Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs

Healthcare organizations are cutting cybersecurity budgets under financial pressure even as the threats targeting their systems intensify. A PwC survey of 381 global healthcare executives, conducted between May and July 2025, puts numbers to the gap be… Continue reading Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs

5 years of shifting cybersecurity behavior

Online security is built through routine decisions made across devices and accounts. People choose how to create passwords, how often to reuse them, and how much effort to invest in protecting personal data. The National Cybersecurity Alliance and CybS… Continue reading 5 years of shifting cybersecurity behavior

IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade

Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain blocklist service, security patches for OpenSSL and glibc, and a range of compon… Continue reading IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade

UK reduces cyberattack fix times from two months to eight days

The UK government has launched a new vulnerability monitoring service (VMS) that promises to reduce the time needed to fix critical cyber weaknesses across the public sector. Scanning government systems for critical cyber flaws The service, launched as… Continue reading UK reduces cyberattack fix times from two months to eight days

AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight

Enterprises are pushing AI deeper into workflows that touch sensitive data across cloud platforms and SaaS apps. The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, based on a survey of 3,120 respondents in 20 countries, places that shift alongside growing pressure on… Continue reading AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight

Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks

Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as The Com, a decentralized network of mostly teenagers and young adults linked to high-profile ransomware attacks, financ… Continue reading Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks

Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks

Google’s second beta of Android 17 continues updates to platform behavior and introduces new APIs focused on protecting sensitive data. Protecting contact and local network data A new system-level Contacts Picker gives apps temporary access only to the… Continue reading Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks

Ransomware activity peaks outside business hours

Intrusions continue to center on credential access and timed execution outside standard business hours. The Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026 analyzes 661 incident response and managed detection and response cases handled between November 1, 2024 and… Continue reading Ransomware activity peaks outside business hours

Android app uses Bluetooth signals to detect nearby smart glasses

Smart glasses with built-in cameras are showing up in more public spaces, and a growing number of people want a way to know when one is nearby. An Android app called Nearby Glasses, developed by Yves Jeanrenaud, attempts to fill that gap by scanning Bl… Continue reading Android app uses Bluetooth signals to detect nearby smart glasses