1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (226+ words) The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as nothing more than extortion attempts, but the agency said Wednesday it's still evaluating others that might be legitimate. The FBI did not…...

23+ min ago  (173+ words) Global ransomware events reached a new high in the first half of 2026 with retailers experiencing a significant increase. During the first half of 2026, an average of 23 ransomware attacks per day occurred around the world. In the first six months of…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (339+ words) Commercial spyware firms'private companies that develop and sell sophisticated hacking tools to governments'are operating in a legal environment marked by weak oversight and notable regulatory gaps. NSO Group, the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware, offers a prominent example. Although…...

39+ min ago  (843+ words) Who is behind the'ransom notes'tied to'Nancy Guthrie's'kidnapping? That question continues to plague investigators working the case in Arizona, five months after the 84-year-old grandmother and mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped in the middle of the night....

4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (45+ words) Yahoo News UK The FBI have received "several" ransom notes related to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance and believe some "may potentially be legitimate", though acknowledged some are "extortion attempts without legitimacy"....

3+ hour, 1+ min ago  (438+ words) The FBI on Wednesday denied a report that it has ruled out all Nancy Guthrie ransom notes " but acknowledged that many of them turned out to be dead-ends. "The FBI and its task force partners have received several ransom notes…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (383+ words) The actor gained execution on an internet-facing Langflow instance via CVE-2025-3248, used the AI-host environment to harvest cloud and API credentials, and pivoted into a production My SQL/Nacos deployment to carry out a destructive, database-focused extortion playbook without a…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (546+ words) A targeted phishing campaign delivering the Ousaban banking Trojan to users in Spain and Portugal, notable for its use of geofenced webpages, layered evasion techniques, and a modular delivery chain. The threat actor repurposes a playbook seen previously in Brazil…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (448+ words) A sophisticated phishing campaign that uses a fake invoice PDF to mask the delivery of multiple remote access trojans primarily Async RAT, but also Venom RAT and XWorm via layered shortcuts. Try Cloudflare quick tunnels, and disguised Python packages. The…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (269+ words) The FBI emphasized that the case "continues to be investigated as a kidnapping for ransom case. Law enforcement has received several notes. While some have been explicitly discounted as the work of opportunistic extortionists, the bureau continues to analyze the…...