Journalist Bart Pfankuch shares his research into the cybersecurity threats facing the state after several attacks hit communities large and small. He spoke with SDPB’s C.J. Keene. A full transcript of the conversation is available below. C.J. Keene: We’re sitting down with Bart Pfankuch. He’s the content director and a reporter for South Dakota Newswatch....Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Mark Friedlander with the Insurance Information Institute will join ABC7 live at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, to discuss personal cyber insurance and the growing financial risks of cybercrime. Cybercrime is not only a business concern. Individuals and families can also face losses from online scams, identity theft, malware attacks and...Read More
Editor’s note Rubrik’s Forward conference will once again be a virtual event in 2024. The event will take place June 4 and 5. The keynote by company CEO Bipul Sinha will emphasize cyber resilience. The opener will also include product updates from chief product officer Anneka Gupta and chief business officer Mike Tornincasa, who will...Read More
The Medusa Ransomware gang has breached more than 500 organizations since June 2021, according to an advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Security Leaders Weigh In Matthieu Chan Tsin, Senior Vice President, Resiliency Services at Cowbell: The CISA...Read More
Funnel Hacking Live was supposed to be over. After ten years of bringing thousands of entrepreneurs together to study funnels, offers, messaging, and online growth, ClickFunnels co-founder Russell Brunson closed out the company’s signature event with something called “The Last Dance.” It sounded pretty final. For the next 14 months, Brunson and his team stayed...Read More
Ravie LakshmananAug 24, 2026Malware / SEO Poisoning Cybersecurity researchers have found that several websites are still actively distributing a malware family known as Weedhack to gamers by masquerading as Minecraft clients. McAfee Labs said it detected and blocked more than 6,300 attempts to access malicious sites, adding that it found lookalike gaming websites designed to...Read More
Several high-profile public companies recently had their computer systems hit by hackers. (Provided by bin kontan/iStockPhotos) Computer criminals say they have hacked their way into networks operated by Shell, Philips and GE, along with about 50 others, including Siemens. The Russian hacking organization Clop said it had stolen sensitive data from the companies. According to...Read More
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall launched an investigation into OpenAI’s security procedures after one of its AI agents escaped a testing environment and hacked AI firm Hugging Face in July. OpenAI now faces a subpoena to hand over information about all employees involved in the model testing leading up to the July incident, during which...Read More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal standards agency, has published draft guidance showing how organizations can use generative AI to speed document-heavy Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 analysis while keeping the work subject to approved tools, approved inputs and human review. The initial public draft is named “NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Quick-Start...Read More
QUITO, Ecuador–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 24, 2026– Resecurity ® (USA), a global cybersecurity company that protects Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies worldwide, and the National Cybercrime Unit of the Ecuadorian National Police (CiberPOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for technical cooperation to strengthen the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes. The...Read More
