Fordham Law’s new cybersecurity course provides hands-on training | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Technology law has become a strategic priority at Fordham University School of Law, according to Dean Joseph Landau. And one of the ways students are learning about the topic is through a cybersecurity law class — one of 14 new courses introduced this spring. The class includes labs that integrate instruction on technical subjects such […]

Play Ransomware Resurfaces With New Tricks, Hits Hundreds Worldwide | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

The Play ransomware group is back, and sharper than ever. A newly updated joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, and Australia’s ASD confirms the group is refining its tactics, expanding its reach, and leaving behind a trail of encrypted chaos across critical infrastructure and enterprises alike.  As of May 2025, nearly 900 entities have been […]

Interlock ransomware claims Kettering Health breach, leaks stolen data | #ransomware | #cybercrime

The Interlock ransomware gang has claimed a recent cyberattack on the Kettering Health healthcare network and leaked data allegedly stolen from breached systems. Kettering Health employs over 15,000 people, including more than 1,800 physicians, and it manages 14 medical centers and over 120 outpatient facilities in western Ohio. The nonprofit organization disclosed a cyberattack on […]

MSPs Essential When Cybercrime Is The ‘Third Largest Economy In The World’ | #cybercrime | #infosec

One MSP leader tells CRN that MSPs are ‘absolutely mission-critical.’ ConnectWise CEO Manny Rivelo kicked off his keynote at the company’s IT Nation Secure event by sharing that the night before he and a colleague hacked into someone’s unattended phone. “Within a minute, he broke into it,” said Rivelo this week at the conference in […]

Exposing Organized Fraud Patterns in Government Programs | #cybercrime | #infosec

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the pandemic, fraud skyrocketed as government agencies attempted to get critical funds quickly out the door to people in need. Domestic and international crime rings took advantage of outdated verification methods — that relied on credit-header data or knowledge-based authentication — to flood government agencies with fraudulent applications. Not only were billions […]

China’s cybersecurity police penalize 2 for fabricating, spreading disinformation about War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

People attend a ceremony to commemorate the September 18 Incident and the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression at the 9.18 Historical Museum in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Sept. 18, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Qing) China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has taken legal action against two individuals for fabricating and spreading […]

Dutch university’s rapid response saved it from ransomware devastation | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Earlier this year, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), one of the Netherlands’ leading technical universities, demonstrated the uncomfortable truth that even organisations that tick all the cyber security boxes can fall victim to sophisticated attacks, when attackers gained enterprise-level access to its network and began preparing what forensic investigators later concluded would have been a devastating […]