North Korean hackers are responsible for a new open source software (OSS) supply chain attack targeting the Rust ecosystem, cybersecurity firm Wiz reports. The attack occurred on August 20 and involved one of the most popular Rust crates, arrayref, an array-conversion utility with over 245 million downloads, found in approximately 75% of environments where Rust...Read More
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Palo Alto Networks and NTT Data strengthened an existing partnership with a strategic pact that aims to generate $1 billion in business over the next three years, the two companies said Tuesday. The strategic alliance...Read More
Free webinar will help legal aid groups identify cybersecurity risks The Cybersecurity & Privacy Law Committee program will help legal aid organizations identify, assess, and prioritize risks As if helping thousands of low-income Floridians gain access to justice isn’t a big enough challenge, legal aid organizations are also custodians of highly sensitive client data, and...Read More
In brief U.S. prosecutors charged 17 alleged members of Iran-based Mabna Institute in a years-long hacking campaign. Six defendants were allegedly involved in the HBO hack, which included an attempt to extort the company for roughly $6 million in Bitcoin. The group allegedly stole at least 31.5 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property. U.S....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
Defendify is one five founding providers of the newly launched Water Watch Center, which was formed to help small water and wastewater utilities defend themselves against cyberattacks. Defendify, a Portland cybersecurity startup led by founders Rob Simopoulos and Andrew Rinaldi, is one of five founding providers of the Water Watch Center, a new national initiative...Read More
By Fire Commissioner (ret.) Jerry Napolitano Cybersecurity threats are becoming more advanced, persistent and difficult for resource-constrained public safety agencies to stop. Fire and EMS organizations can no longer rely on a basic antivirus program, a firewall or the assumption that a device is secure simply because it is connected to a trusted network. A...Read More
Published on 22/08/2026 – 17:09 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 Polish authorities have launched mesaures to deal with malicious food-delivery pranks after persistent harassment and threats issued via bogus orders for meals to be paid for on delivery began to resurface. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Officers from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC), under the supervision of the District...Read More
Delaware County got an update on the situation that caused a network challenge last month and learned that lessons learned from the hack six years ago came in handy this time. On June 26, county officials became aware of “unauthorized activity,” resulting in them shutting down the government system, impacting phones and systems throughout county...Read More
August 21, 2026 (WASHINGTON) – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, called...Read More
