Ransomware attacks have become the top cause of U.S. health care data breaches, compromising 285 million patient records over 15 years, according to a new study led by researchers from Michigan State University, Yale, and Johns Hopkins. John Jiang is a professor of information systems at Michigan State University and led the research. He says […]

Hackers have dumped 3.3 million files on the dark web following the recent ransomware attack on West Lothian council’s schools network. A cyber gang going by the name of ‘Interlock’ has been named as the ransomware gang responsible for the incident – which locked teaching staff and pupils out of their IT systems on May […]

Printers have been urged to check the small print of their cyber insurance policies after recent high profile attacks – and today’s revelation that Marks & Spencer’s ongoing incident will cost the group around £300m and won’t be fully fixed until July. A number of printing businesses have been subjected to cyber attacks in recent […]

Scotland’s West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier this month. The local authority, governing a region bordering Edinburgh, originally said there was no evidence to suggest that data had been taken when it first disclosed the attack on […]

Some infostealer operators bundle and sell this stolen data. But increasingly the compromised details have acted as a gateway for hackers to launch further attacks, providing them with the details needed to access online accounts and the networks of multibillion-dollar corporations. “It’s clear that infostealers have become more than just grab-and-go malware,” says Patrick Wardle, […]

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: It took the education sector 4.8 months on average to report data breaches following ransomware attacks between 2018 and 2025, according to a report released last week by Comparitech. Colleges and schools had the highest […]

Microsoft has teamed up with law enforcement agencies across the globe to disrupt the infrastructure behind one of the world’s most notorious infostealer operations. Microsoft said that, between March 16 and May 16, it identified over 394,000 Windows computers globally that were infected with Lumma Stealer malware. A coordinated operation between the tech giant, Europol, […]

In today’s digital world, even small businesses are prime targets for cybercriminals. With limited resources and often less security measures, small enterprises can become easy entry points for hackers. Ensuring website and customer data security is not just a technical necessity but also a vital part of building customer trust and maintaining business reputation. Here […]