Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality recently survived a massive cyber attack. The agency was targeted by hackers who said they stole more than a million files — and who tried to charge DEQ about $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to get that data back. OPB environment reporter April Ehrlich has been looking into how state […]

Nigeria and UK commit to closer law enforcement collaboration, focusing on cybercrime, fraud, and future agreements including an MOU and exchange programs. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., today, 29th April 2025, reiterated the Nigeria Police Force’s dedication to inter-agency and international cooperation in combating transnational crime, following a courtesy visit […]

Halcyon has been awarded the 2025 SC Award for Best Enterprise Security Solution, recognized for its purpose-built anti-ransomware platform that’s redefining endpoint resilience in the face of evolving threats.In just under a year, Halcyon achieved 300% customer growth and now protects more than 1.75 million devices across 500+ organizations, including Fortune 500 enterprises and public […]

A 23-year-old Scottish man thought to be a member of the prolific Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited last week from Spain to the United States, where he is facing charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft. U.S. prosecutors allege Tyler Robert Buchanan and co-conspirators hacked into dozens of companies in the United States […]

Did you know that over 68 U.S. school districts have fallen victim to ransomware attacks during this school year? As one of the largest districts in the nation, Gwinnett County Public Schools is a high-value target for cybercriminals looking to exploit personally identifiable information (PII). Protecting Your Digital Classroom You hold the power to prevent […]

Britain’s Co-op Group said on Wednesday hackers had attempted to break into its systems, the second high-profile cyber attack on a major UK retailer in as many weeks, following an ongoing incident at Marks & Spencer. The Co-op, which is owned by its members and trades from over 2,300 food stores across the UK and […]

Gov.uk One Login is struggling to satisfy the cybersecurity expectations the Government Digital Service says it is underpinned by, a new report states, calling into question the wisdom of expanding the program into new use cases, like private sector digital identity interactions. The One Login system was introduced in 2021 as a single sign-on (SSO) […]

Threat actors have leveraged the Nitrogen ransomware campaign to target organizations through deceptive malvertising strategies. Recent investigations have uncovered a disturbingly effective method involving fake software downloads, such as a counterfeit “WinSCP” installer, propagated through malicious ads on platforms like Bing. One documented case revealed a user searching for “WinSCP download” via Microsoft Edge being […]