Minnesota called in the National Guard after a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” hit the city of St Paul, severely disrupting public services and forcing a complete shutdown of municipal information systems.St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter confirmed during a press conference on Tuesday that the city had initiated a full shutdown of its information systems as […]

Trend Micro has published its latest State of AI Security Report, highlighting how the pace of artificial intelligence development is contributing to new cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. The report details a range of security challenges faced by organisations as they deploy AI technologies, including vulnerabilities in key components, accidental internet exposure, weaknesses in open-source […]

Avast has publicly released a free decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware, a short-lived but technically notable strain that integrated AI-generated tooling and operated primarily between December 2024 and March 2025. With the ransomware now considered inactive, Avast’s tool will allow victims to recover encrypted files without paying ransoms. The decryptor was developed by Avast researcher […]

A new report from Akamai Technologies has highlighted a worrying escalation in ransomware tactics affecting Asia Pacific enterprises, with a shift towards more sophisticated “quadruple extortion” campaigns alongside the persistent prevalence of double extortion attacks. The 2025 Akamai State of the Internet (SOTI) Ransomware Report reveals that ransomware accounted for over half of all data breaches across […]

Hyderabad: Detectives from the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police of the Detective Department have arrested three individuals from Maharashtra involved in a sophisticated trading fraud. The accused allegedly cheated victims to the tune of Rs 44.04 lakh by impersonating trading advisors from “Aveshta Study Group-W” and promising huge returns with forged electronic documents. The arrested persons […]

Details are limited at this stage. Irish broadcaster RTÉ is assessing a potential cybersecurity threat after claims that it suffered a ransomware attack. “RTÉ was contacted by the National Cyber Security Centre over the weekend regarding information it had become aware of,” an RTÉ spokesperson said in a report, confirming that it is currently reviewing […]

When it comes to cyber attacks and online fraud, it seems that big banks, major companies and tech giants can often be as vulnerable as the individual customers and investors they serve. On Sunday, Germany-based insurer Allianz Life became the latest victim of the digital underworld, suffering a security breach that compromised the data of […]

Read the full story on Backfire News Personal Info Stolen During NASCAR Ransomware Attack Back in April of this year, we covered how NASCAR was the target of a ransomware attack by the criminal group Medusa. After the group claimed to have infiltrated the motorsport company’s system, downloading over a terabyte of sensitive data, the […]