OXFORD, U.K., Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, today released its annual State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report, which found that identity-based attack techniques were used in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions. Those techniques include malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials and brute force attacks. The 85% rate...Read More
0 The Department of State Services (DSS) has instructed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the case of alleged cyber-bullying it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the next presidential election slated for January 16, 2027. The DSS had approached the court to determine...Read More
A micro-efficiency is when you do something that, in a small way, makes you more efficient. Stacking is when you combine them to maximise the efficiency. A long time ago, I started making myself two coffees at the same time in the morning. The first one had a good splash of cold water in it,...Read More
OpenAI has issued a stark warning: the world has a “limited window” to strengthen its cyber defenses before AI-enabled attacks become far more widespread and sophisticated. More than 100 companies have signed the open letter, including Microsoft, Google, AWS, Anthropic, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Check Point and Palo Alto Networks, alongside major financial and technology companies. They...Read More
After submitting a solution, agents knew the scorer would somehow need to check whether their flag was correct, potentially by running some code in their container. This could provide them with an opportunity to redirect, manipulate or tamper with the scorer process itself, to circumvent the need for a legitimate seeming exploit. However, the agents...Read More
Women’s Equality Day is an opportunity to recognize the progress women have made in the workplace while also considering what it takes to keep that progress moving forward. In technology, where women remain underrepresented in many leadership and decision-making roles, advancing equality can take many forms. With women making up 35% of employees in STEM...Read More
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ransomware group Qilin lists Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) among new victims, claiming a “major incident” ATF confirmed breach of a standalone system holding investigation target data, not core networks Systems were disconnected, DOJ notified;...Read More
US officials on Wednesday exposed a major alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign they say has compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy and the US Senate. Hackers affiliated with the Chinese military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese tech company to try to cover their...Read More
The impact of AI on the speed and scale of cybercrime seems certain to be one of the dominant security themes of 2026. As the World Economic Forum (WEF) pointed out in its recent analysis, “generative AI is boosting the speed at which hackers work, from identifying new security weaknesses to writing the matching malware.”...Read More
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusions by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of internet domains used for hacking platforms. The hacking platforms, known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” were “used to...Read More
