Cybercriminals now have off-the-shelf tools with which to hack AI agents and take them over, enabling them to commit financial fraud and other forms of…
Supermarkets across France have been hit by a co-ordinated cyberattack raising the temperatures of their fridges by up to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees…
Tony Glover · 14 OctIndustrial facilities, including potential military targets such as nuclear power stations, have been vulnerable to cyber-attacks with real-world consequence…
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The AI industry is expanding at an extraordinary pace, with companies pouring billions of dollars into data centers, GPUs, and the power infrastructure needed…
Alexis HessAt the end of September, during a nor'easter, a driver in Belmont, Massachusetts, was trapped in his car when the road gave way beneath him.1 Days later, a…
Saar DickmanPhysical AI — artificial intelligence applied to real-world facilities and infrastructure rather than purely digital data — may be 2026's defining technology…
Tony GloverCyberbriefdaily today publishes a new report: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Agentic AI, free of charge for its readers.
Tony GloverTable of Contents Executive Summary Section 1: Rapid Adoption and Implementation of Agentic AI Section 2: The Increasing Autonomy and Empowerment of AI Agents…
Tony GloverThere are growing fears that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin may be vulnerable to quantum computing attacks sooner than previously anticipated — potentially…
Tony GloverUK-based multinational online bank Revolut is reported to have inadvertently exposed customer details of high net-worth account holders following a…
Tony GloverThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published its first-ever cyber strategy document, signalling a new era of public-private cooperation…
John WilkesThe UK's Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill came under sustained attack during its line-by-line committee scrutiny in the…
Hildegard JohnsonA swarm of OpenAI agents has allegedly hijacked a German-language website, repurposing it as a covert bulletin board where AI agents coordinated tactics…
Cyber Brief DailyContactless payments have crossed a critical threshold. What began two decades ago in the UK with a £10 spending cap and sparse merchant adoption has become…
Hildegard JohnsonMore than a hundred major companies and technology organizations have signed an open letter warning governments and enterprises worldwide that AI-powered…
John WilkesA sweeping new survey of German businesses reveals a dramatic escalation in state-sponsored cyber-attacks — and serves as a warning to Western countries that…
Hildegard JohnsonFour out of five artificial intelligence (AI) tools operate without IT oversight.
John WilkesIranian state hackers are reported to have shut down a British power plant for four days in what is being seen as an unprecedented cyber-attack on UK soil.
Tony GloverThe Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang and its affiliates attacked over 500 victim organizations between June 2021 and April 2025.
John WilkesThe European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has launched an approval process for 17 key cybersecurity standards that vendors will need to meet…
John WilkesThe UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a stark warning to the legal profession about the risks of AI, citing real-world cases of AI…
Hildegard JohnsonAlmost half of companies — 48 per cent — whose data has been encrypted in a ransomware attack choose to pay the ransom to recover their critical data…
Alexis HessA total of 799 ransomware attacks were recorded in July 2026 — averaging 26 per day — representing a 19 per cent increase from June and the second-highest…
Alexis HessPresident Trump has signed a presidential memorandum authorizing US federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate with vetted private cybersecurity firms in…
Hildegard JohnsonIconic US denim brand Levi Strauss & Co — whose most famous marketing slogan was "There's stitching… and there's Levi's stitching" — has become the latest…
John WilkesRansomware actors are increasingly setting their sights on middle management rather than the C-suite.
Hildegard JohnsonThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is urgently warning US organizations of cyberattacks on Operational Technology (OT) devices in water and…
Alexis HessOn August 2nd, the European Union (EU)'s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force, with powers reaching far beyond the EU's borders.
Tony GloverCybercriminals are now able to scale up and industrialize a whole range of scams for less than $3,000 a month.
Hildegard JohnsonBusiness and holiday travelling has just become even more risky as hackers believed to be connected to Russian intelligence have discovered a way to hijack…
John WilkesThe two teenage cybercriminals, Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, who were recently sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment for a…
Tony GloverCybercriminals are now using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits, complete with easy-to-use dashboards, to enable highly effective vishing…
Alexis HessSpeaking at the recent annual intergovernmental political and economic forum, G7, in the French Alps, the heads of leading AI companies urged Western…
Tony GloverPolitically-motivated hacktivists are becoming increasingly adept at performing sophisticated cyber-attacks to cripple crucial national infrastructure.
Tony GloverInstructure, the US-based company behind the learning tool Canvas, which is used by thousands of schools and universities in the US and UK, has suffered a…
Tony GloverDiscord called a ‘hotbed’ of malware activity Discord continues to be used by threat actors to launch malware attacks.
John Wilkes94% of Organizations Experienced Email Security Incidents in 2023 Egress revealed in a report that 94% of cybersecurity leaders disclosed that their…
Hildegard JohnsonArtificial intelligence (AI) services are enabling unscrupulous online blackmailers to create fake but highly realistic sexually explicit photographs and…
Hildegard JohnsonTelecoms operator Orange Belgium has revealed that a cyber-attack in July resulted in the theft of data from 850,000 customer accounts.
John WilkesGermany Seeks Cybersecurity Partnership with Israel Germany seeks to strengthen its cybersecurity collaboration with Israel in light of the recent escalation…
One Minute Roundup - July 2nd- Cyber IntelligenceA patient’s death following a cyber-attack on the UK health sector by ransomware group Qilin has now been reported.
Cybercrime Kills - Cyber Intelligence16 Billion Passwords Breached The Cybernews research team discovered a record-breaking breach of over 16 billion passwords worldwide, including Facebook…
Hildegard JohnsonGeopolitical Tensions are Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape Political tensions are prompting nations to re-strategize cybersecurity.
John WilkesCybercriminals have just added what may be the most dangerous weapon yet to their arsenal of illegal software, a Dark Web version of legitimate artificial…
Alexis Hess🔓 Critical Qualcomm Zero-Days Exploited in Targeted Android Attacks Qualcomm has patched three zero-day vulnerabilities in its Adreno GPU drivers, which were…
One Minute Roundup - June 2nd - Cyber IntelligenceUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s shock directive to US Cyber Command to pause offensive cyber-operations against Russia may have unforeseen consequences…
Hildegard JohnsonCISA Names Karen Evans as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Karen Evans…
Hildegard JohnsonRansomware attacks on the healthcare sector have risen by a third in 2024 with the US the prime target.
\u2018Dark Unicorns\u2019 target US healthcare - Cyber IntelligenceThe bust of the illegal Cracked and Nulled crime forums evidences the global nature of cybercrime and the impossibility of seeing it as a threat that has no…
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