More than 100 companies just signed an open letter warning that AI-powered cyberattacks will arrive sooner than governments are ready for, and the list of who signed it raises as many questions as the threat itself. On CNBC Friday morning, Andrew Ross Sorkin walked viewers through an open letter that has quickly become the most...Read More

WASHINGTON—The League System has rolled out a new Cybersecurity Awareness Toolkit designed to give credit unions customizable materials they can use to educate members about online threats, fraud and digital security as cybercrime losses continue to climb. The American Association of Credit Union Leagues said Americans filed more than 850,000 internet crime complaints in 2024,...Read More

AI is reshaping the economics of cybercrime by making attacks faster and cheaper to launch, according to Flashpoint, which found ransomware victims rose 45% in the first half of 2026 as the average underground price of initial access fell 69%, from $1,427 to $439. The findings, detailed in Flashpoint’s 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report: Midyear...Read More

OpenAI, Google, 100+ firms warn of AI hacking surge More than 100 companies, organised around a letter published by OpenAI, are warning that AI-powered cyberattacks will grow far more capable within months, a warning made more urgent by a summer in which several of the letter’s own signatories watched their AI systems get used as...Read More

U.S. CISA adds ownCloud, Linux Kernel, and JFrog Artifactory flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2026 U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ownCloud, Linux Kernel, and JFrog Artifactory flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited...Read More

Nation-state actors, ransomware groups and cyber criminals have outpaced the traditional, siloed approach to government cybersecurity. Today’s sophisticated threat actors are exploiting that fragmentation faster than governments can respond. State and local agencies sit on the front lines of defense while operating with varied resources and talent across teams. This requires these jurisdictions to lean...Read More

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced on Aug. 27 that it has suffered a cybersecurity incident. “The impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF eForms system, or any other ATF system,” the press...Read More

Aurora ransomware actors have been observed abusing SpaceX’s AI Cursor Agent as part of exploitation campaigns, according to a new study by Gambit Security’s Threat Intelligence team. The threat actors ran Claude Sonnet through Cursor Agent to assist with various exploitation activities against 10 victims between April 8 and May 26, 2026. These tasks included...Read More

WINONA, Minn. (WKBT) — Winona County commissioners say the county paid $128,539.57 in connection with a ransomware attack detected in January.  The county said Thursday it discovered ransomware on its computer network Jan. 22 and immediately began an investigation with third-party forensic experts and federal law enforcement. The county notified affected individuals, posted information on...Read More

WINONA, Minn. (WXOW) — Winona County paid more than $128,000 following a January ransomware attack, according to a county news release. The county said it negotiated and paid $128,539.57 with assistance from its insurance carrier after ransomware was detected on its computer network Jan. 22, 2026. Officials said the decision was made after consultation with the...Read More