Medusa ransomware operators have compromised over 500 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors, according to a joint advisory issued by the FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of their #StopRansomware initiative. An update released on August 18, 2026, provides expanded intelligence based on FBI investigations conducted as recently...Read More

Iran-linked hackers managed to shut down a British power plant for four days in July 2026. The story was broken by the Telegraph newspaper on August 22, 2026. That it took so long to become public knowledge immediately says two things. Firstly, it was not a major power plant since the effect would have been...Read More

Getting firm-wide agreement on a cybersecurity policy that fits everyone’s needs is complicated. In the age of AI, getting attorneys to comply with the policy is even trickier. Kevin R. Powers, faculty director of Boston College Law School’s cybersecurity program, said the missing piece in most firms’ buy-in strategy is efficiency. “If there’s things in...Read More

London-headquartered Prevalent AI has secured £16.1m in growth investment from Los Angeles-based Integrity Growth Partners (IGP), marking the first primary capital raised by the firm. Prevalent AI is an AI-powered data fabric company that provides the organisational context enterprises need to securely operate, deploy AI and make decisions. Founded by alumni of GCHQ, Prevalent AI...Read More

QUITO, Ecuador: Resecurity, the U.S.-based cybersecurity company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CiberPOL, the National Cybercrime Unit of the Ecuadorian National Police, establishing a framework for technical cooperation on cybercrime prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution as governments across Latin America confront increasingly sophisticated digital threats. The agreement was signed by Jorge Chungandro, Resecurity’s...Read More

The bank says a review points to an outside vendor incident rather than a breach of its own systems, as the ransomware gang sets a deadline to leak alleged stolen files. US Bank is reviewing claims from the ransomware group LockBit that the gang broke into the bank’s systems and stole data, after the criminals...Read More

Prepare for even more trouble! The next Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion, Team Rocket’s Ambition, drops on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Ahead of this villainous release, you might’ve noticed that a group of Team Rocket supporters have been up to no good… On August 21, during a livestream on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, internet personality...Read More

SAN ANTONIO – More than 42,000 students are starting the fall semester Monday at the University of Texas at San Antonio, including about 6,000 freshmen, after an attempted cyberattack delayed the first day of classes. UTSA is also welcoming 90 new full-time faculty members and offering 10 new degree programs this semester. The new programs...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

Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle of wits with an artificial intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab. It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, stumbled across an attempt to sabotage a...Read More