A hot potato: Valve has just gone through what might be the worst weekend in recent history. The PC gaming giant was hit by a gigantic leak of private gaming data, a multi-terabyte trove containing information about numerous unreleased titles and a large amount of third-party content. Enthusiasts should be especially careful when handling all...Read More
PaperCut issued emergency patches on Friday to address critical vulnerabilities in its print-management software. The company confirmed in a security advisory that multiple customers were successfully targeted and that it is working with security researchers at Huntress and watchTowr to respond to the attacks. The vulnerabilities include an improper access-control flaw in PaperCut MF and PaperCut NG....Read More
Contact: James Carskadon STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State cybersecurity leader and educator George Trawick has been named interim director of the university’s Center for Cyber Innovation. George Trawick (Photo by Kristen Polk) A clinical professor of practice in cybersecurity and cyber programs coordinator in MSU’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Trawick will lead the center’s efforts...Read More
Earlier in August, cryptography professor Matthew Green wrote a controversial thread on X and a longer blog post that went viral within the cybersecurity community. Green, who has long been a close observer of the debate around the use of hacking tools by governments to fight crime and the need for strong encryption to protect...Read More
A sophisticated China-nexus actor is abusing routers using the Cisco IOS XR operating system in an espionage campaign that reaches into high-value networks and critical infrastructure, according to a report released Sunday by Sygnia. The actor, tracked as Fire Ant, gained wide recognition in 2025 after abusing VMware environments. Researchers said this new campaign represents...Read More
In the last piece I wrote about closing the gap between “attacker gets in” and “attacker detonates” — using a kernel-level access record to see anomalous behavior in real time, and an append-only archive to shrink what’s even reachable for a mass-encryption routine to find. That piece was about prevention and detection. This one is...Read More
WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – Winona County officials confirm they negotiated and paid a $128,539.57 ransom following a cyberattack earlier this year, even as they continue to investigate a second, unrelated ransomware incident that struck just months later. In a joint update, the Winona County Board of Commissioners detailed their ongoing response to the two separate...Read More
Cybersecurity in the telecom industry protects the networks, signaling systems, and subscriber data that carry the world’s voice, messaging, and internet traffic. Because every other sector depends on connectivity, a breach of a telecom operator ripples outward into banks, hospitals, governments, and homes. The threat has intensified. Nation-state espionage runs alongside criminal activity, and cybersecurity...Read More
African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has demanded an apology from the Department of State Services and the withdrawal of the cybercrime case filed against him. Sowore made the demand on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, after the DSS directed its counsel to seek an adjournment of the case until after the...Read More
