Posted By Steve Alder on Jun 25, 2026 Cybersecurity risk is growing, and healthcare organizations are struggling to defend a rapidly increasing attack surface. AI tools are being implemented without the secure infrastructure to support them. Most healthcare practices have meaningful gaps in cyberattack recovery readiness, face ongoing and regular third-party vendor disruptions, and there...Read More

When CISA issues an emergency directive, the message to every federal agency and every security team paying attention is to patch now. For CVE-2026-50751, a CVSS 9.3 authentication bypass in Check Point Remote Access VPN, that directive landed on June 21. despite exploitation beginning in early May. That, six-week active intrusion gap is not a...Read More

Within a span of days, two of India’s biggest manufacturers found themselves battling cyber threats. Bajaj Auto disclosed that a ransomware attack had disrupted parts of its IT systems, while Tata Electronics reportedly suffered a cyberattack that allegedly exposed sensitive data linked to global clients, including Apple and Tesla.   The incidents highlight...Read More

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — An Iranian-linked hacker group claiming it had the ability to interfere with California’s water systems did not breach internal networks or operational systems, according to new findings from California Water Service (Cal Water) and cybersecurity investigators. The company said an independent investigation conducted with cybersecurity firm Mandiant determined that any unauthorized...Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the R Street Institute released a new policy study, “Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration in the United States: Managing Risk and Advancing Cyber Readiness in Critical Infrastructure.” The study examines how the United States can approach post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration across critical infrastructure through a risk-based lens, and what policymakers and industry leaders...Read More

A coordinated law enforcement operation, in partnership with private sector companies, including Bitdefender, Bitsight, ESET, and Microsoft, has resulted in the takedown of criminal infrastructure powering Amadey and StealC. “The main common goal was to disrupt the ‘assembly lines’ cybercriminals use to launch ransomware, financial fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure,” Europol said in a...Read More

Dive Brief: The number of ransomware attacks that hackers claimed on dark-web leak sites rose by nearly one-fifth in 2025, to 6,883, while the total number of leak sites increased by roughly one-third, to 115, the security firm Bitsight said in its annual “State of the Underground” report. Ten groups — five of them associated...Read More

Nathan Austad Pleads Guilty in DraftKings Hacking Scheme, Gets 18 Months Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2026 Third DraftKings hacker gets 18 months in prison for a 2022 credential-stuffing attack that compromised 1,600 accounts and stole $600,000. Nathan Austad, the third person sentenced over the 2022 DraftKings credential-stuffing attack, received 18 months in prison. The group...Read More

CompTIA helps IT pros achieve cyber security mastery. (Image source: 123RF) Data breaches have become an unfortunate reality, occurring with alarming frequency due to various factors. As cyber crime continues to escalate and vulnerabilities are persistently uncovered, organisations must take proactive measures to safeguard their assets and employ skilled cyber security professionals. CompTIA’s State of...Read More

Hyderabad: Strengthening prevention, reporting, and investigation mechanisms for cybercrime was among the key directions received during the 52nd PRAGATI meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, Director-General of Police CV Anand and senior officials attended the meeting virtually from the State. Accelerating complaint resolution and ensuring prompt...Read More