Key Takeaways: Zimperium has detailed an Android malware strain that collapses several traditionally separate attack tools into a single package. Called Mantax Otax, the malware can steal information, monitor a device remotely, maintain backdoor access, and encrypt accessible files before presenting a ransom deman
Key Takeaways: Object First has published commissioned Omdia research highlighting a substantial divide between how businesses value immutable backup storage and the protection they actually have. The survey covered 700 IT decision-makers and business leaders at organisations with 1,000 to 9,999 employees across t
Key Takeaways: The Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles department has contained unauthorized access to its Driver and Vehicle Information Database, or DAVID, after credentials assigned to a Plant City Police Department employee were compromised. The intrusion placed roughly 200,000 driver records at risk, in
Key Takeaways: Zenith Technology, the Dunedin clinical research and laboratory testing business known as ZenTech, has taken certain systems offline as authorities investigate a cyber security incident involving files attributed to the company. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) confirmed that it is suppor
Key Takeaways: U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have detailed how Lemon Sandstorm, an Iran-linked state-sponsored threat actor, obtains access to victim networks and works with ransomware affiliates to monetize those intrusions. The group is also tracked as Pioneer Kitten, Fox Kitten, Parisite, UNC757
Key Takeaways: The Institute of Culinary Education, Silver Summit Medical Corporation dba Digestive Disease Center and Heart Vascular & Leg Center (“SSMC”), and Quantum Health, Inc. are notifying individuals about separate data breaches involving sensitive personal information. Although the incidents occurred at d
Key Takeaways: A U.S. federal court has sentenced Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to deploy the Conti ransomware variant, marking another successful prosecution tied to one of the most prolific cybercrime operations of the early 2020s. Lytvyne
Key Takeaways: Ransomware remains a stubborn operational threat for broadcasters, streaming services, publishers, and other media businesses that depend on tightly connected production systems. A joint CISA and FBI advisory issued in August 2026 highlights Gunra, a ransomware-as-a-service operation that combines d
Key Takeaways: Cisco is warning customers to act quickly after confirming active exploitation of two vulnerabilities in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, or FMC. The product centrally manages firewall policies and multiple Cisco Secure Firewall devices, which makes a compromised install
Key Takeaways: The Identity Theft Resource Center has recorded more than 1,800 data compromises in the first six months of 2026, incidents that generated an estimated 471 million consumer notices. That notice volume has already exceeded the total for all of 2025, marking a sharp reversal from a year in which the n