Latin America and the Caribbean Cybercrime Landscape
This report provides an overview of trends and developments in the cybercriminal ecosystem of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2025.
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Smashing Security podcast #461: This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished
A cannabis-growing, beekeeping, gyrocopter-flying Irishman invested his drug money in Bitcoin back in 2011 - and now sits on a fortune worth $400 million. Th...
Crypto platform Drift suspends services after millions stolen in security incident
Security experts believe hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency were stolen from decentralized finance platform Drift on Wednesday after the...
5 Steps to break free from alert fatigue and build resilient security operations
How many times has your SOC hit crisis mode at 2:00 AM, with the dashboard blaring red and analysts scrambling to separate real threats from useless noise? W...
6 critical mistakes that undermine cyber resilience (and how to fix them)
Silos are the enemy of business resilience. As IT leaders, we’ve all felt the pain: the backup administrator, SOC analyst, and endpoint engineer operating in...
6 metrics IT leaders can’t afford to ignore for business resilience
If you’re in IT, you know: what we don’t measure puts business resilience at risk. In the face of rising threat volumes, scaling complexity, and board-level ...
5 critical steps to achieve business resilience in cybersecurity
What does it really take to keep your organization running when attackers strike? The answer is business resilience—being able to detect, contain, and recove...
Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy?
The 2026 US “Cyber Strategy for America” document is mostly the same thing we’ve seen out of the White House for over a decade, but with a more aggressive to...
Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding
The startup will expand its AI research team, train additional security models, and scale enterprise adoption. The post Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Seri...
Cybercriminals take aim at Hasbro, weeks of recovery ahead
Hasbro, an American toy maker with more than 5,000 employees, confirmed a cyberattack and proactively took certain systems offline. The intrusion was detecte...
Cambodia extradites alleged cyber scam linchpin to China as crackdown intensifies
Li Xiong was the head of Huione Group, whose branded entities at one time included an online banking arm, cryptocurrency exchange and online marketplace whic...
Hasbro takes some systems offline after cybersecurity incident
The company filed a notice with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday warning investors that its IT team discovered unauthorized access on Ma...
Report: Americans concerned about government management of personal data
StateScoop reports that the majority of Americans seek more control over data sharing across the U.S.
AI implementation influenced by cybersecurity risks, survey shows
A KPMG poll found that cybersecurity is one of the main risks impacting corporate executives' decisions about adopting AI, according to Cybersecurity Dive.
Joint offering combines CrowdStrike's Falcon with HCLTech's AI Force
CrowdStrike and HCLTech have expanded their partnership with a new continuous threat exposure management service combining CrowdStrike's Falcon platform with...
Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack
The company is investigating the full scope of the incident, including whether any files have been compromised. The post Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack ...
Anthropic Leaks 512,000 Lines of Claude AI Code in Major Blunder
Human error exposed 512,000+ lines of Anthropic Claude AI Code, revealing KAIROS and Capybara secrets, pushing users to switch to the Native Installer.
Google Introduces Android Dev Verification Amid Openness Debate
Android requires dev identity verification for sideloaded apps; phased global rollout from September
Proton launches privacy-focused video conferencing service
Proton Meet utilizes the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol for end-to-end encryption, ensuring that all media and chat are encrypted client-side.
UAE faces surge in AI-powered cyberattacks
Hostile actors, including state-linked entities, are leveraging artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other platforms to conduct cyber operations.