Key Takeaways: Newly revealed correspondence has renewed scrutiny of how Australian federal courts supervised companies entrusted with sensitive recordings and transcripts. An ABC News investigation reports that court officials were alerted in December 2014 that Auscript had accessed court-transcription data from
Key Takeaways: Verizon found ransomware involved in 48% of the breaches examined in its 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report. The figure reinforces a difficult reality for corporate security leaders, insurers, and boards: ransomware remains a frequent breach component despite years of investment in detection, ba
Key Takeaways: A cyber extortion campaign targeting shipping, port and logistics operations is putting the maritime sector’s interconnected technology stack under fresh scrutiny. n0n claims to have stolen information from 38 shipping lines, ports, terminals, logistics providers and maritime-IT organizations across
Key Takeaways: Artificial intelligence has moved deeper into the economics of cybercrime. New 2026 findings from IBM and the Ponemon Institute show that AI-enabled data breaches cost organizations an average of $6 million, roughly 20% above the $4.99 million global average across breaches. The research examined 60
Key Takeaways: iRhythm has disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed certain third-party-hosted business applications used by the California-based heart monitoring specialist. The access occurred between June 3 and June 8, 2026, and involved data belonging to some patients. The information potentially exposed
Key Takeaways: Virtual Routes has expanded its Ransomware Countermeasures Tracker with 24 additional entries, adding a fresh set of developments for security leaders following the changing response to extortion campaigns. Twenty of the entries cover activity from July through September 2026, giving enterprises a m
Key Takeaways: Ransomware operators Qilin and Settra are continuing to exploit CVE-2026-0257, an authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and Prisma Access, months after a patch became available. The flaw can allow attackers to create unauthorized VPN sessions, effectively pla
Key Takeaways: One ransomware attack set off a 21-month investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions, showing how long the consequences of an intrusion can outlast the initial encryption event. The Barracuda Networks case involved victim reporting and forensic evidence that helped investigators follow the activit
Key Takeaways: Ahold Delhaize took parts of its digital infrastructure offline after detecting what it described as a security issue, disrupting online services across several major U.S. grocery chains while leaving...
Key Takeaways: Ransomware groups can steal data, pressure suppliers, harass executives, and threaten public disclosure. Encryption, however, remains one of their most immediate forms of leverage. Once critical files become inaccessible, operational disruption begins and executives face a rapidly narrowing set of c