A lithium-ion battery explosion at a key government data center in South Korea caused a fire that took down over 600 essential services, disrupting everyday life in the tech-savvy country. The incident started Friday night at the NIRS facility in Daejeon, impacting postal banking, mobile ID, tax collection, and emergency …

Arctic Wolf noted a significant rise in Akira ransomware attacks since late July 2025, focusing on SonicWall SSL VPN accounts. This campaign is still active, with new infrastructure spotted as recently as September 20, 2025. Akira affiliates are exploiting stolen credentials, even in environments where multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled. …

Archer Health, a US provider of in-home and palliative care, left an unsecured database online, exposing sensitive personal and health information to anyone who could find it, experts say. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler alerted WebsitePlanet after discovering the database and assisting in securing it. Fowler discovered an unprotected database with …