DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance
Not content with attacking retailers, this aggressive group is fighting a turf war with other ransomware operators
Read More
Windows 10 users urged to upgrade to avoid “security fiasco”
Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Linux to avoid a “security fiasco” as the 10-year-old operating system nears the end of support in October 2025. […]
ENGlobal Cyber-Attack Exposes Sensitive Data
Energy contractor ENGlobal reported that sensitive personal data was stolen by threat actors, with the incident disrupting operations for six weeks
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment that showed users AI-generated summaries at the top of articles after an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the Wikipedia editors community. “Just because Google has rolled out its AI summaries doesn’t mean we need to one-up them, I sincerely beg you…
‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster
In 2020, after walking by refrigerated trailers full of the bodies of people who died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic one too many times, my fiancé and I decided that it would maybe be a good idea to get out of New York City for a while. Together with our dog, we…
The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2025
332 IT and cybersecurity leaders reveal the ransomware realities for manufacturing and production organizations today.
Enterprise Juniper Routers Tagged with ‘Magic’ Backdoor
Such routers typically lack endpoint detection and response protection, are in front of a firewall, and don’t run monitoring software like Sysmon, making the attacks harder to detect.
One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement
Nancy Pelosi, one of Wall Street’s all time great investors, announced her retirement Thursday. Pelosi, so known for her ability to outpace the S&P 500 that dozens of websites and apps spawned to track her seeming preternatural ability to make smart stock trades, said she will retire after the 2024-2026 season. Pelosi’s trades over the…
Behind the Blog: Speculation, Distraction, and Smart Glasses
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Wikipedia’s ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops’ glasses. EMANUEL: I’m going to keep it very short this week because I’m crunching on…
Florida Sues Hentai Site and High-Risk Payment Processor for Not Verifying Ages
Florida is suing massively popular anime and hentai games platform Nutaku, as well as the payment processor Segpay, in two complaints that allege the companies ignored the state’s age verification law. Nutaku is owned by Aylo, which is also the parent company of Pornhub and some of the biggest porn platforms on the internet. Florida…