Defense Bill Would Require New Cyber Requirements for Some DoD Telecom Contracts
VitalLaw reports: The Department of Defense would have to add new cybersecurity requirements to its contracts for telecom services when
December 11, 2025
VitalLaw reports: The Department of Defense would have to add new cybersecurity requirements to its contracts for telecom services when
The United States Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued a press release about the sentencing of a Romanian
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime,
Good news for “white hat” researchers. Bleeping Computer reports: Read more at Bleeping Computer.
Data Breach Today reports: The U.K. government is considering amending its three-decade-old hacking law to include a “statutory defense” cover
Miscellaneous News
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
CSO reports: Three of the most notorious ransomware-as-a-service operations have formed a criminal cartel aimed at coordinating attacks and sharing
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of sensitive NHS documents some of them linked to the Royal Household. The cyber breach, blamed on a ransomware gang exploiting a flaw in NHS software, has resulted in around 169,000 confidential files being dumped on the dark web. According to reports, the stolen data includes records connected to multiple royal residences, among them Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham and King
The Record reports: A cyberattack on the library system of Pierce County, Washington exposed the information of more than 340,000 people. The Pierce County Library System published breach notifications this week on its website and with regulators in several states. The letters concern a cybersecurity incident that was first discovered on April 21 and required the library system to shut down all of its systems. By May 12, the organization confirmed that hackers breached their systems and stole information on employees and customers of the library
Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian national for her role in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, including U.S. water systems, election systems, and nuclear facilities, on behalf of Russian state-backed hacktivist groups. On Tuesday, 33-year-old Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova (also known as Vika, Tory, and SovaSonya) was arraigned on charges related to her alleged role in NoName057(16), after being extradited to the U.S. earlier this year for supporting CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn (CARR). Dubranova has pleaded not guilty in both cases
On December 4, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis of ransomware incidents since January 2022: FinCEN
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime, but very little evidence of it actually happening. Here is a case where it has reportedly happened. Kyodo News reports: A 17-year-old boy was served an arrest warrant on Thursday on suspicion of breaching the server of a major internet cafe operator in Japan using a program generated by a conversational artificial intelligence, an investigative source said. The move comes
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
The Record reports: A cyberattack on the library system of Pierce County, Washington exposed the information of more than 340,000
Fox25 in Oklahoma reports: The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is the victim of a cybersecurity attack, and now a
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Insurance Business Magazine reports: A Texas woman has sued Goosehead Insurance Agency over a data breach that exposed sensitive customer
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of sensitive NHS documents some of them linked to the Royal Household. The cyber breach, blamed on a ransomware gang exploiting a flaw in NHS software, has resulted in around 169,000 confidential files being dumped on the dark web. According to reports, the stolen data includes records connected to multiple royal residences, among them Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham and King
The Record reports: A cyberattack on the library system of Pierce County, Washington exposed the information of more than 340,000 people. The Pierce County Library System published breach notifications this week on its website and with regulators in several states. The letters concern a cybersecurity incident that was first discovered on April 21 and required the library system to shut down all of its systems. By May 12, the organization confirmed that hackers breached their systems and stole information on employees and customers of the library
Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian national for her role in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, including U.S. water systems, election systems, and nuclear facilities, on behalf of Russian state-backed hacktivist groups. On Tuesday, 33-year-old Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova (also known as Vika, Tory, and SovaSonya) was arraigned on charges related to her alleged role in NoName057(16), after being extradited to the U.S. earlier this year for supporting CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn (CARR). Dubranova has pleaded not guilty in both cases
On December 4, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis of ransomware incidents since January 2022: FinCEN
VitalLaw reports: The Department of Defense would have to add new cybersecurity requirements to its contracts for telecom services when
The United States Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued a press release about the sentencing of a Romanian
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime,
Good news for “white hat” researchers. Bleeping Computer reports: Read more at Bleeping Computer.
Data Breach Today reports: The U.K. government is considering amending its three-decade-old hacking law to include a “statutory defense” cover
Miscellaneous News
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
CSO reports: Three of the most notorious ransomware-as-a-service operations have formed a criminal cartel aimed at coordinating attacks and sharing
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
The Record reports: A cyberattack on the library system of Pierce County, Washington exposed the information of more than 340,000
Fox25 in Oklahoma reports: The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is the victim of a cybersecurity attack, and now a
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Insurance Business Magazine reports: A Texas woman has sued Goosehead Insurance Agency over a data breach that exposed sensitive customer
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
