The sheer volume of cyber attacks today may be staggering, but the growing sophistication of cyber crime syndicates and state-sponsored actors poses the most significant threat to organisations, warned Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky, at Gitex Asia 2025. Addressing an audience of tech leaders in Singapore, Kaspersky pointed out three challenges as the world...Read More
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. publicly addressed ongoing issues at Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center (JFL) during press briefing on Tuesday, highlighting a cybersecurity threat affecting the facility, among other managerial issues. “If you look at JFL, which is under another crisis as we speak today, with some ransomware…” he said. The governor’s...Read More
No observable progress made by Hungarian law enforcement authorities into waves of cyber-attacks targeting media websites in Hungary and beyond
Illustrative image. Enzozo/Shutterstock The International Press Institute (IPI) today renews its call for a systematic investigation by the Hungarian National Police’s Cybercrime Department into illegal cyber attacking activities against independent media...Read More
LevelBlue, a provider of managed security services, strategic consulting, and threat intelligence, announced the launch of its 2025 Futures Report: Cyber Resilience and Business Impact at the RSAC 2025 Conference. Following the release of the inaugural LevelBlue Futures Report in 2024, this year’s report dives into the characteristics of cyber resilient organizations, evolving attack vectors,...Read More
Ransomware has evolved from a distant “I hope it doesn’t happen to us” threat to an insidious, worldwide crisis. Among the sectors most affected is manufacturing, which has found itself more and more in attackers’ crosshairs. Manufacturing has long viewed itself as immune to digital crime, but ransomware attackers have belied this belief. Industrial operations rely heavily...Read More
The FBI is set to report that ransomware was the most pervasive cybersecurity threat to US critical infrastructure during the year of 2024. As Reuters reports, complaints of ransomware attacks against critical sectors have jumped 9% over the previous year. The annual report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) will reveal that the...Read More
Organized groups of Nigerian cybercriminals are contacting American kids via social media and gaming, befriending them, and exchanging nude photos with them. When they have the American child’s likeness, they blackmail them, demanding money. That was just one of the disturbing revelations during a hearing on cybersecurity in Northampton Monday, convened by Bucks County Sheriff...Read More
Dive Brief: The Biden administration will back a controversial United Nations cybercrime treaty, which has come under fire by certain U.S. legislators and digital rights advocates who are concerned the international agreement will expose political dissidents and other groups to abuse by authoritarian regimes. The treaty, originally proposed by Russia, calls for international cooperation to...Read More
