Iranian 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. Acco
The Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang and its affiliates attacked over 500 victim organizations between June 2021 and April 2025. According to a joint
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has launched an approval process for 17 key cybersecurity standards that vendors will need to meet in
The 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 "halluci
Almost 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, according
President Trump has signed a presidential memorandum authorizing US federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate with vetted private cybersecurity firms in c
A 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 month
Iconic 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 m
Ransomware actors are increasingly setting their sights on middle management rather than the C-suite. New research from Zscaler's ThreatLabz unit found that nea
The UK's AI Safety Institute (AISI) this week reported that agentic AI now represents a substantially increased security risk, following reports that agents bui
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is urgently warning US organizations of cyberattacks on Operational Technology (OT) devices in water and w
This week, Las Vegas hosts three cyber conferences, the largest being Black Hat. Each year the local Vegas media generally decries attendees of cyber conference
On August 2nd, the European Union (EU)'s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force, with powers reaching far beyond the EU's borders. Companies in countr
Cybercriminals are now able to scale up and industrialize a whole range of scams for less than $3,000 a month. According to new research from cybersecurity firm
Business and holiday travelling has just become even more risky as hackers believed to be connected to Russian intelligence have discovered a way to hijack wi-f
The two teenage cybercriminals, Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, who were recently sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment for a cyber-attac
One of the cybersecurity industry's worst fears has now been realized, with concrete proof that AI agents, which are rapidly being deployed across all sectors,
Cybercriminals are now using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits, complete with easy-to-use dashboards, to enable highly effective vishing attacks,
Over three-quarters of 200 chief information security officers (CISOs) across Europe surveyed by cybersecurity company MetaCompliance say that senior executives
Cybercriminals are now using sophisticated phishing attacks to compromise AI agents in a similar fashion to the way they compromise human targets. There is grow
Speaking at the recent annual intergovernmental political and economic forum, G7, in the French Alps, the heads of leading AI companies urged Western government
The rapid adoption of AI agents across all commercial sectors is bringing with it a huge cyber risk that companies are currently ill-equipped to deal with. AI a
The research arm of mobile cybersecurity firm Zimperium, zLabs, has discovered a new and particularly dangerous Android banking trojan in the wild. Named Rokaro
This year's FIFA World Cup has become a prime target for threat actors across the globe. Scheduled match fixtures and communications with many thousands of socc
In retrospect it is easy to see how agentic AI dominated the InfoSecurity Europe conference in London at the start of this month. As organizations across all se
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
Politically-motivated hacktivists are becoming increasingly adept at performing sophisticated cyber-attacks to cripple crucial national infrastructure. In what
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
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
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-
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
Microsoft Threat Intelligence detected approximately 8.3 billion email-based phishing threats during the first quarter of 2026 (January–March). QR code phishing
Microsoft Defender Research has uncovered a large-scale phishing attack targeting users across more than 13,000 organizations worldwide. The threat actors were
Cyberattacks on medical devices are endangering patients and may potentially cost lives. The 2026 Medical Device Cybersecurity Index from RunSafe Security repor
AI company Anthropic has released a new security tool, Claude Code Security, in beta. It scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted soft
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
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 Despite recent talk of a tech slowdown that reaches cyber, Allied Market Research reported that the market is poised
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 The Mozilla Foundation released research that unveils that all 11 romantic AI chatbots tested, failed security and p
As we predicted earlier this year, harsh economic conditions across Western democracies are acting as a catalyst for cybercrime – particularly those cyber
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 Discord continues to be used by threat actors to launch malware attacks. Researchers have warned the o
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
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
Artificial intelligence (AI) services are enabling unscrupulous online blackmailers to create fake but highly realistic sexually explicit photographs and videos
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
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
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