MACo’s Summer Conference Solutions Showcase will feature innovative and effective ways to address county governance challenges. Join us to hear from industry experts and thought leaders on topics like AI in cloud computing, digital connectivity, benefits management, and more! The Solutions Showcase schedule is listed below… Wednesday, August 13, 2025 AI in the Building Department: […]

Albemarle County, Virginia, discovered irregularities in its IT infrastructure under a sophisticated ransomware attack. The breach was quickly recognized by cybersecurity experts as a ransomware deployment, a type of malware that encrypts data and demands payment to decrypt it. This type of malware is frequently used in conjunction with data exfiltration for extortion. Despite robust […]

YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Criminal Police has uncovered an organized crime group involved in computer theft. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a group of Armenian and foreign citizens had created a criminal group in an office on Garegin Nzhdeh Street in Yerevan and was committing computer […]

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An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as ‘Diskstation,’ which encrypted the systems of several companies in the Lombardy region, paralyzing their businesses. The law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation Elicius’ was coordinated by Europol and also involved police forces in France and Romania. Diskstation is a ransomware operation that targets Synology […]

By Ethan Faverino | A new report reveals a rise in financial cybercrime across the United States, with Arizona ranking 47th out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., as one of the riskiest states. Based on the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report, the findings highlight a national rise in crime […]

(TNS) — Albemarle County authorities have identified the extortion operation behind the June cyberattack attack that took down the internet in county offices and may have exposed both government employee and county resident data. INC Ransom was behind the attack, according to county spokeswoman Abbey Stumpf. ‘Cybersecurity incident’ blamed for Albemarle County internet outage Albemarle […]

Fourteen individuals have been arrested in a coordinated international operation targeting a sophisticated cybercriminal network responsible for large-scale tax fraud through phishing attacks and fraudulent benefit claims.  The arrests represent a significant breakthrough in combating cross-border financial cybercrime affecting thousands of taxpayers. Key Takeaways1. 13 suspects detained in Romania and 1 in Preston, UK, aged […]

Participating in a simulated ransomware attack showed up the glaring need for attack response playbooks and insulated clean room recovery facilities, as even immutable backups could contain undetected ransomware-infected data. Cohesity runs Ransomware Resilience Workshops in which participants take on exec roles in a business that experiences a cyberattack that encrypts its data. The business […]

The spotlight features more than 500 active companies building next-generation solutions across AI security, cloud protection, secure enterprise browsers, and data posture management. Despite comprising just 7% of Israel’s 7000+ company-strong tech ecosystem, cybersecurity companies attracted 38% of all tech investment in 2024, signaling their strategic importance and growth potential.  The sector has experienced significant […]