Today on CISO Series… In today’s cybersecurity news… Look Out! Another Outlook Outage A major outage affected millions of users worldwide yesterday, actually starting at 6:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday July 9. At the time, Microsoft announced that “users may be unable to access their mailbox using any connection methods,” including Outlook.com, Outlook Mobile, the […]

The Financial Times reports that the ransomware group linked to the recent cyberattacks on U.K. retailers Marks and Spencer, Harrods, and the Co-Op has begun a turf war with its rivals, triggering a battle within the industry that could bring more hacks and further fallout for corporate victims. DragonForce, a group of largely Russian-speaking cyber criminals behind […]

The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a significant breach in early 2025 when Arkana Ransomware emerged as a formidable threat actor, making its debut with a devastating attack on WideOpenWest (WOW!), a major U.S. internet service provider. The attack, which occurred in late March 2025, demonstrated the group’s sophisticated capabilities as they claimed to have successfully exfiltrated […]

Chennai: A Coimbatore-based doctor, who fell victim to a digital arrest scam and lost 2.9 crore to cybercriminals, was rescued by the cybercrime wing officials who visited his house and found that the doctor had isolated himself as ‘instructed’ by the scamsters.The doctor, in his fifties, told police that on June 27, he received a […]

Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, known for his moves on the court, has found himself in an entirely different kind of court facing accusations of being a ransomware negotiator. The 26-year-old, who once graced the NCAA courts at Penn State and most recently played for Moscow’s MBA-MAI, was arrested at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle […]

Hotel cyber risk is heating up this summer. 66% of hotel IT and security executives expect a rise in attack frequency and 50% an increase in severity during the summer 2025 travel season, according to new research released today by VikingCloud. During summer 2024, 82% of North American hotels were hit with a successful cyberattack, […]

A major international operation has led to the arrest of 14 individuals suspected of involvement in a large-scale phishing attack that defrauded UK taxpayers of an estimated £47 million. The arrests, primarily in Romania, were the result of a joint effort between criminal investigators from HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs), the UK’s tax authority, […]

article Oakland welcomed their new police Floyd Mitchell on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland Police Department will continue to stay under federal oversight – now in its 22nd year – as it still has three out of 50 mandated reforms that the court considers out of compliance.  One of the key […]