The City of Sandstone in Minnesota said it discovered a major ransomware event affecting its systems in April that compromised the personal information of citizens and employees. Located in Pine County, Minnesota, the City of Sandstone is home to around 2,500 residents and carries the name thanks to a major sandstone quarry in its...Read More
In October 2025, the world adopted its first global treaty against cybercrime in Hanoi. By early 2026, 76 countries including the European Union had already signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime. The treaty remains open for signature until 31 December 2026. Bangladesh still has time to decide whether it wants to join the global...Read More
Ransomware is still a booming business, according to new research from Rapid7 Labs. So much so that cyber criminal gangs are outperforming major companies. Analysis from the cybersecurity firm found ransomware groups made an estimated $529.2 million in the first quarter of this year, with total revenues up by 39% year-on-year. That’s a better performance...Read More
A threat actor tracked as DriveSurge has been operating large-scale malware distribution campaigns using ClickFix and FakeUpdates techniques on compromised sites. Thousands of websites have been compromised in DriveSurge campaigns to redirect visitors to malware-delivery infrastructure, according to researchers at cybersecurity company SilentPush. ClickFix is a popular social engineering tactic that deceives victims into copying...Read More
Most businesses that operate this way do not fail dramatically; they just slowly lose ground: a client who walks after a data incident, a contract that stalls because the vendor questionnaire revealed gaps, a week of lost productivity that nobody formally tracked. The businesses that grow consistently tend to treat IT differently, not as overhead,...Read More
Vietnam, in coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organised a seminar on the sidelines of the 35th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ 35) in Vienna, Austria, on June 1. The event brought together representatives from Vietnamese ministries and agencies, UNODC, UN member states and...Read More
Published on Jun 02, 2026 09:24 am IST The CBSE OSM controversy has sparked a nationwide debate, with questions being raised over technical glitches, hacking allegations, tender-related concerns, and the political storm around it. Here’s a complete breakdown of what triggered the row, the competing claims, and what could happen next. Home / Videos...Read More
Two of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies report earnings this week, and Wedbush Securities argues the structural backdrop has rarely been more compelling for the sector’s dominant platform players. The core argument is counterintuitive but increasingly accepted among security professionals: artificial intelligence does not reduce the attack surface enterprises need to defend, it expands it...Read More
Ammon News – The Public Security Directorate’s Cybercrime Unit on Tuesday warned against spreading rumors and false information on social media platforms. The unit stated: “Let it stop with you and do not help spread it. Be part of the solution… Verify before you share.” It added that the penalty for initiating or spreading rumors...Read More
Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026Data Breach / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for their role in facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were accused of deploying the...Read More
