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A ransomware group calling itself AuditTeam added a new entry to its dark-web leak site on October 2, 2026, naming only a masked target it labeled “Ad***ng.” DeXpose, a dark-web monitoring firm, published the listing the next day, on October 3, under the headline “AuditTeam Targets Ad***ng in Latest Ransomware Attack.” The group’s domain field…

ARIZONA — An Arizona woman who has a protective order against an abuser says she is changing the way she lives after learning sensitive information from court records may have been copied during a recent cyberattack.

Arizonans with protective orders are among a large number of people whose personal information may have been exposed in a cyberattack on the state’s court system this week

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce was among 64 victims of a $35 million Ponzi scheme that sent investment adviser Siddharth Jawahar to federal prison for 11 years, prosecutors said during his sentencing in Missouri.

The parents of a child injured in the Southport attack have said they are “devastated” after court files were accessed without authorisation.

[Sportschosun Reporter Junseok Kim] Ryu Yi-seo, the wife of singer Jun Jin, revealed that she nearly became the victim of illegal filming by a male passenger while working as a flight attendant.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the victim saw what appeared to be an AI-generated video featuring a well-known personality from the financial sector.

New NCC Group research says that July 2026 saw a spike in ransomware activity, with a year-to-date record of 894 victim listings recorded in the month alone. But what’s actually behind it? 

Ransomwareis a particularly unpleasant form of malware that encrypts or otherwise blocks access to files on a victim’s computer or network storage, and demands payment for unlocking the data.Over the years, it has become even more dangerous, damaging and painful to tackle as attackers often adjust and improve their tactics to extract payment from successful…

The Akira ransomware group appears to have adopted a more sophisticated technique to evade endpoint security defenses and maintain access to compromised systems. According to research from Huntress, attackers associated with the Akira ransomware operation attempted to interfere with antivirus and endpoint security software before beginning their encryption activities. However, these attempts did not always…