Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Statewide Breach Hit 60 Agencies Before Ransomware Was DeployedA threat actor infiltrated Nevada’s statewide systems undetected for months, ultimately disrupting at least 60 agencies by deleting backups and launching ransomware that forced a full rebuild of core infrastructure and triggered a multimillion-dollar emergency response.

Rust-Based Ransomware Employs Aggressive Anti-Detection TacticsOperators of a Russian-speaking ransomware group launched a new encryptor with enhanced measures for defeating cyber defenders including wiping logs, disrupting backup systems and stopping decryption without insiders knowledge. The same group disrupted London hospitals in a July attack.