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

article The Justice Department and FBI said Wednesday they shut down online systems allegedly used by Chinese government-backed hackers to hide cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure and government networks. Dig deeper: The systems, known as QScan and QTRouter, were used to infect internet-connected devices around the world and then route hacking activity through them, according...Read More

Police have charged two men from Western Australia over their alleged involvement in TeamPCP, a cybercriminal gang that has been blamed for a massive software supply-chain hacking campaign. TeamPCP is best known for Shai-Hulud, a self-propagating worm that spread itself through open source software. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), working with the FBI and Western...Read More