The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has opened the bureau’s first ever office in New Zealand, in what he said was an attempt to help counter China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific, crack down on issues including cybercrime, and strengthen protection of the Five Eyes nations. Patel, who opened the office at the US embassy […]

According to a recent report by NCC Group on cyber incidents in the second quarter of this year, Safepay was the fourth biggest ransomware player during the three-month period, behind Qilin, Akira and Play. But looking at May alone, it made 70 attack claims, which made it the most active threat group for the month. […]

The agencies warn that Scattered Spider is repurposing legitimate, publicly-available remote access tunneling tools, now including Teleport.sh and AnyDesk, to easily bypass security safeguards. Increasingly, it is searching for an organization’s Snowflake access to “[exfiltrate] large volumes of data in a short time, often running thousands of queries immediately,” according to CISA. The group has […]

Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has introduced a combined cyber and financial institutions crime insurance product. The new modular product suite offers standalone or blended coverage across cyber, technology errors and omissions (E&O), and crime. The solution provides up to $10 million in capacity for cyber and tech, and up to $5 million for crime exposures, underwritten […]

Cybercriminals demanded $18.5 million in ransom, but officials say they refused to pay NEWS RELEASE CITY OF HAMILTON ************************* The City of Hamilton provided an update on the February 25, 2024, cybersecurity incident, including new details on how the sophisticated cybercriminals gained access to city systems and the ransom demand of approximately $18.5 million (CAD). […]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Cybercriminals are stealing information and locking down IT systems, demanding a ransom to release it, and Arizona businesses are often hit. Danny Seiden is the president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, so he knows firsthand the threat businesses face when it comes to cyberattacks. “Cyberattacks in Arizona have been costing hundreds […]

In the escalating battle against ransomware, businesses are discovering that their hybrid cloud setups—blending on-premises systems with public and private clouds—can either be a fortress or a vulnerability. Recent high-profile attacks, such as the one that crippled Marks & Spencer’s operations in April 2025, underscore how cybercriminals are exploiting these environments to encrypt data, exfiltrate […]