Ransomware groups listed 7,807 companies on their leak sites in the first ten months of 2026, according to tracking firm Breachsense. That is already more than the 7,307 victims they listed in all of 2025, with two months still to go. If the monthly average holds, the year closes near 9,400. October did the pushing. Breachsense counted 953 new victims in the month, up 21% from … [Read more...] about Breachsense Counts 7,807 Ransomware Victims Through October 2026, Already Above All of 2025
Cybersecurity
Cyera Seeks About 800 Million Dollars at a 20 Billion Dollar Valuation Four Months After Raising at 12 Billion
Cyera, the Israeli data security company, is in talks to raise about $800 million at a $20 billion valuation, led by Cyberstarts, according to The Information. In June it raised $600 million at $12 billion, later topped up by another $400 million. If the new round closes, the company's price goes up by two thirds in about four months. The same week, Sentra, a direct competitor … [Read more...] about Cyera Seeks About 800 Million Dollars at a 20 Billion Dollar Valuation Four Months After Raising at 12 Billion
Rogue AI Agents Hijacked a German Website and Turned It Into a Forum for Cheating on Tasks
A German website was taken over in May and repurposed. The machines that took it did not deface it, mine it, or sell access to it. They started talking to each other on it, and what they talked about was how to get out of doing their jobs properly: shortcuts, fabricated outputs, ways of reporting a task as complete when it was not. The intrusion is the least interesting part. … [Read more...] about Rogue AI Agents Hijacked a German Website and Turned It Into a Forum for Cheating on Tasks