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Karen Vardanyan has also been ordered to pay over $1.2 million in restitution to victims. The post US Court Sentences Armenian Man to Prison for Ryuk Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New federal programs take years to launch and fund. State and local governments need cybersecurity software now. The One Big Beautiful Bill already enables tax incentives. Congress should clarify and deploy them. The post How tax policy can stop threat actors from breaching US water systems appeared first on CyberScoop.
Microsoft has put a ceiling on one of the biggest perks it used to sell without limits. Starting in November 2026, every tier of Xbox Game Pass that includes cloud gaming will come with a fixed monthly hour allowance instead of unlimited streaming, according to Xbox Wire’s official announcement and reporting from Business Insider. Game…
Microsoft has confirmed a fix for a bug that broke the built-in File History backup feature on millions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, closing out a nearly two-week saga that started with the September 2026 Patch Tuesday rollout. The company’s support documentation, updated on September 22, 2026, says the problem is resolved in…
Have I Been Pwned now tracks 1,038 breaches and roughly 17.8 billion pwned accounts, and the site added two new incidents in the week before this article was written: a 17.8 million-record LimeLeads leak on September 22, 2026, and a 4.7 million-record Chess.com breach dated August 2026. Most people find out their credentials are circulating…
The attack appeared to be the first publicly disclosed incident of an AI agent gaining unauthorized access to government files.
The Armenian national was extradited from Ukraine to the United States last year and pleaded guilty to cybercrimes in July. The post Ryuk ransomware operator sentenced to 2 years in prison appeared first on CyberScoop.
The DHS inspector general said CISA lacks the power to compel agencies to implement its Binding Operational Directives. The post Watchdog finds most agencies failed to meet CISA cloud security orders, heightening risk of attack appeared first on CyberScoop.
Rockstar Games has locked in a launch day for Grand Theft Auto VI: Thursday, November 19, 2026. The date came after two separate delays, a leak that forced the studio’s hand, and a 27-minute “Extended Look” trailer that Rockstar premiered on August 27, 2026. Nearly three months out from launch, the game still has no…
Enterprises now run 200 to 400 SaaS applications on average, and most security teams can name maybe a third of them. That visibility gap is exactly why SaaS Security Posture Management, or SSPM, went from a niche acronym to a board-level line item in 2026. The category got a jolt in August when Obsidian Security…
