TAMPA, Fla. – The School Safety Dashboard, hailed by its developers as the ‘most comprehensive school safety dashboard in the country,’ is now available online. Safe Schools for Alex, a Coral Springs-based nonprofit, announced the rollout on April 16 with a Facebook post, writing that “After 2.5 years in development, this Thursday Safe Schools For Alex in Partnership...Read More
South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace has filed a civil complaint against one of the four men she accused of being a “sex predator” during a high-profile speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives three months ago. In her pleading (.pdf), Mace accused Sullivans Island, S.C. resident Eric Bowman of defamation – asking...Read More
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It seems like barely a week goes by without a new cyberattack that affects health care providers. Often, it’s a ransomware attack conducted by foreign criminal gangs, which are provided safe harbor by hostile nation states, that targets a mission critical third-party service provider or supplier, like the attack on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare or...Read More
PUBLISHED : 13 May 2025 at 07:41 Small Medium Large AVM Amorn says the development of cybersecurity personnel is very important because cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated in every sector. Successful Thai holders of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam now total 431, up from 385 in 2024, reflecting the...Read More
Darren Thomson at Commvault One of the greatest challenges in combating ransomware is that, while new security tools and practices continue to emerge, threat actors are simultaneously advancing their tactics and becoming increasingly sophisticated. Ransomware and data theft extortion continue to be pervasive threats with business email compromise and fraud among the...Read More
“Mom, hurry. Please.” This was one of several texts I received from my oldest daughter last year when she found out a threat was circulating around on social media about a possible shooting in her high school. I missed the email from the principal and dismissed her first few texts as I was in the...Read More
Beneath the surface of the second-floor lab in UC Santa Barbara’s Harold Frank Hall, a pod of sharp minds is moving toward a $4 million prize and the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). Shellphish, UCSB’s elite hacking team, has plunged deep into a two-year competition, the Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) sponsored by the Defense...Read More
Ransomware relies on strong encryption to lock victims out of their data – but not all ransomware encrypts files the same way. In this technical deep dive, we showcase our analysis team’s findings on how six major ransomware families implement encryption. This post outlines how ransomware uses symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, presents typical encryption workflows,...Read More
CEO of cybersecurity firm charged with installing malware on hospital systems Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2025 Veritaco CEO Jeffrey Bowie faces charges for allegedly installing malware on hospital computers, violating Oklahoma’s Computer Crimes Act. Jeffrey Bowie, CEO of the cybersecurity firm Veritaco, is facing two counts of violating Oklahoma’s Computer Crimes Act for allegedly infecting...Read More
