022 alone, losses due to internet crimes targeted at older people soared to an estimated $4.7 billion in...Read More

[co-author: Aleksander Aleksiev] Summary On 25 June 2025, the European Commission announced its proposal for a “Space Act” that would introduce a new regulatory framework for EU space activities. The proposed framework includes cyber-resilience obligations for EU and non-EU entities operating in the space sector (space operators), including both infrastructure located in space and ground...Read More

Arrest made in shooting of Philadelphia school resource officer, police say Arrest made in shooting of Philadelphia school resource officer, police say 00:23 Police say a suspect was arrested in Paramus, New Jersey, in the shooting that critically injured a Philadelphia school safety officer at the end of June. Ariza Giansteban, 28, was taken into...Read More

DragonForce and RansomHub enter a digital turf war, raising fears of repeat ransomware attacks on the same victims. A turf war has erupted between two significant ransomware gangs, DragonForce and RansomHub, following cyberattacks on UK retailers including Marks and Spencer and Harrods. Security experts warn that the feud could result in companies being extorted multiple...Read More

Never before has there been a time such as the present where families need to protect their older family members and those living alone from the ills of cybercrime. Those who struggle with failing memory are particularly vulnerable to cybercriminals and predators.  A growing number of older adults are falling victim to online scams, and...Read More

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data for Pyongyang. According to the feds, Song is also a member of Andariel (aka APT45, Onyx Sleet, and Silent Chollima), which...Read More