[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The state now confirms that the cyberattack on Nevada on Sunday morning was a ransomware attack. For the first time since the incident, there was a press conference on Wednesday in Carson City, where several agencies are working to restore services at state offices. When it comes to the cyber […]

[ad_1] Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, has reported the emergence of novel cyber threats that leverage its LLM, Claude, for extortion and ransomware activities. In a report published on August 27, 2025, the firm detailed eight case studies, revealing that bad actors are employing Claude to execute a range of malicious cyber operations. […]

[ad_1] Global ransomware activity showed minimal change in July, with a marginal 1% increase in reported incidents compared to the prior month, according to a new report by NCC Group. The research found that there were 376 ransomware cases worldwide in July, up from 371 in June. Despite this relative stability in incident figures, experts […]

[ad_1] In a major law enforcement breakthrough, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), working closely with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has dismantled a transnational tech-support cybercrime syndicate that defrauded US nationals of nearly USD 40 million (approx. Rs 350 crore) through elaborate tech-support scams. The US Embassy in India hailed the development […]

[ad_1] A growing number of motorists believe their connected vehicles could be vulnerable to hacking, with fewer than one in five saying they are “very confident” their cars are secure against cyberattacks, according to a new report released Wednesday at the ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Summit in North America. The 2025 Connected Car Cyber […]

[ad_1] Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and extortion. The hackers now abuse native cloud features to exfiltrate data, wipe backups, and destroy storage accounts, thereby applying pressure and extorting victims without deploying traditional ransomware […]

[ad_1] A massive ransomware cyberattack that has crippled Nevada’s state government since Sunday has resulted in some data being moved outside of the network by “malicious actors,” state officials said Wednesday. State agency officials would not disclose the nature of the data that was taken outside the state network during the press conference in Carson […]

[ad_1] Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Vibe coding has become one of the biggest buzzwords in AI in recent months. Being able to lean on a large language model can be helpful, because it speeds up coding by letting AI handle the brunt of the legwork. But it’s not all good […]

[ad_1] One ransomware hit can stall cranes, freeze payroll, and throw entire projects off schedule in hours. With scattered job sites, mobile crews, and countless subcontractor logins, construction firms are prime targets for cybercriminals chasing high payouts.  The real cost isn’t just locked files; it’s broken timelines, lost trust, and contracts in jeopardy. The firms […]