As the cloud reshapes enterprise IT, cybercriminals have found a new weak spot not in software vulnerabilities or brute-force hacks, but in browser-based identity theft. With modern malware, phishing kits, and infostealers targeting credentials and session tokens, the humble browser has become ground zero for the most devastating breaches of the decade. From Endpoints to...Read More
State cybersecurity support underway, leaders expect more to be needed As the City of St. Paul scrambles to recover from a massive cyberattack, the state agency in charge of supporting local governments’ cybersecurity says funds are still available to help avoid what’s unfolding in the capital city. RELATED: St. Paul says emergency services ‘fully operational’...Read More
Study shows many companies paid multiple ransoms in the past 12 months. Victims also report that hackers have threatened to physically harm executives and file regulatory complaints against their companies. HOBOKEN, N.J., July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Semperis, a provider of AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, today published results of a global ransomware study...Read More
A fervent Trump supporter who said that he was casting his 2024 vote to fight child trafficking is now being charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography. Scott Soucek of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested on July 24 and accused of accessing hundreds of child pornography images through a file-sharing system. Soucek isn’t just...Read More
The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has opened the bureau’s first ever office in New Zealand, in what he said was an attempt to help counter China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific, crack down on issues including cybercrime, and strengthen protection of the Five Eyes nations. Patel, who opened the office at the US embassy...Read More
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday the arrest of 48 individuals and the filing of 153 charges during a six-day undercover operation targeting online child predators in Central Florida. The operation, led by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and supported by the Office of Statewide Prosecution, involved nine law enforcement agencies at the local,...Read More
Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has introduced a combined cyber and financial institutions crime insurance product. The new modular product suite offers standalone or blended coverage across cyber, technology errors and omissions (E&O), and crime. The solution provides up to $10 million in capacity for cyber and tech, and up to $5 million for crime exposures, underwritten...Read More
Cybercriminals demanded $18.5 million in ransom, but officials say they refused to pay NEWS RELEASE
CITY OF HAMILTON
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The City of Hamilton provided an update on the February 25, 2024, cybersecurity incident, including new details on how the sophisticated cybercriminals gained access to city systems and the ransom demand of approximately $18.5 million (CAD)....Read More
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Cybercriminals are stealing information and locking down IT systems, demanding a ransom to release it, and Arizona businesses are often hit. Danny Seiden is the president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, so he knows firsthand the threat businesses face when it comes to cyberattacks. “Cyberattacks in Arizona have been costing hundreds...Read More
