Community Corner Here is a roundup of top stories from recent days in the northern Chicago suburbs. Posted Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 3:24 pm CT NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURBS, IL — Hope your week is off to a good start. Let us get you caught up on the latest news from the northern Chicago suburbs...Read More
(TNS) — Evanston Township High School was closed Monday and Tuesday after a targeted ransomware attack disrupted the school’s computer infrastructure, Internet services and other electronic systems. All summer school classes, camps and additional campus activities have been canceled for at least two days, according to a statement issued June 7 by District 202 officials on...Read More
Muscat – The new Law on Combating Cybercrime, promulgated under Royal Decree No 61/2026, provides enhanced protection for children, introduces provisions to address the misuse of artificial intelligence and imposes fines of up to RO500,000 for serious offences, according to Dr Rashid bin Obaid Al Kaabi, Assistant to the Attorney General and official spokesperson for...Read More
Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open-source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached the projects and injected password-stealing malware into the code. Many of the affected projects relate to Microsoft’s cloud service Azure and other tools used by developers to code with AI development apps, such as...Read More
By Benjamin Morse ( June 8, 2026, 4:56 PM EDT) — A Colorado federal judge has denied a former cybersecurity worker’s bid to knock out several affirmative defenses raised by a U.S. Department of Defense contractor against his whistleblower retaliation suit, saying the worker filed the bid before giving the court a chance to weigh...Read More
27 The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) is informing the public that a cybercrime notice circulating on social media claiming to be from a “Barbados Cyber Crime Security Authority” is not authentic and did not originate from the police. According to a TBPS release the fraudulent message states that “we have identified all of your online...Read More
A newly identified extortion group called Pink has emerged as a serious threat to enterprise organizations, using social engineering tactics to steal cloud storage credentials and sensitive data. The group, tracked under the cluster code CL-CRI-1147, launched its dedicated data leak site on May 31, 2026, and has already listed several initial victims. Security teams...Read More
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is introducing legislation to restore federal funding for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), a cybersecurity information-sharing program that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments. The Guaranteeing Universal Access to Cybersecurity Act would provide $50 million for fiscal year 2027 and each year after to support the...Read More
SRG hit dozens of US firms using IT‑support impersonation, including in‑person intrusions Attackers stole data via onsite USB exfiltration, then extorted victims Group linked to BazarCall, Conti, and Ryuk, with law firms a primary focus Hackers known as Silent Ransom Group (SRG) have been targeting different businesses in the US, compromising “dozens” between January and...Read More
Chennai city Cyber Crime Wing arrested YouTuber Maridhas in Madurai on Monday in connection with a case for making objectionable remarks about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and a few state ministers in a YouTube interview. Police also investigated allegations that he uploaded an AI-generated image of a woman minister in an offensive...Read More
