EU chief wants joint response to cyberattacks, sabotage
Delivering her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen said threats were “mounting on our soil,” pointing to recent incidents i...
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Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers and the theft of personal data, following a corruptio...
Norway announces investigations into telecom Telenor’s work with Myanmar junta
Oslo-based Telenor potentially enabled crimes against humanity and violated sanctions in its dealings with the military regime that took over Myanmar in 2021...
Iranian cyber spies used fake MRI scan results to hack ‘enemy of regime’
According to the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Iran has used this and similar cyber activity to “support the repression of individu...
Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center
Ihor Klymenko, who has experience in law enforcement and as interior minister, will run Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy notified federal regulators about an incident that exposed some customer data on the dark web.
China spy chief points at US AI models in cyber threat warning
China's spy chief identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber as signs of what he called a “disruptive upgrade” in cyber capabilities, in...
Manhattan DA takes down 12 AI deepfake porn sites
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference on Monday touting the takedown of the sites, which hosted AI-generated videos of more than 1,...
Members of ‘Black Axe’ cybercriminal group extradited from South Africa
Prosecutors unsealed a 2021 indictment accusing the five men of conducting lucrative romance scams that stole thousands of dollars from more than 100 people.
Pro-Ukraine Hacking Cat group deploying new malware against Russian targets
The pro-Ukraine hacktivist group Hacking Cat has evolved from carrying out website defacements and data leaks to more sophisticated and destructive attacks o...
Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
The sites are designed to collect victims’ contact details, which scammers then use to target them through phone or email to steal money, personal informatio...
Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account
British fintech Revolut confirmed disclosing sensitive customer data to fraudsters who submitted emergency data requests from a legitimate government email a...
Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI
The largest electronic spy agency in the world is reorganizing. And fast.
Florida says motor vehicle data breach tied to credentials stolen from officer’s personal device
The Florida Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed a data breach claimed by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters, saying it originated with the theft of credent...
Microsoft sees some new wrinkles in invoice-scam emails
Researchers analyzed a flood of fraudulent business emails and found that the threat actors had doubled-up on tactics to make them appear legitimate, includi...
Anthropic caught Russia-linked spies using Claude in hacking operations
Anthropic detected and disrupted a Russia-linked cyber-espionage group that used its AI tool Claude in a hacking campaign targeting more than 20 government, ...
Ukrainian hacker gets four years in US prison over Conti ransomware attacks
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in a U.S.
Treasury urges banks to file cyber scam reports, noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
As the cyber scam industry expands globally, the U.S.
IDScan confirms breach after hackers offer 153 million driver’s license scans for sale
A notice dated September 4 but not widely shared shows that IDScan acknowledged a data breach but did not specify how many people were affected.
Cyber Command turns to veteran of intelligence agencies for top AI role
Ronzelle Green, most recently a senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will be U.S.