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- Life Mirrors Art: Ransomware Hits Hospitals on TV & IRLby Nate Nelson on February 27, 2026 at 8:48 pm
HBO’s “The Pitt” is showing audiences what a real Mississippi healthcare system is going through this week, thanks to a ransomware attack.
- Cities Hosting Major Events Need More Focus on Wireless, Drone Defenseby Robert Lemos on February 27, 2026 at 8:23 pm
Major events like the FIFA World Cup need to look beyond traditional physical and cyber security to active and passive wireless threats, say experts.
- The Case for Why Better Breach Transparency Mattersby Elizabeth Montalbano on February 27, 2026 at 4:18 pm
It’s become a standard practice for organizations to disclose the bare minimum about a data breach, or worse — not disclose the incident at all.
- Claude Code Security Shows Promise, Not Perfectionby Alexander Culafi on February 27, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Claude Code’s introduction rippled across the stock market, but researchers and analysts say its impact was overstated, as they peel back the layers.
- Marquis v. SonicWall Lawsuit Ups the Breach Blame Gameby Nate Nelson on February 26, 2026 at 10:02 pm
When a company gets breached through a third-party security vendor, who should bear responsibility? For one FinTech company, the answer is the firewall provider.
- Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Under Exploitation for 3 Yearsby Rob Wright on February 26, 2026 at 9:45 pm
The maximum-severity vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 was exploited by an unknown but sophisticated threat actor who left very little evidence behind.
- Chinese Police Use ChatGPT to Smear Japan PM Takaichiby Nate Nelson on February 26, 2026 at 12:00 am
A Chinese keyboard warrior inadvertently leaked information about politically motivated influence operations through a ChatGPT account.
- Flaws in Claude Code Put Developers’ Machines at Riskby Jai Vijayan on February 25, 2026 at 10:02 pm
The vulnerabilities highlight a big drawback to integrating AI into software development workflows and the potential impact on supply chains.
- RAMP Forum Seizure Fractures Ransomware Ecosystemby Alexander Culafi on February 25, 2026 at 9:14 pm
Researchers suggest defenders monitor how these malicious groups re-form and leverage the useful threat intel to guide their next moves.
- PCI Council Says Threats to Payments Systems Are Speeding Upby Arielle Waldman on February 25, 2026 at 7:15 pm
The PCI Security Standards Council experienced a record year in many regards, but its first annual report shows it needs to work even faster to stay ahead of attackers.
- Malicious Next.js Repos Target Developers Via Fake Job Interviewsby Elizabeth Montalbano on February 25, 2026 at 4:42 pm
Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent access to infected machines.
- Why ‘Call This Number’ TOAD Emails Beat Gatewaysby Alexander Culafi on February 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Attackers are bypassing email gateways through telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD), in which the only email payload is a phone number.
- ‘Richter Scale’ Model Measures Magnitude of OT Cyber Incidentsby Kelly Jackson Higgins on February 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm
ICS/OT experts have devised a scoring system for rating the severity and effects of cybersecurity events in operational technology environments.
- Operation Red Card 2.0 Leads to 651 Arrests in Africaby Robert Lemos on February 25, 2026 at 8:00 am
In the latest operation targeting cybercrime groups, African law enforcement agencies cooperated with Interpol and cybersecurity firms to recover more than $4.3 million.
- Attackers Now Need Just 29 Minutes to Own a Networkby Jai Vijayan on February 24, 2026 at 9:38 pm
Credential misuse, AI tools, and security blind spots help attackers move through breached networks faster than ever, CrowdStrike finds.













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