Crime
ShinyHunters steals sensitive FBI data including director Kash Patel’s personal information
Cybercrime gang says it carried out the attack after being "offended" by an FBI warning about its tactics that advised victims not to pay a ransom.
Crime
Security
Iranian spyware campaign uses low-tech tricks to ensnare high-value targets
"We love to romanticize nation-state operations as digital wizardry, but it’s often just convincing fake profiles and low-budget spyware payloads."
Critical Systems
NHS warns of “significant” robotics dependency risk as it sets new tech buying rules
Officials fear the UK healthcare system will become addicted to tech supplied by a small number of increasingly powerful dealers.
Crime
Cops bring down ancient million-machine Sality botnet after nine-year battle
Criminal operators used decentralized peer-to-peer infrastructure to keep zombie network alive throughout the 21st century.
Critical Infrastructure
China-linked "Fire Ant" hackers nest inside telecoms routers to swarm critical infrastructure
Threat actors deploy a "target behind the target" strategy to stealthily tunnel into high-value environments.
Security
The Medusa crime gang has evolved into a ransomware-as-a-service Hydra, FBI warns
The monster has now grown many heads and sits at the center of a fast-growing criminal ecosystem.
Security
Security firms hit back at Trump’s call to hack back against international crime gangs
"The United States will use all instruments of national power, including the innovative capabilities of the private sector, to combat cybercrime."
Security
Vulnerabilities in refrigeration systems highlight the chilling fragility of food supply chains
Researchers warn that multiple flaws can "combine to create powerful attack chains against internet-accessible cyber-physical systems.”
Security
North Korea's Lazarus Group hits defense sector with zero-day hidden in fake "dream job" offers
"What makes this campaign dangerous is the weaving of legitimate, trusted infrastructure into every stage of the attack."
Security
Gunra ransomware gang is targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, CISA warns
"Threat actors have seen how exposed and neglected these targets are - so are swarming towards them."
AI
AI agents caught hacking, scamming and collaborating in swarms. Are we losing control?
OpenAI and Anthropic's security-focused models don their black hats to engage in some very bad behaviour out in the wild.
Crime
Criminals hack Police National Legal Database, leak UK cops' private data on the dark web
British law enforcement comes a cropper in an incident which should - but probably won't - force a rethink of dreadful data storage policies.