President Donald Trump’s nominee for national cyber director said he would lead the Office of the National Cyber Director with “focus and direction,” while also backing a push from lawmakers and industry to streamline federal cyber regulations. Sean Cairncross, former CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and former chief operating officer for the Republican National […]

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Anchor Industries was hit with a ransomware attack over the Memorial Day weekend. Vice President of Sales, Christen Mogavero, confirmed it to 14 News. She says the company is conducting an open investigation, and they are speaking directly with their workforce, customers, and vendors. Anchor Industries is a tent manufacturer that […]

The US government is offering up to $10 million for information on foreign government-backed threat actors linked to the RedLine malware, including its suspected developer, Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov. The State Department, which administers the Rewards for Justice, urges anyone with information on Rudometov, his associates, and their malicious cyber activities to contact the Tor-based tips-reporting […]

New research from Delinea shows that 69% of organisations worldwide were breached by ransomware in the past year, with artificial intelligence quickly reshaping the capabilities of both cyber attackers and defenders. The 2025 State of Ransomware Report, based on input from more than 1,000 IT and security leaders globally, highlights that over a quarter of […]

AT&T is investigating claims that millions of its customers’ data are listed for sale on a cybercrime forum in what appears to be a re-release from an earlier hack. “It is not uncommon for cybercriminals to re-package previously disclosed data for financial gain,” an AT&T spokesperson told The Register. “We just learned about claims that […]

This year is shaping up to be a turning point in defense tactics.  We’ve already seen major disruptions across the ransomware ecosystem. Groups like LockBit and RansomHub have gone dark or been disrupted, prompting a flurry of speculation. But if defenders are hoping this signals a downturn in attacks, they’ll be disappointed. Newly emergent groups […]

Recently, Russia signed a joint “International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security” agreement with several authoritarian governments to include but not limited to Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. The agreement asserts that the motivation behind this agreement is to sustain “transparent and equitable system of international information security based on the principles […]