Last Thursday, in federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was unsealed charging Artem Stryzhak with conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity, including extortion, in connection with computers, for his role in a series of international attacks using the Nefilim ransomware.  Stryzhak, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited...Read More

Threat actors linked to the Play ransomware operation exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows prior to its patching on April 8, 2025. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, affects the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver and allows attackers to elevate their privileges from standard user to full system access. The Symantec Threat Hunter...Read More

The Justice Department today announced the coordinated seizure of 39 domains and their associated servers in an international disruption of a Pakistan-based network of online marketplaces selling hacking and fraud-enabling tools operated by a group known as Saim Raza (also known as HeartSender). The seizures were conducted in coordination with the Dutch National Police. According...Read More

Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the United States. The attack, per the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, leveraged CVE-2025-29824, a privilege escalation flaw in the Common Log...Read More

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released its annual Internet Crime Complaint Center Report, bringing to light new trends in crimes against Georgians and South Carolinians. Georgia was 11th out of 50 states for the number of reported internet crimes, while South Carolina was 22nd. South Carolina residents reported losses of $146...Read More

Rubrik Zero Labs Survey says 90% of Global IT and Security Executives Report Cyberattacks in the Past Year  Data sprawl drives spike in cyber incidents across AI, cloud, SaaS, and on-premise environments, according to Rubrik Zero Labs Report New Delhi – New research from Rubrik Zero Labs finds that Indian organizations are facing a wave of...Read More

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power party of President Anura Disanayake has won most seats in over 260 of 339 local authorities though it has not got an outright majority in all, in an election with a low turnout of around 60 percent. While the NPP can easily appoint a mayor in local councils...Read More

OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Beginning with a new website nearly two years ago, officials remain focused on updating the township’s technology. “We’ve continued to try to modernize throughout the years, but what we really kicked this into high gear is when Tom Cole came on as a trustee this past year,” Olmsted Township Trustee Riley...Read More

Global ransomware trends and numbers With the International Anti-Ransomware Day just around the corner on May 12, Kaspersky explores the ever-changing ransomware threat landscape and its implications for cybersecurity. According to Kaspersky Security Network data, the number of ransomware detections decreased by 18% from 2023 to 2024 – from 5,715,892 to 4,668,229. At the same...Read More

So Where Are the Hacks? Both reports make clear the continuing popularity of manufacturing as a primary target for threat actors. So why did we hear nothing about major attacks last year? “While 2024 also brought several high-profile breaches in the manufacturing sector – such as the ransomware attack at CDK global – these events...Read More