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OpenAI Plans to Democratize Cybersecurity

OpenAI has released an action plan detailing their vision of "Democratizing AI-Powered Cyber Defense." The plan details OpenAI's belief that cyber defense tools

Hacktivists target Poland's water supply

Politically-motivated hacktivists are becoming increasingly adept at performing sophisticated cyber-attacks to cripple crucial national infrastructure. In what

Identity sprawl is creating glaring security gaps

Nine out of ten (89 per cent) senior IT leaders report that managing the growing identity footprint is challenging, reflecting the scale and complexity of moder

International education company suffers a cyber-breach

Instructure, 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 serio

The rapidly growing danger of the 'insider threat'

New findings point to the insider threat of rogue employees being a far greater threat than has hitherto been realized. According to the latest report from non-

AI plays a growing role in cybercrime

IBM's latest X-Force Threat Intelligence Index reveals how attackers are using AI to exploit security gaps. According to IBM, the rapid adoption of AI chatbot p

QR code attacks doubled in the first quarter

Microsoft Threat Intelligence detected approximately 8.3 billion email-based phishing threats during the first quarter of 2026 (January–March). QR code phishing

13,000 Organizations Targeted in Multi-stage Phishing Campaign

Microsoft Defender Research has uncovered a large-scale phishing attack targeting users across more than 13,000 organizations worldwide. The threat actors were

Cyber-attacks on medical devices are on the rise

Cyberattacks on medical devices are endangering patients and may potentially cost lives. The 2026 Medical Device Cybersecurity Index from RunSafe Security repor

Anthropic releases new AI cyber-defense tool

AI company Anthropic has released a new security tool, Claude Code Security, in beta. It scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted soft

Teenage super-hackers pose major new threat

A new generation of young cybercriminals has emerged as what is now perceived to be the main security threat to corporations on both sides of the Atlantic. As r

CISA and FBI Release IOCs Associated with Androxgh0st Malware – January 17th

94% of Organizations Experienced Email Security Incidents in 2023 Egress revealed in a report that 94% of cybersecurity leaders disclosed that their organizatio

Cybersecurity Market To Reach $478B by 2030 – November 13th

Cybersecurity Market To Reach $478B by 2030 Despite recent talk of a tech slowdown that reaches cyber, Allied Market Research reported that the market is poised

Darcula can suck the blood out of any brand

Cybercrime just got easier. A new artificial intelligence off-the-shelf phishing kit named darcula now enables even inexperienced cyber criminals to impersonate

11 Romantic AI Chatbots Fail Security Tests – February 15th

11 Romantic AI Chatbots Fail Security Tests The Mozilla Foundation released research that unveils that all 11 romantic AI chatbots tested, failed security and p

Enterprises face a steep rise in insider threats

As we predicted earlier this year, harsh economic conditions across Western democracies are acting as a catalyst for cybercrime – particularly those cyber

2025 forecast to be boom year for cybersecurity

California-based cybersecurity goliath Palo Alto Networks has issued a bullish revenue forecast based on a perceived rising global demand for artificial intelli

Discord called a ‘hotbed’ of malware activity – October 17th

Discord called a ‘hotbed’ of malware activity Discord continues to be used by threat actors to launch malware attacks. Researchers have warned the o

Blocked IP Addresses Increase by 116% – February 9th

Blocked IP Addresses Increase by 116% According to a report by Qrator Labs, blocked IP addresses associated with malicious activity increased by 116% in Q3 2023

AI gives the game away

The latest threat for companies using large language (LLM) AI software to replace human staff is the software’s innate gullibility. LLM software can be likened

AI-powered ransomware fuels cybercrime

Artificial intelligence (AI) services are enabling unscrupulous online blackmailers to create fake but highly realistic sexually explicit photographs and videos

Cyber-attack raises SIM-swapping fears

Telecoms operator Orange Belgium has revealed that a cyber-attack in July resulted in the theft of data from 850,000 customer accounts. The telecoms operator ha

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Cybersecurity Threats on the Rise in Asia Pacific Cybersecurity incidents in Asia Pacific have increased by 29 percent this year and 134 percent in the last fou

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Germany Seeks Cybersecurity Partnership with Israel Germany seeks to strengthen its cybersecurity collaboration with Israel in light of the recent escalation be

Cybercrime Kills

A patient’s death following a cyber-attack on the UK health sector by ransomware group Qilin has now been reported. The death has been confirmed by King’s

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16 Billion Passwords Breached The Cybernews research team discovered a record-breaking breach of over 16 billion passwords worldwide, including Facebook, Google

Criminal use of AI enters new and dangerous phase

Sextortion, a popular form of online blackmail, is on the rise. Security researchers, ESET reports a 178% increase in sextortion emails between the first half o

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Geopolitical Tensions are Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape Political tensions are prompting nations to re-strategize cybersecurity. Countries that once soug

Bogus IT workers are defrauding US businesses

Cybercriminals have just added what may be the most dangerous weapon yet to their arsenal of illegal software, a Dark Web version of legitimate artificial intel

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Cyera secures $540 million in funding Cybersecurity firm Cyera has raised $540 million in a Series E funding round, bringing its total to over $1.3 billion. Cye

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🔓 Critical Qualcomm Zero-Days Exploited in Targeted Android Attacks Qualcomm has patched three zero-day vulnerabilities in its Adreno GPU drivers, which were ac

AI increasingly used to deliver malware

Many organizations’ ongoing enthusiasm for incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) is leaving them open to sophisticated and carefully planned cyber-attacks.

AI system blackmails its creator

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is learning to think like a human. But the critical question now being asked in IT circles is: “What kind of human?” Claude, Opus 4

Cyberattacks hit UK retailers hard

The UK retailers, Marks & Spencer, Harrods and the Co-Op, who have been hit by a flurry of cyber-attacks over the last two weeks, have immediately experienc

AI cyber dominates RSA San Francisco

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven cybersecurity is set to dominate RSA, the world’s largest cybersecurity event, which kicked off yesterday in San Francisco a

Deepfake news lures new victims

Deepfake videos of TV news presenters are being used to dupe gullible viewers into logging onto illegal gambling sites where malware is then downloaded onto the

Cybersecurity has become an ongoing war

Nikesh Arora, Palo Alto Networks’ CEO In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora explains the growing importan

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PHP-CGI RCE Flaw Exploited in Attacks on Japan’s Tech, Telecom, and E-Commerce Sectors Cyber attackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in PHP-CGI

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Budgets Expected to Increase in 2025 After years of financial constraints, healthcare cybersecurity is finally getting a boost. A new H

Russian Cyber Truce Places US at Risk

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s shock directive to US Cyber Command to pause offensive cyber-operations against Russia may have unforeseen consequences for

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CISA Names Karen Evans as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Karen Evans a

Companies Must Recognize Data's Value

Most organizations have no clear idea of the value of the data they hold on themselves and their customers. According to technology research and consulting firm

‘Dark Unicorns’ target US healthcare

Ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector have risen by a third in 2024 with the US the prime target. Cybersecurity company Black Kite reports 374 incidents i

Identifying fraudsters on the internet

Patrick Harding, Chief Product Architect at Ping Identity In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Patrick Harding, chief product architect at digital

Cybercrime Forums Cross-Borders

The 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 reg

‘Hellcat’ is new breed of cybercriminal

A ransomware gang, Hellcat, that emerged in 2024 is being seen as representative of a new type of threat actor using off-the-shelf malware and innovative extort

Chinese AI rattles Big Tech investors

The start of this week saw roughly $1 trillion wiped off leading US tech stocks, following the launch of Deepseek, a Chinese rival to AI offerings such as Micro

GenAI speeds up cybercrime

While Silicon Valley is finding that artificial intelligence (AI) is proving a tough sell to businesses and consumers, cybercriminals worldwide have lost little

FBI Takes Down Crypto-Laundering Scam

The line between cybercrime and plain old-fashioned fraud has become yet more blurred following the sentencing of international virtual currency vendor Anurag P

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Healthcare Attacks will not Slow Down in 2025 According to a report by Netwrix, 84% of organizations in the healthcare sector faced a cyber attack in 2024 and p

Fresh Focus on Cyber-Attacks for CISA

One of the greatest challenges now facing President Trump’s new administration is to protect the US’s critical infrastructure and its economy from the rapidly g

FBI unplugs Chinese hackers

The US Justice Department and FBI have completed a law enforcement operation to delete Chinese malware from approximately 4,258 U.S.-based computers and network

AI enables ransomware boom

A new ransomware group, named Funksec, is the latest example of relatively inexperienced cybercriminals using AI to develop weaponized malware. The group claims

Fake job offer scams gather pace

The New Year has begun with further news of a particularly cynical fraud campaign aimed at jobseekers. Lucrative-seeming fake job offers are being sent by email

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Germans Arrest ‘Crimenetwork’ Gang German authorities have made arrests linked to drug-selling platform Crimenetwork, seizing over $1 million in crypto assets.

How Companies Deal with Data Overload?

Dr. Sanjaya Kumar, MD, CEO of SureShield, Inc. Sanjaya Kumar, MD, is the CEO of cybersecurity company SureShield, Inc. Dr. Kumar has more than 25 years of healt

China’s Historical US Telecom Hack

US Senator Mark Warner has called the Salt Typhoon hack, conducted by a group that has been linked to Chinese intelligence, “the most serious telecoms hack in o

GenAI

Mike Finley, the Co-Founder and CTO of AnswerRocket In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Mike Finley, the Co-Founder and CTO of AnswerRocket, a bu

Cybercriminals pose as police agencies

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an urgent warning to business and law enforcement agencies that cybercriminals are using genuine stolen

Dutch Police Bust Global Cyber Threat

The photo above is from a screenshot of the Operation Magnus website, which outlines the operation, alongside a short, 50-second video. The Dutch Police, Politi

Feds Create Crypto for Sting Operation

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has created “NexFundAI”, a cryptocurrency created to further their investigation, “Operation Token Mirrors.” The FB

Feds to Block N. Korea’s Crypto-Cash

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is conducting an ongoing investigation into the notorious North Korean cybercrime group Lazarus, formerly known as

Insider attacks rise by over 50 percent

Insider attacks, where staff either deliberately or accidently compromise an organization’s security, are rising steeply. According to Cybersecurity firm, Guruc

Cybercriminals Ramp up Deepfake Scams

Cyber toolkits for threat actors are now harnessing the latest deepfake technology and artificial intelligence (AI) for targeted email attacks, known as ‘spear-

Fraud Gives Businesses Trust Issues

Andy Sheldon, North American VP of US-based ID fraud specialist Deduce It feels like fraudsters are consistently staying one step ahead of us. Back in early 202

Chinese Phisher Steals Top US Secrets

This week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against a Chinese national, Song Wu, accused of wire fraud and aggravated identity thef

EU spyware scandal spreads

This week, Poland’s Supreme Court quashed an ongoing probe into spyware abuses allegedly conducted by its own government – claiming it to be “unconstituti

Brussels plots EU digital surveillance

While the world’s attention is focused on the arrest of Telegram owner, Pavel Durov, and Brazil’s decision to ban Elon Musk’s X platform ( formerly Twitter), th

Ex-IT lead arrested for ransomware hit

The US New Jersey District Court has arrested a man accused of conducting a ransomware attack on a former employer, highlighting the growing “insider threat” or

EU AI Act as a Guide for Other Regions

The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which came into effect earlier this month, is now set to act as a template for other regions, such as

Hostile Nations' Threat to US Elections

  Nations hostile to America, primarily Russia and China, are currently doubling down on their efforts to influence the outcome of the upcoming US election

Deepfakes set to deceive at DEF CON

It looks as if deepfakes will be the hot topic at the big international hacker conference DEF CON in Las Vegas next week, just as they took center stage at Info

Cyber-piracy on the high seas

Escalating geopolitical instability in the South China Seas and The Red Sea are being seen as the root cause behind a rapid rise in cyber-attacks on commercial

CrowdStrike crash is only the beginning

The famous “blue screen of death,” witnessed with horror by 8.5 million Microsoft Windows users worldwide as a result of the ongoing CrowdStrike outage, may soo

Hackers Exploit CrowdStrike Outage

Organized cybercriminal gangs have lost little time in attempting to cash in on the ongoing CrowdStrike/Windows outage currently affecting banks, airlines and b

AI Data Centers as Cybercrime Hot Spot

Big Tech’s rapidly-expanding server farms are becoming increasingly tempting targets for ransomware gangs. In their Gadarene rush to be first with AI-based serv

Deepfakes Used for Stock Manipulation

Cash-rich cybercriminals are learning that the easiest way to make money on the stock markets while laundering cash at the same time is to use deepfake videos t

AI-Backed Email Attacks Are On The Rise

Email scams aimed at business users are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly tough to detect. Threat actors are now using artificial intelligenc

Attack Exposes 200K LA Patient Records

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been breached by a cyber-attack that has compromised the personal information of over 200,000 private ind

Cyber Wave to Overwhelm Paris Olympics

The Olympic games, which kick off in Paris towards the end of next month, are expected to attract over 15 million visitors to the French capital and generate ar

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64% to Look for New Cybersecurity Jobs in the Next 12 Months According to a new Bitdefender survey, 64% of cybersecurity professionals are considering a shift t

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XONA Raises $18M in New Funding XONA Systems, Inc. announced that it raised $18M in new funding to expand its industrial zero-trust cybersecurity capabilities t

Deepfakes Rule InfoSecurity Europe 2024

Photo of the Infosecurity Europe Keynote Stage taken by Tony Glover InfoSecurity Europe, widely acknowledged as the chief global challenger to RSA in the US, ki

Closing the chasm between cyber and CEOs

Rick Jones is the CEO of DigitalXRAID Risk is the common language that will close the knowledge and credibility chasm that frequently separates chief informatio

Ending for EU criminal botnet networks

An international operation coordinated by Europol has resulted in several arrests and the takedown of numerous cybercriminal networks. The operation focused on

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34% of Organizations Lack Cloud Cybersecurity Skills According to a Cado Security report, 34% of organizations lack cloud cybersecurity skills. The report also

Indian elections hit by cyberattacks

India’s current elections have become a prime target for malicious cyber activity on the part of foreign threat actors and independent hacktivist groups. With t

Venafi Acquisition to Spark M&A Growth

Identity security company CyberArk has announced that it is acquiring machine identity management specialist Venafi for US $1.54 billion from software-focused i

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Chinese Hackers Using ORB Networks to Evade Detection Mandiant revealed that Chinese-linked state-backed hackers rely on operational relay box (ORBs) network pr

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341% Rise in Advanced Phishing Attacks SlashNext’s report revealed a 341% increase in malicious phishing links, business email compromise (BEC), Quishing,

Critical infra at risk from modem flaws

“Critical flaws” have been identified in modems deployed in millions of devices worldwide. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has issued a report warning companies of

BogusBazarr Signals Alarms for Brands

By operating a “fraud-as-a-service’ (FaaS) website, BogusBazarr, operating out of China, runs 200 fraudulent webshops and has so far claimed 850,000 victims, mo

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Boeing Discloses $200M Ransomware Attempt Boeing made a significant disclosure: The LockBit ransomware group targeted the company, which demanded a staggering $

FBI warns of new NoKor hacking tactic

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a joint advisory warning of a new tactic being used by North Korean intelligence-gathering cyber group K

Comms Gap Between CEOs and CISOs widens

There is a widening gulf of miscommunication between security teams and their boards. According to software intelligence platform, Dynatrace, 77 percent of comp

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91% of Orgs Report Use of Gen AI for Cybersecurity Splunk reported that 91% of organizations reported the use of Generative AI for specific cybersecurity usage.

‘Brute Force’ Attacks' Continued Rise

Cybersecurity firm Okta reports a spike in ‘brute-force’ credential-stuffing attacks over the last month. This follows earlier reports of a spike in ‘brute forc

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Biden Signs New National Security Memorandum-22 US President Joe Biden today signed National Security Memorandum-22, codifying the Cybersecurity and Infrastruct

Beware weaponized Google Ads

Cybercriminals are exploiting a previously unseen backdoor to substitute ‘malvertizing’, weaponized bogus ads to push them to the top of Google searches. The at

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Change Healthcare Hit by Another Potential Cyber Attack Arriving just a month after a paid ransom was demanded following the massive data breach in February 202

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Cyber Consultant Claims Universities are More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Highlighting the severity of the University of Winnipeg data breach, Cybersecurity con

Cisco bets the farm on Splunk

Cisco’s US$28 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Splunk is the largest acquisition in the networking giant’s history. It is now being seen as a clear sig

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Google to Remove Billions of Personal Data to Settle Privacy Case Google agreed to remove billions of personal records amid the previously announced lawsuit, ac

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‘INC Ransom’ Group Threatens to Release NHS Data The ‘INC Ransom’ ransomware group publicly threatened to release three terabytes of NHS

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Pokemon Reset Account Passwords Due to Breach Attempts The Pokemon Company announced that it detected a large number of breach attempts on its users and reset t

The Growing Mistrust of Workplace AI

Amid widespread speculation that artificial intelligence (AI) will make most of today’s jobs redundant and even replace humanity itself, the UK’s Institute for

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Google’s Improvements to Chrome’s ‘Safe Browsing’ Mode Google announced major security-focused revamps to Chrome’s ‘Safe Bro

FBI Reports Record Cyber Losses in 2023

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that last year the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a record number of complaints, with potential l

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Over 75% of Cyber Incidents Impacted Small Businesses in 2023 A Sophos report revealed that over 75% of small businesses were impacted by cyber incidents in 202

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68% of Organizations Face Additional Risks Due to Cybersecurity Skills Shortages A Fortinet report disclosed that 68% of organizations are facing risks brought

BlackCat Allows Healthcare Cyberattacks

Following actions taken against the infamous BlackCat ransomware group in December by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the cybercriminal gang has w

Geopolitically-Fueled US Cyberattacks

As geopolitical tensions and conflicts rise across the globe, so are cyber-attacks on critical Western infrastructure, particularly industrial facilities runnin

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Pepco Loses €15M from Phishing Attack The Hungarian arm of the Pepco Group announced a phishing attack on the retailer, resulting in €15 million worth of lo

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US Requires Schools to Implement Cyber Measures Following a string of cyber attacks on US schools, the US Biden administration announced the requirement to impl

Doppelganger Gang to Disrupt Elections

Russian hacktivists named Doppelgänger have been interfering in Germany’s elections with a view to influence the outcome of upcoming European elections, accordi

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Biden’s Executive Order to Boost US Port Security The Biden-Harris administration announced that they will issue an Executive Order to boost the cybersecu

Cyber-Attackers Try to Divert a Flight

Airline security has just entered a new era with news that on Saturday cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a commercial flight and tried to dive

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International Law Enforcement Seizes LockBit’s Website U.S. and U.K. authorities announced the seizure of the LockBit ransomware gang’s extortion we

90% of US Users Mistrust Social Media

Nine out of 10 US citizens do not trust social media. In some other developed markets, trust in services such as Facebook is even lower. In the UK, only three p

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Cyberattack Shuts Down 5 Battery Manufacturing Plants VARTA AG, a German battery manufacturing company announced 5 of its production plants halting operations d

Executives Targeted in Ongoing Attacks

Highly organized cybercriminals suspected to be based in Russia and Nigeria are targeting hundreds of executives in dozens of organizations in an ongoing Micros

Deepfake Face Swaps Hijack Meetings

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as face swaps are now being used in Mission Impossible-style cyber-enabled financial crimes. The South China Morning Pos

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Chinese Malware Breaches Dutch Defense Department Specialists from the Netherlands’ Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Inte

Gen Z’ers ditch smartphone services

Silicon Valley has a new problem – a generation that is turning off its digital lifestyle and ditching its smartphones. Gen Z, young people born between 1

Increasing Critical Infrastructure Risk

France-based Schneider Electric became the latest utility company to succumb to a ransomware attack on January 17, when some of its business divisions serving s

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Critical Sectors Faced 13 Cyber Attacks per Second in 2023 A Forescout Research – Vedere Labs report disclosed that over 420 million attacks were recorded

Businesses turn their back on GenAI

The reaction of businesses to the introduction of generative AI (GenAI) in the year since the launch of Microsoft-backed ChatGPT is one of increasing suspicion

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Government Vulnerabilities Grow by 151% According to a Bugcrowd report, no other sector saw as much vulnerability growth as the government sector, which saw a 1

Budget Shortfalls Push Cybercrime Surge

Over half of all companies worldwide quote inadequate cybersecurity budgets as a key factor underpinning a dramatic rise in global cybercrime in the first three

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26 Billion Stolen Record Database Discovered Security Discovery researchers and the Cybernews team discovered the largest data leak ever recorded, containing 26

Iran targets Western journalists

Hackers with close ties to the intelligence arm of Iran’s military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, are now personally targeting journalists, professors, and r

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Rapid SCADA Vulnerabilities Leaves Industrial Systems at Risk The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) released an advisory directed to indus

Geopolitical tensions fuel botnet boom

Recent weeks have seen an exponential rise in malicious botnets performing reconnaissance scanning to scout out victims. According to researchers at cybersecuri

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77% of CEOs Believe AI More Risk Than Reward in Cyber Despite the hype of AI in cybersecurity, a PwC survey revealed that 77% of CEOs still believe AI increases

‘Hacktivists’ Target Climate Services

Politically-motivated hacking, known as ‘hacktivism’, is now on the rise across large sections of the globe. Politically motivated groups are increasingly attac

FNF hack exposes 1.3m customer details

US real estate financial services fat cat, Fidelity National Financial (FNF), has revealed details of a cybersecurity breach that occurred in November, exposing

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19 Individuals Behind Dark Web Marketplace Arrested The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that 19 individuals worldwide were arrested in connection to

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Google to Test Third-Party Cookies Restrictions by End of 2024 As part of Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” initiative, Google Chrome plans to test r

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Aqua Security Raises $195M in Series E Funding Cybersecurity “unicorn” (startup valued over $1B), Aqua Security successfully raised an additional $6

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$80M in Crypto Stolen from Orbit Chain Cyberattack Orbit Chain revealed to its users that as a result of a cyber attack, $84.5M worth of Ethereum and DAI (crypt

Cyber-Gangs' 2024 Media Offensive

Cybercrime, which has become a multi-trillion-dollar industry over recent decades, became increasingly sophisticated during 2023, with criminal groups now adopt

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Eagers Automotive Stock Trading Halted by Cyberattack Eagers Automotive announced it was hit by a cyberattack, which halted the company’s stock trading wh

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H2 2023 Dominated by AI Malicious Activity and Android Spyware Threats According to an ESET report, the threat landscape of the second half of 2023 was dominate

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62% of Top Ransomware Groups Activated Remote Attacks in 2023 According to Sophos’ latest report, 62% of the most active ransomware groups in the world de

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Financial Sector Sees Most Cyberattacks in 2023 Based on a Netwrix survey, the financial sector in 2023 experienced the most cyberattacks among any other sector

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Fraudulent LinkedIn Profiles Targeting Saudi Workers for Corporate Data Leaks Revealed in a presentation at last month’s Black Hat Middle East and Africa

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AutoSpill Attack May Lead to Stolen Android Credentials Researchers from the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) presented a new attack nam

Russian Pleads Guilty to Cyber Attacks

IBM Consulting and Palo Alto Networks Announce Partnership Expansion In a press release published on December 4th, IBM Consulting and Palo Alto Networks announc

EU’s planned AI rulings meet opposition

Next Wednesday will see the last round in a “King Kong meets Godzilla”-style contest between the European Union and the global technology sector over prop

Behind the Navy's First Cyber Strategy

Crypto Mixing Tool Sanctioned for North Korean Cyber Collaboration The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Sinbad, a crypto mixing service reportedly used by th

GE Hack is a National Security Concern

GE Military Project Hack Sparks National Security Concerns General Electric (GE) recognized the data theft from threat actor IntelBroker pertaining to a project

Chip war with China heats up

  As the Biden administration prepares to impose further limits on China’s access to leading-edge chip technology, news has broken over the weekend that Ch

IT security liable for 14% of breaches

A staggering 14 percent of cyber incidents are due to senior IT security staff errors, compounded by a further 15% of errors caused by other IT staff. According

167% Rise in Malicious Bot Attacks

167% Rise in Malicious Bot Attacks Reported Arkose Labs reported a 167% rise in malicious bot attacks for the first half of 2023. The Arkose Labs report focused

EU Cyber Drill Tests Election Readiness

EU Cybersecurity Drill Tests Readiness for 2024 Elections In preparation for the 2024 elections, the European Parliament’s services, the European Commissi

Securolytics COO Hacked into Hospitals

Cybersecurity Executive Admits to Hospital Hacking for Business Gain In a startling revelation, Vikas Singla, the former COO of cybersecurity firm Securolytics,

ALPHV/BlackCat Reports Victim to SEC

Cybersecurity Talent Costs $523k Yearly According to a survey released by IANS and Artico, top cybersecurity talent costs an average of $523k yearly in cash com

97% Consumers Predict More Cyberattacks

97% of Consumers Predict More Cyberattacks ThreatX revealed in their latest research that 97% of consumers expect more cyberattacks this coming year. The Threat

Cybersecurity MoU Between US and Korea

CISA Signs Cybersecurity MoU with the Republic of Korea The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a signed Memorandum of Understandi

FBI targets casino cybercrime

This week, the cyber division of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification warning that ransomware gangs are now explo

Beware the poisoned search

Although businesses and consumers are becoming increasingly wary of ‘phishing’ emails containing a seemingly harmless link that has been secretly weaponized, fe

Interpol Urges Global Cybercrime Action

Interpol is demanding that the world’s governments and business leaders act together to stem the rapidly rising global tide of cybercrime. Speaking this week at

APAC Unable to Prevent 41% of Attacks

APAC Organizations Unable to Prevent 41% of Cyberattacks In a study by Forrester in collaboration with exposure management company, Tenable found that companies

EU Bans FB and IG Targeted Advertising

Accenture Acquires Innotec Security for Undisclosed Amount Accenture announced the acquisition of Spanish-based cybersecurity-as-a-service firm Innotec Security

1265% Phishing Increase Since ChatGPT

1265% Phishing Email Increase Since ChatGPT Launch SlashNext’s “State of Phishing Report for 2023” report stated the 1265% phishing increase i

Global AI summit mired in controversy

The UK-hosted Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday this week, attended by world leaders and AI experts, is set

Google's Risk Reward Program Expansion

Panel To Advise on International AI Governance, Appointed by UN U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday, announced the appointment of a 39-member gl

Europol Warns About Quantum Computing

Europol Urges Police to Prepare for Quantum Computing Europol released a statement directed to European law enforcement agencies to prepare for the impact quant

BlackCat's Latest 'Munchkin' RaaS Tool

International investigation results in Paris arrest A ransomware hacker identified as a member of the Ragnar Locker hacker group has been arrested in Paris as p

Victims' Phones Used for Hamas Hacks

Terrorist group Hamas, which was responsible for the recent atrocities committed in Israel, is reported to be using the smartphones of dead and captured Israeli

About SpyNote's Stealthy Malware

Stealthy malware with ‘spy’ abilities makes headlines A stealthy malware known as SpyNote has made headlines because of its ability to steal data, record ca

Israel conflict spreads to cyberspace

Israel-based cybersecurity firm Check Point Software said that the company has tracked over 40 groups conducting attacks that overwhelmed and disrupted more tha

Google Responds to Malware Linked Theft

‘Stayin’ Alive’ campaign targets Asian telecommunication services A new malware campaign, called ‘Stayin’ Alive’, has been d

Recent Texting Fraud Cost Rises Fivefold

The official cost of texting fraud in 2022 rose to $330 million, representing a fivefold increase since 2019, with an average cost of $1,000 to the victims conc

Ancestry data sold by threat actors

Malware threat actors target buyers of used goods Over 20 people in Singapore have reportedly fallen prey to malware scams in September using the sale of second

EU Wakes Up On Supply Chain Threats

Systems powered by artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cutting-edge microchips, together with genetic engineering, are being viewed with suspicion b

Google Heightens Email Sender Security

Google to adapt email sender guidelines for heightened security In response to the increasingly hostile cyber environment, Google will tighten bulk email sendin

BunnyLoader Malware Sold On Deep Web

BunnyLoader is up for sale in the cyber underground market A new malware threat, identified as BunnyLoader, is being sold in the cyber underground market. This

HTX Loses $8M to Crypto Thieves

Fake Bitwarden site used as a platform for new RAT malware The RAT (remote access trojan) variant of malware is continuing to evolve, with a new strain ZenRAT t

Hack Costs Mixin Network $200M

New Xenomorph campaign targets crypto wallets Cybersecurity company, ThreatFabric discovered a new campaign targeting US financial institutions and cryptocurren

Dark Web Ads Are Seeing A Massive Surge

RANSOMEDVC claims ‘complete infiltration of all Sony systems’ Ransomware group, RANSOMEDVC claims to have successfully breached the security system

AI revolutionizes sextortion scams

The US government has seized over $7.74 million in illegal funds, allegedly siphoned off by illegitimate North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers for th

BlackCat Gang Strikes Azure Cloud

BlackCat gang wields a new weapon to target cloud storage The BlackCat ransomware gang is now using the Sphynx encryptor to target Azure cloud storage. The Spyn

DarkGate Malware Attacks Once Again

DarkGate again threatens online computer systems A new phishing attack campaign using DarkGate Loader malware has been identified, with Microsoft Teams users be

$53M in Crypto Stolen by Threat Actors

MGM and Caesars Entertainment come under attack MGM and Caesars Entertainment have announced hacking attacks by threat actor Scattered Spider. The group is com

Europol Takes On EU Cybercrime Economy

The photo above shows Europol’s Headquarters, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. The European Police Office (Europol)’s first-ever threat assessment o

Schools in UK Target of Cyberattacks

Cyberattacks leave school data encrypted A spate of cyber attacks against schools in the UK has brought The Church of England St Augustine Academy in Kent&#8217

AI-Backed Chinese Propaganda Campaign

Example of an AI-generated image posted by a suspected Chinese IO asset. The Statue of Liberty’s hand holding the torch has more than five fingers. Credit

Email Address Forging is a Real Threat

Email forwarding flaws could impact tens of thousands of domains   Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego have released research

Dunghill Leak Claims Doing Sabre Attack

Dunghill Leak group claims responsibility for Sabre attack   The Dunghill Leak group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on travel booking giant

Another Hacked Celeb Account Shocks Fans

Trojanized apps identified in Google Play Store list Trojanized Telegram and Signal apps are being used to spread BadBazaar spyware, which can, among other thin

Chinese Cyber-Espionage Attacks Exposed

The China-backed hacking group referred to as RedHotel has been linked to attacks in 17 countries during a three-year espionage campaign. According to cybersecu

Healthcare Sector Attacks on the Rise

The healthcare sector is coming under increasingly severe pressure from cyber-attacks. On the heels of news earlier last week that the infamous Lazarus Group is

Top Malware Culprits of 2023 Identified

New updated KmsdBot now targets Internet of Things (IoT) An updated version of KmsdBot now includes support for Telnet scanning and more CPU architectures, maki

Duolingo Suffers Data Leak

Duolingo data could translate to a cyber criminal gold mine Popular language learning app Duolingo saw a bug exploited that resulted in a compilation of account

BlackCat sharpens its claws

The new version of BlackCat ransomware, initially observed by IBM in May, is now reported to be causing chaos worldwide via a previously undiscovered built-in f

Cybersecurity Sector Sees Major Lay-Offs

16-year-old among those arrested malware attack arrests The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has made 10 arrests connected with recent malware attacks that resulted

August vacations pose QR code nightmare

A new summer craze is hitting the world of cybercrime – weaponized Quick Response (QR) codes. According to cybersecurity firm Darktrace, last month saw a marked

Teachers targeted while popular malware resurfaces

Interpol forces unite to bring phishing platform down A phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) platform called 16shop, responsible for over 150,000 phishing domains, has

Infamous Ransomware Groups Linked

Rhysida’s Link to Infamous Ransomware Group Check Point Incident Response Team (CPIRT), in collaboration with Check Point Research (CPR), published a report lin

AI comes to the rescue of SMEs

The rapid recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are now beginning to enable small organizations such as start-ups and SMEs to install fully-automated

Free Tesla premium features & $100M

Tesla’s Unpatchable “Jailbreak” Unlocks Premoum Features Pay-as-you-go premium features are offered by Tesla for self-driving features, heated seats, and more.

CISO scapegoats suffer super stress levels

Company information security officers (CISOs) find themselves saddled with ultimate responsibility for any digital security breach taking place anywhere in the

Gambling Industry Hit by Cybercrime

In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Ido Naor, Co-founder and CEO of Security Joes, a cybersecurity firm specializing in incident response and cri

Cybercriminals Flee to China’s Dark Web

The recent success of Western government agencies such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who have taken down prominent Dark Web forums, are being

22 Million Sought Vacations, Instead Their Data is at Risk

22 Million Account Details at Risk Cybersecurity researcher Sam Curry and his team discovered threatening security vulnerabilities in Points.com, a major provid

Bangladeshi ‘Hacktivists’ Threaten Critical Infrastructure

Bangladeshi ‘Hacktivists’ Threaten Critical Infrastructure Recent reports have announced threats to critical infrastructure in India, Israel, and Au

EU Launches Free Railway Cybersecurity Courses – June 16th

EU Launches Free Railway Cybersecurity Courses The International Union of Railways is launching cybersecurity courses specifically for the transport industry. D

Cybercrime continues to cold-shoulder AI

Organized cybercriminals continue to give artificial intelligence (AI) the cold shoulder. New research from US telecoms conglomerate Verizon confirms a report i

FBI nails Qakbot offender – August 30th

Critical vulnerability exploited by FIN8 threat actors Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway are vulnerable to opportunistic attacks by a ransomware group

GoldenJackal targets top-secret installations

An as-yet-unidentified group, known only as GoldenJackal with suspected links to the Russian state, is targeting high-security networks that are intentionally i

German Intelligence warns of Russian cyber-attacks

The cyber cold war just became a little warmer, with German Intelligence now publicly crying foul on Monday at Russia for online attacks stretching back to 2020

Cyber gets physical at Expo ‘24

Chief executives frequently vie with one another for the spotlight when delivering key speeches at major conferences. But the most-talked-about address of the d

‘GTA V’ Source Code Leaked on Telegram Channel – December 26th

Security Camera Hackers Sell Footage in Telegram Group A Vietnamese security researcher named Minh Hung uncovered a Vietnamese-language Telegram group selling h

Cryptocurrency Laundering Top Dog Arrested

Russian-Swedish native Roman Sterlingov has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for his alleged involvement in Bitcoin Fog, the longest-running cryptocurre

Budworm Group Targets Middle Eastern Telco Company – September 29th

Budworm takes a backdoor into Middle Eastern and Asian organizations Chinese hacker group Budworm has been using cyber-espionage malware to target a telecommuni

3.9 Billion Passwords Exposed in Infostealer Malware Surge – February 26th

Nearly 3K Ivanti Connect Secure Instances at Risk Approximately 2,850 Ivanti Connect Secure VPN instances remain vulnerable to CVE-2025-22467, a critical stack

EU and Ukraine Partner to Boost Cybersecurity – November 14th

EU and Ukraine Partner to Boost Cybersecurity The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) signed a Working Agreement with Ukraine’s Administration of th

Cyble Announces Partnership with Fintech Australia – June 23rd

Cyble Announces Partnership with Fintech Australia  Global AI-native cybersecurity solutions company Cybel has announced a partnership with Fintech Austral

Asia’s power grid target by threat actors – September 13th

‘Booby-trapped’ app cons users to allow for remote control Visitors to a download site, freedownloadmanager.org, might have fallen victim to a malicious mal

DDoS Attack on Pennsylvania Fails to Halt City Government – February 6th

LockBit Demands $11M From Spanish City The government office of Calvia, Majorca, Spain announced that the city is facing a ransomware attack from the LockBit ra

Disgruntled ex-Disney employee highlights insider threat

The Walt Disney Company, which has long had a history of troubled labor relations, recently found itself the victim of a disgruntled former employee. According

China hacks US nuclear agency

The US Nuclear Security Administration, which is responsible for maintaining and designing the USA’s cache of nuclear weapons, has been hacked by China-based cy

Beware of Death by a Billion Bots

US corporations lose an average of 4.3 percent of their online revenues to malicious ‘bots,’ malware designed to resemble human communications. Malware attacks

Cloud security compromised by constant upgrades

There is mounting evidence that companies may have been naive in accepting Big Tech’s optimistic assurances that sensitive data can be stored more securely in t

Cybercrime gets physical

Cyber-physical systems (CPS), such as operational technology (OT), the Internet of Things (IoT), building management systems (BMS) and connected media devices h

BHI Energy comes clean about devastating data breach – October 24th

BHI Energy comes clean about devastating data breach US energy firm BHI Energy has shared details about an Akira ransomware gang attack that breached its networ

Exclusive interview with top military scientist

In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, top Israeli military scientist Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel reveals that Iran has tested a missile in space that co

China ramps up cyber-attacks on the US

The latest US security breach attributed to systematic attempts by China to compromise US institutions and critical infrastructure has impacted the US Treasury.

Can MSN’s new AI Copilot replace human workers?

In a matter of days, Microsoft will unveil the much-heralded new version of its Copilot software to a business world already severely disappointed by Big Tech’s

Asia-based Cybercrime Syndicates Go Global – July 23rd

Asia-based Cybercrime Syndicates Go Global Asian cybercrime syndicates based in China and Southeast Asia have caused approximately $37 billion in losses in

EPA Issues Warning for US Drinking Water Systems – May 21st

EPA Issues Warning for US Drinking Water Systems On Monday, May 20th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a warning, urging water utility systems i

InfoSecurity Europe 2024 – Was It All Worth It?

As the stands were being packed away on the show floor at the end of the InfoSecurity Europe 2024 conference in London this week (June 4-6), it was time for exh

CISA and EPA Launch Water Sector Cyber Toolkit – February 2nd

CISA and EPA Launch Water Sector Cyber Toolkit Amid the recent string of critical water infrastructure cyber attacks, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur

From deepfakes to in-person fraudsters

Boeing Employees’ Credit Union (BECU) is a not-for-profit credit union based in Washington, dedicated to improving the financial well-being of its members

Blockchains lose $1.8 billion to cybercrime

Web 3.0, the blockchain version of the traditional internet that hosts decentralized blockchain crypto-currencies, lost over US$1.8 billion in 2023 to cybercrim

Cybercrime recruitment drive targets English-speaking teens

The most in-demand skill on cybercrime recruiting sites is English-speaking social engineering. According to cybersecurity company Reliaquest, job posts more th

GhostSec exposes Iran’s surveillance of its citizens – August 28th

Hackers hold Prospect Medical’s data ‘hostage’ Hacker group Rhysida has been identified as the mastermind behind the recent ransomware attack

Big Tech’s rapidly-shrinking green credentials

Big Tech is currently performing a rather awkward fan dance, trying to cover up its rape and pillage of the earth’s more finite resources with its rapidly shrin

Bangladeshi Police Officer Caught Selling Citizen Data on Telegram – June 6th

SpyCloud Raised $35M Funding Round Today, SpyCloud announced that it raised $35M in funding, led by CIBC Innovation Banking, to bolster its offerings to prevent

Healthcare cyber-attacks now “a national security threat”

Search engine giant’s Google Threat Intelligence Group reports that cybercriminal and state-backed cyber-attacks on the healthcare sector in countries suc

Hackers infiltrate SEC’s X Account to Boost Bitcoin

A cybercriminal in Alabama, suspected of hacking into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) X account, has been arrested. He is accused of using t

FBI sounds second call to arms to fight cybercrime

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is increasingly anxious to enlist the private sector in the losing battle it is fighting against global cybercrime

AI-Enabled Drones: Navigating the New Frontier of Cyber C-UAS Defense

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing operational methodologie

FBI declares cyber-war on China

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray used his keynote speech at the weekend’s Munich Cyber Security Conference, which many regard

InfoSecurity Europe 2025 focuses on weaponized AI

InfoSecurity Europe 2025, which begins in London today, Tuesday, June 2nd, will this year be dominated by the rapidly growing threat posed by the weaponization

CISA Warns of “Volt Typhoon” Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure – March 21st

GitHub Launches AI Tool to Fix Code Vulnerabilities GitHub announced the launch of its new “code scanning autofix,” an AI-powered tool that automati

60,000 emails seized in US State Department breach – September 28th

HiddenGh0st malware targets MS-SQL servers Researchers have identified HiddenGh0st malware, a malware popular with Chinese threat actors, as posing an increasin

Israel’s cyber sector weathers the war

In an exclusive interview with Cyber Intelligence, Irina Tsukerman outlines the ongoing impact that the ongoing Israel/Hamas conflict is having not only on cybe

Android Malware Posing as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat – May 15th

43% of organizations struggle with cybersecurity compliance Infosecurity Europe uncovered that 44% of organizations face difficulties with compliance with cyber

China is now spying on you

The Chinese government now has a vast storehouse of confidential information belonging to key industries and individuals in the US and UK and many other countri

Beware of fake Google docs

An under-the-radar attack that creates fake Google Docs is now playing havoc across multiple sectors in the US and UK, particularly in healthcare. Companies’ in

73% of SME Security Professionals Failed to Act on a High Priority Security Alert – April 17th

Russian “Sandworm” Claims US Water Attacks Russian group “Sandworm” publicly claimed the recent attacks on US, Polish, and French water

Identity-based attacks “skyrocket” by 156 percent

Identity-based attacks are emerging as the major attack vector for businesses of all kinds. According to cybersecurity company eSentire, Identity-driven threats

$10M Reward for LockBit Mastermind – June 10th

$10M Reward for LockBit Mastermind The U.S. Government launched a manhunt for the LockBit ransomware mastermind, Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, for a bounty worth

Cybercriminals are now grooming US and UK teens

Organized cybercriminal groups of all kinds have added a new line of defense to hide behind. This time, it is young teenagers in countries such as the UK and th

Barracuda again the target of malware attack – August 14th

Monti Ransomware group is back The group, which has been quiet for an extended period of time, restarted its public operations and released a new encryptor for

Facebook’s “Project Ghostbusters” Discovered to Spy on Snapchat Traffic – March 27th

Facebook’s “Project Ghostbusters” Discovered to Spy on Snapchat Traffic A federal court in California earlier this week released documents tha

55% of Organizations Plan to Use AI to Enhance Security – April 4th

55% of Organizations Plan to Use AI to Enhance Security  According to a report released by the Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud, 55% of all organiz

Brazilian IT worker arrested over $100 million theft – July 8th

Brazilian IT worker arrested over $100 million theft Brazilian IT worker João Roque has been arrested in connection with a $100 million theft through payment sy

India Enlists Army of 5000 “Cyber Commandos”

The Indian Government is upping the ante in its fight against cybercrime. Indian Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah this week announced the launch of

Deepfake Phishing Targets Trump’s Chief of Staff – May 30th

🎭 Deepfake Phishing Targets Trump’s Chief of Staff An impersonator breached the phone of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, posing as her in calls and mess

3,500 Cybercriminals Arrested by Law Enforcement – December 21st

Iranian ‘Seedworm’ Targets African Telcos Iran-backed cyberespionage group ‘Seedworm’ is targeting telecommunications companies from Egy

AI is fueling China’s cyber war against the US

Once again, China is harnessing new Western technology to attack and undermine the US at home and overseas. According to a new report from Microsoft, this time,

UK backs AI and intelligence modernization – June 12th

UK backs AI and intelligence modernization The UK government has announced its plans to invest in digital and artificial intelligence (AI) in public services, i

FBI takes down BreachForums -again!

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the criminal hacking forum BreachForums after taking down its website last week. This follows the

Exfiltrated Info Automatically Spread on Discord Bot Channel – January 23rd

Apple iOS Patches Zero-Day Vulnerabilities After The Cupertino company uncovered three iOS WebKit vulnerabilities, Apple patched these issues with fresh iOS 17.

27,000 Private Data Stolen from Stanford Ransomware Attack – March 12th

BianLian’s Extortion-Focused Shift GuidePoint’s Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) observed a recent shift in threat actor group, BianLian to foc

“Crazy Evil” Threatens Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

A new and rising threat to decentralized financing has been identified. Threat intelligence researcher, the Insikt group, has uncovered “Crazy Evil,” a rapidly

Bucket shop bargains for cybercriminals

Researchers have revealed current vulnerabilities in Amazon’s data storage services, the knock-on effect of which could potentially result in the biggest supply

Cybercriminals crack MFA defenses

Cybercriminals are now using social engineering techniques developed to crack passwords to break through multi-factor authentication (MFA) defenses, such as sen

Experts warn of new ‘polyglot’ malware – September 4th

Experts warn of new ‘polyglot’ malware Cybersecurity experts have warned about a new malicious Microsoft Word file, dubbed MalDoc in PDF. The malwar

Cybercriminals Weaponize Google AI assistant

Cybercriminals have been quick to see nefarious possibilities in search engine giant Google’s new Gemini 2.0 AI assistant. According to Google’s own findings, n

Cyber-attackers try to divert a commercial flight

Airline security has just entered a new era with the news that on Saturday, cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a commercial flight and tried to

Employment Screening Provider Data Breach Affects 3.3M Individuals – February 28th

Employment Screening Provider Data Breach Affects 3.3M Individuals DISA Global Solutions, Inc., a provider of employment screening services, confirmed a data br

Facebook Marketplace User Data For Sale – February 14th

Facebook Marketplace User Data For Sale A cyber-criminal known as “algoatson” placed the data of over 200,000 Facebook Marketplace users for sale on

$7.3-million lost through Android phone hacks – September 21st

$7.3-million lost through Android phone hacks Singaporean police have warned Android phone users of a new malware variant that is capable of resetting Android p

Cyber gangs hold healthcare ransom

Healthcare no longer off limits Cybercriminal groups have now completely abandoned any pretense that theirs are basically victimless crimes by attacking the hea

Forty Countries Vow to Not Pay Cyber Ransoms – November 1st

Forty Countries Vow to Not Pay Cyber Ransoms Forty US-allied countries pledged to no longer pay cybercrime ransoms at the second annual meeting of the Internati

Finland Police Accuse Chinese APT31 Group of 2020 Parliament Attack – March 29th

Cisco Patches 14 iOS Vulnerabilities Cisco released security updates that patched 14 Cisco iOS vulnerabilities that could have caused Denial-of-Service (DoS) bu

Financial services see DDoS attacks double

Financial services companies worldwide saw the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks more than double in the second half of 2024. A DDoS attack

HPE Investigating Hacker Breach Claims – January 21st

HPE Investigating Hacker Breach Claims Following claims from the IntelBroker group on BreachForums of having access to large amounts of Hewlett Packard Enterpri

Banks Swamped By Fake Account Scams

1Bn Korean Bust Is Tip Of Se Asian Cybercrime Iceberg

5Bn Darktrace Deal To Boost Cyber Sector

Ai Could Overload Us Power Grid

Ai Overrated And Overhyped Say Cybercriminals

Apple Enters Genai Marketplace

Big Tech Goes Nuclear

British Library Breach Highlights New Threat

Brussels Backs Down On Mass Surveillance

China And Iran Launch Lethal Attacks On Us Infrastructure

China Bans Us Semiconductors

Companies Complacent About Ai Generated Cyber Attacks

Companies Pay 1 Million In Ransomware Attacks

Companies Slow To Take The Fight To Cybercriminals

Companies Worldwide Continue To Sideline Cisos

Connected Evs Represent Latest Geopolitical Cyber Threat

Copyright Infringement Scam Goes Global

Corruption Allegations Overshadow Eu Cyber Rulings

Cost Of Ai Could Rise Tenfold Warns Gartner

Cox Communications Patched Flaw That Placed Millions At Risk

Elon Musk Blames Massive Cyberattack For Widespread X Outage

Exclusive Banks Face A Growing Physical Security Threat

Exclusive Hostile Nations Ramp Up Attacks On Us Infrastructure

Feds Bust 100M Online Drugs Market Pharoah

Growing Diversity In Cyber But Still A Long Way To Go

Honeywell Kicks Off Ai Tools To Accelerate Industrial Autonomy

Interpol Afriapol Success And 200000 Phishing Victims