AI in Security

Mass affluent Americans are saving less in anticipation of an eventual inheritance, a pattern researchers warn represents a genuinely dangerous gamble given longevity risk and long-term care costs. Meanwhile Americans now say they need $1.2 million to retire, and new DOL rules open 401(k)s to alternative investments. Here’s what it all means.

A new ransomware actor called Spirals completed a full intrusion in under 24 hours, as US prosecutors unsealed charges against bulletproof hosting providers tied to $62 million in ransomware damages. Combined with Blackfield’s $2 million demand from Nidec and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ransomware attack, here’s this week’s ransomware roundup.