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Ransomware activity in May 2026 remained stuck at historically high levels, even as attacks dipped slightly month over month, according to a new cyber threat intelligence report from NCC Group and Fox-IT. The report recorded 749 ransomware victim listings in May, a 4 percent decline from the previous month but still part of an elevated 2026 baseline. Industrial organizations were hit hardest, accounting for 29 percent of ransomware attacks. Qilin remained the most active rans

Token has appointed veteran cybersecurity executive Torrell Funderburk to its Industry Advisory Board, strengthening the company’s CISO bench as enterprises confront a new identity crisis created by AI agents, deepfakes, and credential-based attacks. Funderburk is a two-time Top Global CISO who has led enterprise security at Sealed Air, a Fortune 500 company, and Maestro Health, an AXA subsidiary. His appointment gives Token another practitioner voice at a moment when identit

The White House’s new executive order on quantum innovation is putting fresh pressure on federal agencies and enterprises to prepare for a future where today’s encryption may no longer be safe. Signed June 22, the order directs the federal government to update the National Quantum Strategy, accelerate quantum computing, sensing and networking programs, strengthen domestic quantum supply chains, expand the quantum workforce and improve protections around quantum technologies.

Cinchy has appointed cybersecurity veteran J.Paul Haynes as chief executive officer, a move that signals the company’s push to position itself at the center of enterprise AI governance, data access control, and secure AI adoption. The appointment comes as companies move from generative AI pilots into more serious deployments involving copilots, automated workflows, and AI agents that can access sensitive business data. That shift is raising a harder question for security and

BreachRx has appointed Phil Venables, partner at Ballistic Ventures and former CISO of Google Cloud and Goldman Sachs, to its board of directors, a move that signals how quickly cyber incident response is becoming a board-level systems problem. The company, which builds cyber incident response management software, is positioning Venables’ appointment around a larger shift in enterprise security: breaches, privacy events, third-party outages, rogue AI agents, and regulatory de

This guest post was contributed by Amit Shuster, VP Product, Vetric.io Cybercriminals have always targeted senior executives. What's changed is how effectively they can now impersonate them. Deepfake technology has matured to the point where an AI-generated video of a CEO endorsing a fraudulent investment scheme, or an audio clone directing an employee to wire funds, can be nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. Deloitte estimates deepfake-enabled fraud losses could r