Key Takeaways: GMO Internet Group was on high alert on October 27 after a hacker group threatened to disclose clients’ personal information and launch a ransomware attack. The warning puts two related but distinct risks in view: disruption caused by malicious encryption and the potentially lasting damage caused by
Key Takeaways: Aviatrix Threat Research has documented a 2026 STAC4749 campaign that turns familiar workplace support interactions into an entry point for ransomware. The attackers impersonate IT personnel through Microsoft Teams external chat, combine email bombing with voice phishing, and persuade employees to g
Key Takeaways: Oneonta City School District has identified ransomware as the cause of a network disruption discovered late last week, shifting the district’s response from troubleshooting an outage to containing and investigating a confirmed cyberattack. The confirmation answers the first major question about the
Key Takeaways: The financing gives Mave fresh resources to compete in a crowded market for artificial intelligence inside the security operations center. Founded in 2025 by former Unit 8200 officers Raziel Oren and Guy Eshel, Mave has raised $34 million in total, comprising a $6 million seed round and a $28 millio
Key Takeaways: DaVita’s proposed settlement would resolve class-action claims arising from the Interlock ransomware attack, but the agreement offers only a partial accounting of the incident’s cost. The settlement is capped at $15 million, while the dialysis provider separately recorded $25 million in cyber-incide
Key Takeaways: City of Columbia officials are investigating a ransomware attack that disrupted public-facing municipal services, bringing in SLED and cybersecurity specialists to determine its scope. Officials have not disclosed which systems were compromised, how attackers obtained access, or whether sensitive in
Key Takeaways: An Instagram post alleging a State Bank of India data breach is circulating against an already tense backdrop for digital banking security in India. So far, the available information does not establish that SBI systems were compromised or that customer data was disclosed without authorization. Unles
Key Takeaways: The Everest ransomware group has claimed it stole 590GB of data from PwC, a Microsoft partner, raising questions about the security exposure created by professional-services relationships. The alleged material includes employee information, credentials, training records, and source code. The central
Key Takeaways: The FortiBleed credential-exposure campaign has put remote-access security back under scrutiny after investigators linked it to roughly 75,000 internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewall and SSL-VPN records. More than 30,000 devices across over 190 countries had verified working credentials, accordi
Key Takeaways: SafeVoice Nevada is confronting a difficult cybersecurity problem: how to respond when a platform built to protect the identity of people reporting sensitive school concerns suffers a data breach. A forensic investigation found that about 10% of Nevada tips containing personally identifiable informa