JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Speaker Series focusing on the issues of cybercrime and financial sextortion was recently held in Jacksonville, aiming to raise awareness and develop strategies to combat these crimes, which have seen a significant increase in recent years. RELATED: Staying cyber smart: 5 steps to stop hackers Traditional sextortion involves perpetrators coercing victims...Read More
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: It took the education sector 4.8 months on average to report data breaches following ransomware attacks between 2018 and 2025, according to a report released Thursday by Comparitech. Schools and colleges had the highest average...Read More
Nova Scotia’s energy minister is seeking answers from Nova Scotia Power and the province’s energy regulator is planning its own investigation into a cybersecurity breach at the utility that resulted in customer information being accessed and taken. In a letter to Nova Scotia Power president and CEO Peter Gregg dated May 7, Trevor Boudreau said he wants to know what...Read More
Update: The following is the statement from Anne Arundel County. We asked about costs and if the ransom was paid and they declined to disclose it. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation and the causes and impacts, we cannot disclose this information at this time. Anne Arundel County Government and the Anne Arundel...Read More
Guest blog courtesy of Bitdefender.Ransomware threat actors depend on numerous cybercriminal skillsets to breach, disrupt, and extort organizations. One of these skillsets belongs to Initial Access Brokers (IABs), who are prominent players in the prolific RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) ecosystem. They help drive the proliferation of ransomware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. In my...Read More
Retailer uses a variety of cyber partners to ID attacks in real-time, segregate data and environments, and enable rapid response Image: A grab bag of partners helped shut down the cyberattack Computing research has identified the security tools and partners the Co-op used to stop last month’s cyberattack in its tracks. Supermarket chain Co-op used...Read More
The ransomware group that hit UK retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op, and Harrods over the past few weeks now aims to target retailers in the United States, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).”The U.S. retail sector is currently being targeted in ransomware and extortion operations that ‘we suspect’ are linked to UNC3944, also...Read More
Over the past few years, cybersecurity experts have increasingly said that nation-state operatives and cybercriminals often blur the boundaries between geopolitical and financial motivations. A new report released Wednesday shows how North Korea has flipped that idea on its head. North Korea has silently forged a global cyber operation that experts now liken to a...Read More
Insiders within Coinbase leaked user data causing a major cybersecurity incident and exposing critical user data earlier this month. On May 11, 2025 the company received ransom demands from an unknown threat actor who claimed to have information about Coinbase customer accounts and internal Coinbase documents including customer service and account management systems materials. As...Read More
