HITRUST Certification validates that AGFA HealthCare is meeting rigorous cybersecurity and data protection standards through independent assessment and assurance. MORTSEL, Belgium, July 17, 2026 (Newswire.com) – AGFA HealthCare, a leading provider of imaging IT solutions, today announced its Enterprise Imaging platform has once again earned certified status from HITRUST for cybersecurity and information protection. Built...Read More

For years, observers predominantly interpreted the phenomenon of so-called Southeast Asian cyberscam compounds as an issue of cybercrime and financial fraud. International news focused on the economic losses suffered by online fraud victims, the expansion of transnational criminal organizations, and the use of sophisticated digital technologies to target millions of people worldwide.  Only recently, however,...Read More

A previously unknown ransomware strain called Spirals was used last month in an attack against an IT services company in South Asia, where attackers went from initial access to data theft and encrypting the network in less than 24 hours, according to Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team. Spirals encrypts files quickly after gaining a foothold Spirals...Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump is warning America about what he calls “shocking vulnerabilities” in the U.S. election system that must be fixed. He laid out the details in a primetime speech on Thursday night. Trump has long said the 2020 presidential election was rigged. He believes newly declassified documents back those claims. “This evidence...Read More

Ransomware Uses AI to Amp Up Negotiations It’s commonly thought that ransomware operators are simply using artificial intelligence (AI) to hack more companies. However, some operators are employing AI to generate leverage so that they can extract more money in negotiations with victims. A leading example is FulcrumSec, a data extortion group that started operating...Read More

Coca‑Cola confirmed a ransomware attack on its dairy subsidiary Fairlife, forcing suspension of US production operations while Canada sites remain unaffected Incident response protocols were activated, with third‑party experts and authorities engaged; product quality and safety were not impacted Analysts warn the financial impact could be significant given Fairlife’s importance, with losses compounding the longer...Read More

Cyber slavery is an emerging form of human trafficking in which traffickers exploit people’s job insecurity by luring them with fraudulent offers. Victims are then held captive in a foreign country, coerced into committing various forms of cybercrime, and tortured if they refuse to participate. It is deeply concerning to see hundreds of Bangladeshis fall...Read More

Rockstar Games suffered from a major hack back in September 2022. After having been imprisoned for an indefinite amount of time, the hacker – Arion Kurtaj – has now been released and is waiting for a retrial. Kurtaj is a member of a teen hacking group named Lapsus$, and in his original December 2023 trial...Read More

If you plan to self-file your taxes next year, you’ve already got a lot to think about. The last thing you need is to worry about being scammed. Unfortunately, some scams are designed to target tax filers who are more vulnerable because they’re working without the protection of a professional tax preparer. How can you...Read More

International digital crime cooperation advances as Canada joins the UN cybercrime convention. Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, joining an international framework designed to strengthen cooperation against serious crimes committed through information and communications technologies. The government said the treaty provides a legal basis for cross-border investigations, electronic evidence sharing and coordinated...Read More