Collaborate Disseminate
Robert Booth reports: Britain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and… Continue reading Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks
We’ve seen a few announcements this year heralding cartels or alliances in the ransomware ecosystem. Two such announcements involved DragonForce, but as SuspectFile reported, there was no evidence of a cartel, and at least one of the named groups… Continue reading Some lower-tier ransomware gangs have formed a new RaaS alliance — or have they?
Linet Amuli reports: Kenya’s digital health sector is facing a major cybersecurity crisis after hackers claimed to have stolen a massive trove of personal and medical data from M-TIBA, a Safaricom-backed mobile health platform. The alleged breach, said… Continue reading Safaricom-Backed M-TIBA Victim of a Possible Data Breach Affecting Millions of Kenyans
Jonathan Greig reports: More than 70 countries signed the landmark UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi this weekend, a significant step in the yearslong effort to create a global mechanism to counteract digital crime. The U.K. and European Union … Continue reading US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
Another plastic surgeon has become the victim of a cyberattack that involved patient information and photographs. On October 23, Michael R. Schwartz, MD, FACS, notified the California Attorney General’s Office that, on August 25, they became awar… Continue reading Another plastic surgery practice fell prey to a cyberattack that acquired patient photos and info
Antoneta Roussi and Hannah Roberts report: Nothing about the sand-colored façade of the palazzo tucked behind Milan’s Duomo cathedral suggested that inside it a team of computer engineers were building a database to gather private and damaging informat… Continue reading How a hacking gang held Italy’s political elites to ransom
Takahiro Takeda, Jordyn Dunk, James Nutland, Michael Szeliga of Talos write: In the second half of 2025, the ransomware group Qilin has continued to publish victim information on its leak site at a pace of more than 40 cases per month, making it one of… Continue reading Uncovering Qilin attack methods exposed through multiple cases
Mayura Kathir reports: A sophisticated cyber-sabotage group known as Predatory Sparrow has emerged as one of the most destructive threat actors targeting Iranian critical infrastructure over the past several years. Unlike traditional cybercriminal oper… Continue reading Predatory Sparrow Strikes: Coordinated Cyberattacks Seek to Cripple Iran’s Critical Infrastructure
Joe Fay reports: Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever. Speaking at AuditBoard’s user confere… Continue reading Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams
From the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines: October 27, 2025 10:57 AM Last Edit: October 27th, 2025 The National Privacy Commission (NPC) urges the public to exercise heightened vigilance following reports of data leak allegedly involving … Continue reading On Reports of an Alleged Data Breach Involving G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash)