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National Risk Assessment Cites CrowdStrike Lessons Learned, Hybrid Warfare RisksThe British government's latest national security risk register sees a rising threat posed by cyberattacks disrupting operational technology in more critical national infrastructure sectors, and cites the CrowdStrike outage in "digital resilience failure" lessons to be learned.

Vital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA SaysCritical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation's civilian cyber defense agency said.

CISOs Discussed Governance, Security Operations and Cyber RiskFrom boardroom persuasion to AI-powered SOCs, ISMG's Cyber Resilience Summit Dallas gave senior security and risk leaders a playbook for the age of inevitable disruption, with sessions spanning zero trust, human risk reduction, threat preemption and governance as a foundation of resilience.

Appeal Faces Steep Statistical Odds Given Previous Court RulingsPassengers affected by the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage are making a longshot bid to get their case reheard en banc, arguing that claims tied to the vendor's allegedly defective software update involve traditional negligence issues under state law rather than airline services.

Coerced Labor in Scam Compounds Is Reshaping How Enterprises Face Fraud RisksFraud operations in Southeast Asia increasingly rely on trafficked workers forced into scams. This reality challenges assumptions about threat actor behavior, complicates attribution and negotiation, and demands that enterprises rethink fraud prevention and disruption strategies.

Ransomware Group ShinyHunters' Victims: Schools, Universities, Ambulance ServiceThe Canvas learning management system with over 30 million active K-12 and higher-education student and teacher users worldwide has been breached by attackers, leading to operator Instructure temporarily taking the service offline. Cue homework and exam scheduling chaos.

Experts Warn of Faster and Higher Volume Attacks, Rising Patient Safety WorriesEmerging powerful AI tools - such as Anthropic's new Claude Mythos - that are capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting software bugs in a flash could reshape the healthcare cyber landscape by accelerating attacks and raising the risk of widespread operational disruption, experts said.

CISA: Iran-Linked Groups Actively Exploiting OT Exposure Risks, PLC ProgrammersFederal agencies are warning that Iranian-linked actors have begun actively exploiting internet-facing PLCs and misconfigured OT systems across U.S. critical infrastructure, enabling network access, lateral movement and potential disruption amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Signature Healthcare EHRs, Patient Portal Offline; Some Cancer Care CancelledA Massachusetts healthcare system is diverting ambulance patients and is operating under downtime procedures as it deals with a cyberattack. The organization has also canceled certain cancer treatments, taken its patient portal offline and is unable to fill prescriptions at its retail pharmacies.

Device Maker Is Still Investigating March 11 Attack Claimed by Iranian HacktivistsMedical tech maker Stryker said it has restored its systems and is operational across its global manufacturing network three weeks after a wiper attack by Iranian hacktivist group Handala led to a worldwide outage at the company. The firm is continuing to investigate the incident.

Conference Focuses on Emerging Agentic AI Risks, Cybercrime and Market ShiftsISMG editors wrap up RSAC 2026 with an overview of key topics at the conference, including AI governance, agentic threats and OT security risks. Cyber experts addressed cybercrime disruption, funding challenges and the urgent need for stronger public-private collaboration.

Dragos' Dawn Cappelli on Evolving OT Threats and Safety Risks in ManufacturingAdversaries have moved from incidentally hitting operational technology environments to deliberately mapping industrial control loops to enable future disruption. Dawn Cappelli, director of OT-CERT at Dragos, warns that manufacturers must reckon with safety risks that go well beyond ransomware.

Also: Latest Trends in AI Governance, OT Risk and CybercrimeIn this panel at RSAC Conference, ISMG editors break down key cybersecurity trends including AI governance, agentic threats to OT security risks and cybercrime disruption. The panel highlights funding shifts, operational challenges and the need for stronger public-private alignment.

Rick Orloff and Scott Taylor of Everpure on Cyber Recovery StrategyCyber resilience depends on clear recovery priorities and planning. Rick Orloff and Scott Taylor of Everpure explain why firms must define minimum viable business, understand dependencies, and test recovery plans to reduce downtime and limit disruption.

Google Threat Intelligence's Sandra Joyce on AI Threats and Active DefenseSharing threat intelligence is no longer enough - the cybersecurity industry must operationalize it through coordinated takedowns and active disruption, says Sandra Joyce, vice president at Google Threat Intelligence.

J.P. Morgan’s Brian Essex on Why Valuations Drop as Fundamentals Hold SteadyInvestor anxiety over AI's long-term impact is dragging down stock valuations despite steady growth and profitability, while companies focus on long-term valuation assumptions and secure business models, said Brian Essex, executive director of U.S. software equity research at J.P. Morgan.

Medtech Maker Is Still Recovering While Iranian Hackers Threaten More Attack VictimsAs medtech maker Stryker continues working to restore global IT systems brought offline by a cyberattack last week, class action lawsuits against the company are piling up in federal court and the Iranian hackers claiming credit for the attack are warning of more assaults to come on other victims.

AI, Robotics Leaders Warn Chinese Robots Could Disrupt Sensitive OperationsWitnesses told a U.S. House Homeland Security panel that Chinese-developed AI robotics platforms could give Beijing new avenues for surveillance, disruption and physical harm across critical sectors, and urged restrictions on federal use as China expands its industrial dominance.

Medical Device Manufacturer Hack Was Likely OpportunisticAn Iranian cyberattack on medical device maker Stryker's internal IT environment does not appear to affect connected products used by the company's healthcare clients. But an outage of Stryker's electronic ordering system could lead to supply chain issues for its customers.

Ex-FBI Leader Cynthia Kaiser on Sanctions, Ecosystem Disruption, Stronger PoliciesU.S. cyber policy now treats ransomware gangs and fraud networks as transnational criminal organizations. Former FBI cyber leader Cynthia Kaiser explains how sanctions, infrastructure takedowns, and international cooperation could weaken cybercrime ecosystems and reduce attacks.