Key Takeaways: J.S. Held is urging court-appointed receivers, chief restructuring officers, distressed asset investors, and lenders to incorporate cybersecurity into the core fiduciary work performed during every engagement. The global consulting firm’s message reflects a broader shift: ransomware exposure is no l
Key Takeaways: WPXI reported that Beaver County Behavioral Health is warning current and former patients after a July ransomware attack allowed cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to its network. Preliminary findings indicate the attackers copied data, rather than merely disrupting systems, raising the stak
Key Takeaways: Ransomware operators are widening their scope beyond familiar Windows endpoints. Panzer, first observed in August 2026, reflects that shift by offering ransomware-as-a-service, or RaaS, capabilities spanning Windows, Linux, VMware ESXi and FreeBSD. The broad platform coverage matters because enterpr
Key Takeaways: Electric-grid cyber defense is gaining a more operational form of artificial intelligence. The Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, known as CESER, and Sandia National Laboratories are applying AI-driven cyber-physical detection to help utilities i
Key Takeaways: Macnica has launched ANTERAS DarkWeb, a dark web investigation service that searches for leaked information connected to both known corporate systems and previously unidentified internet-facing assets. The September 8 launch expands Macnica’s ANTERAS preventive cybersecurity brand beyond attack surf
Key Takeaways: No More Ransom is giving ransomware victims an alternative to a decision that can otherwise feel brutally simple: pay criminals or lose access to critical data. The public-private partnership provides access to decryption tools and guidance designed to help organizations and individuals recover encr
Key Takeaways: The education sector’s ransomware problem increasingly begins with a person’s identity rather than an obscure software flaw. In its State of Ransomware in Education 2026, Sophos reports that identity-based techniques played a role in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions. Across s
Key Takeaways: Hackers have published around 1.4 million files stolen from Berlin’s state administration after authorities refused to pay a roughly €2 million ransom, turning a ransomware incident into a potentially...
Key Takeaways: Google has released a Chrome security update addressing CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Google said an exploit for the flaw exists i...
Key Takeaways: Bennett College has disclosed a dark web-related data breach affecting more than 30,000 individuals, adding the Greensboro institution to a growing list of colleges confronting the theft and potential sale of sensitive personal information. The unauthorized activity occurred over roughly 20 days, be