The M&S website is down – hours after the retailer revealed it’s facing a £300m hit to profits following last month’s ransomware attack. A holding page told customers that they are currently unable to browse the site, adding: “We’re making some updates and will be back soon.” Online purchases have been suspended since the incident...Read More
A 19-year-old student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the systems of two companies as part of an extortion scheme, and The Register has learned that one of the targets was PowerSchool. In January, PowerSchool, which holds data on around 60 million North American kids and about 10 million teachers, disclosed a data...Read More
DragonForce is not just another ransomware brand – it’s a destabilizing force trying to reshape the ransomware landscape. Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers are actively tracking the evolution of the threat posed by the group. Enter the dragon DragonForce is involved in high-impact attacks targeting both traditional IT infrastructure and virtualized environments (e.g., VMware ESXi),...Read More
VISAKHAPATNAM: Police on Wednesday busted a Myanmar and Cambodia-style cybercrime network operating out of half a dozen buildings near Atchutapuram SEZ and industrial area in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district for two years, and detained over 100 people, including women.The accused were taken to an undisclosed location and questioned about their daily activities, recruitment process, and...Read More
LummaC2 infected around 10 million devices and systems, allowing for millions of follow-on attacks, before the information-stealing malware operation was dismantled through a coordinated global operation this week, Brett Leatherman, the FBI’s deputy assistant director for cyber operations, said during a media briefing Wednesday. “Since its inception in 2022, LummaC2’s malware-as-a-service platform rose to become...Read More
Within hours of a cyber incident that disrupted some of its services, Ohio-based Kettering Health said fraudsters were calling its patients and requesting credit card payments for medical expenses. WHY IT MATTERS A network cyber attack limiting access to patient care systems across Kettering’s 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities caused a...Read More
Exploring the Risks and Opportunities of AI Applications in Cybersecurity HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 14 May 2025 – Co-organised by Cyberport and the Hong Kong Cybersecurity Professionals Association, the “AI x Cybersecurity Forum” took place today at Cyberport. Under the theme “Navigate the Future of AI-Powered Cybersecurity,” the forum brought together...Read More
Kettering Health reported an apparent ransomware attack May 20 that caused a systemwide outage in its western Ohio facilities. The hospital system canceled elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, and instead focused on acute care.Although Kettering did not specify ransomware in its news update, it admitted to experiencing a “cybersecurity incident” caused by unauthorized access to...Read More
Visakhapatnam: In a major midnight crackdown on cyber fraudstersin Andhra Pradesh, Anakapalli police on Wednesday detained more than 100 people, including women, suspected of running organised cyber fraud operations from half a dozen buildings.Most of those arrested are from north and north-eastern states.Anakapalli police officials took the accused to an undisclosed location and questioned them...Read More
