Eleven students were selected for the inaugural cohort. NORFOLK, Va. — Eleven Old Dominion University students started their semester Monday as part of a new scholarship program. The university was the first of just 14 universities nationwide to be selected to offer the CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service, funded by the National Science Foundation. It funds...Read More
Fortinet and Alestra are advancing toward proactive cybersecurity operations in Mexico’s telecommunications sector by integrating security orchestration, automation, and response capabilities that reduce manual processes, accelerate critical network services, and enable automated detection and remediation of cyber threats. For telecommunications companies managing infrastructure and services for thousands of organizations, the ability to respond to...Read More
Threat actors have already compromised over 270 Zimbra instances in remote code execution attacks targeting a high-severity Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability. The ZCS email and collaboration suite is used by hundreds of millions of people and organizations, including thousands of businesses and hundreds of government agencies worldwide. Synacor patched the security flaw (tracked as...Read More
Colorado police arrested a man last week over charges that he impersonated both Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and head of the National Security Agency’s famed Tailored Access Operations hacking unit. Joshua Culver, also known as “Maverick Young,” appeared in a Colorado court Tuesday after his arrest stemming from an indictment in Indiana in...Read More
Moving ECMA away from the Army’s chief information officer aims to more closely integrate cloud management and cyber defenses. Rachel S. Cohen August 25, 2026 6:07 pm 2 min read The Army is ramping up efforts to defend its sprawling ecosystem of critical software and data under a new order reassigning its central cloud management...Read More
What’s the deal? Ampcus has acquired SmarterD, an AI-powered platform that consolidates IT, security, and compliance data across enterprise systems, the companies announced Monday. SmarterD will sit within Ampcus’ cybersecurity and risk management division and keep its brand. Financial terms were not disclosed. What each side does: SmarterD’s platform tackles data silos, combining information from...Read More
Summary On August 23, 2026, the ransomware gang L Group announced their involvement in a cyberattack against Compendium USA Inc. (compendiumusa.net), a notable technology firm in the United States. The group has threatened to release confidential data unless discussions are initiated with the company. Incident Report Field Details Target Compendium USA Inc. Domain compendiumusa.net Country...Read More
Summary On August 23, 2026, the ransomware group Kazu claimed responsibility for a cyberattack againstConsultorioMovil: Telemedicine and Healthcare System (consultoriomovil.net),Argentina’s prominent digital healthcare platform. The group issued a statement threatening to release sensitive healthcare data unless negotiations are initiated. Incident Report Field Details Target ConsultorioMovil: Telemedicine and Healthcare System Domain consultoriomovil.net Country Argentina Attacking Group...Read More
Grand Theft Auto VI, widely heralded as the game event of the decade, took a significant hit last week after a cybercriminal sent much of the internet into pandemonium after publishing gameplay footage a week before the game’s publisher planned to reveal core portions of the game to the public. The files posted by the...Read More
In a memo issued in August, the Trump administration announced a program that could authorize some U.S. businesses to pursue government-selected foreign cybercriminals. In the past, that work has been performed by government agencies. The presidential memorandum doesn’t fully explain how it would allow a private business to take the lead on work traditionally performed...Read More
