The barriers keeping cybercriminals from adopting AI — restricted access, high costs and little incentive to change tactics — are starting to fall, researchers tell Axios. Why it matters: The trend is opening the door to more AI-assisted attacks. The big picture: Three trends are converging. Open-weight AI models are approaching the cyber capabilities of...Read More
Achieving resilience and protection of data storage is greatly enhanced using air-gapped cyber-resilient storage techniques and associated technologies. Secure and recoverable storage backups are essential for resilient enterprises. This article examines how air gapping increases data protection and storage resilience. The basics of air gapping If data storage and backup resources are physically offline...Read More
From left, Abbas Khan, Juan Merlos, Ph.D. students, and Tarruck Wheeler, a masters student, all within FAU’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Program Snapshot: Florida Atlantic University recently completed its inaugural Hacking for Defense course, a national innovation program that connects students with real-world challenges from the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence...Read More
The stock market gained ground on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both rising. However, while some stocks raced higher, others plunged, as one technology company pre-announced results that pulled the market in different directions. IT heavyweight International Business Machines (IBM 24.75%) provided an early glimpse into its second-quarter results, and what...Read More
Finnish police have reportedly issued a wanted notice for convicted hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki after the country’s Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, paving the way for authorities to return him to prison in one of Finland’s most high-profile cybercrime cases. The Supreme Court’s decision leaves in place a February Court of Appeal ruling that...Read More
South African organisations faced an average of 2,065 cyber attacks per week in June, as global cyber attacks increased 17% year-on-year and ransomware activity surged by a third, according to new research from Check Point Software Technologies. The company’s June 2026 Global Threat Intelligence report found organisations worldwide experienced an average of 2,270 cyber attacks...Read More
A schoolteacher was hacked with a machete, allegedly by a student’s mother, in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj today after a dispute over tuition fees. Sithi Simitha, 28, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after suffering 10 blows to her head and losing a finger during the attack, police said. The incident took place...Read More
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Healthcare organizations face one of the largest volumes of cyberattacks of any critical infrastructure sector, and those intrusions can also be some of the costliest. The new data from Fortified paints a picture of a healthcare industry struggling to combat ransomware attacks and other security compromises. In the first half of...Read More
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Division of the FBI announced during a news conference on Tuesday that three Russians from St. Petersburg have been indicted on a slew of charges for crimes against Ohioans, other Americans and individuals in several other countries. The following individuals and companies were charged in a 75-page indictment for allegedly using...Read More
Backups are often the last line of defense when ransomware reaches business-critical systems. But modern ransomware attacks do not target production data alone. Attackers may also search for backup repositories, compromise backup administrator accounts, change retention policies or delete recovery points before encrypting the live environment. When clean backup copies are no longer available, recovery...Read More
