Nearly $21 billion. That number jumped out at me when I looked at the FBI’s latest cybercrime data. Behind that enormous loss are families who watched savings disappear and people who trusted the wrong investment pitch. Some victims had no clue someone was moving their money until they checked an account. Americans reported nearly $21 […]

Winona County in Minnesota has fallen victim to two separate ransomware attacks within just three months, raising serious concerns about the county’s cybersecurity preparedness and the growing persistence of ransomware groups. More concerning is the possibility that criminals received ransom payments following both incidents—an outcome that could potentially encourage attackers to target the county or […]

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo-Specific , Ransomware Extortion Group With Suspected Russian Provenance Imposes Friday Deadline David Meyer • September 2, 2026     Image: TTstudio/Shutterstock/ISMG Berlin officials temporarily canceled remote work and are scouring all their systems, after the notorious Rhysida ransomware gang attacked the German city-state in a double-extortion attempt that will […]

Sept 2 : The U.S. Justice Department is working with Elon Musk’s X to track down those behind an attempted password-recovery attack targeting hundreds of thousands of users of the social media platform this week, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Wednesday. A password-recovery attack generally refers to attempts at gaining access to online accounts […]

Google on September 2, 2026 introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash, the latest model in its Flash tier, at an introductory price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through December 31, 2026, alongside a restricted cybersecurity variant called Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber. The company’s announcement described the release as its third […]

Introduction: A New Era in Cybersecurity Cybersecurity leaders today face a perfect storm. As organizations digitize at a record pace, their attack surface explodes and cyberthreats become more advanced, amplified by adversarial AI, nation-state actors and the rapid adoption of multicloud and software as a service (SaaS). Security operations centers (SOCs) drown in fragmented telemetry, […]

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty / Justin Sullivan More than 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses, as well as other identity documents, have reportedly become available for purchase on the dark web for a limited time. According to cybersecurity journalist […]