RunSafe Security is positioning itself at the center of an emerging cybersecurity category designed to protect the software already running inside weapons platforms, energy systems, industrial equipment, vehicles, and medical devices. The company calls the category Operational Software Assurance, or OSA. Unlike application security programs focused primarily on development and software supply chains, OSA addresses compiled software and firmware throughout their years-long operational lives....

Comparitech recorded 997 known and suspected ransomware attacks during August, averaging more than 32 incidents per day. The United States accounted for nearly 42 percent of the total. Ransomware activity reached a record high in August 2026, with cybersecurity researchers tracking 997 attacks worldwide during the month, according to new research from Comparitech. The total represents an average of more than 32 ransomware attacks per day. Researchers independently confirmed 77 incidents...

A weakness in an old authentication connection between Dropbox and Lenovo allowed an attacker to enter roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts without obtaining their passwords, according to company notifications. The compromise targeted Lenovo’s email verification process. An unauthorized party could allegedly create a Lenovo ID using another person’s email address, then present that identity to Dropbox as proof that the attacker controlled the corresponding account. Dropbox accepted the...