The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined South Staffordshire Water Plc and parent company South Staffordshire Plc £963,900 ($1.3 million) over a cyberattack …
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Threat actors are abusing AI tools in increasingly sophisticated ways, including exploit development and attack orchestration. Google today published new research tracking …
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TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA new variant of the TrickMo Android banking malware, delivered in campaigns targeting users across Europe, introduces new commands and uses The …
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Maurice L. Crescenzi, Jr., new president of ECI Compliance Week, calls on compliance leaders to close the gap between risk and readiness
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMaurice L. Crescenzi, Jr., President of ECI Compliance Week, appeared this week at its flagship national conference in Washington, D.C. Crescenzi brings …
Over the past six years, Iberdrola – Europe’s largest electricity company – digitized the company’s compliance processes for its global footprint in …
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide – Krebs on Security
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across …
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World’s First AI-Driven Cyberattack Couldn’t Breach OT Systems
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA small, unknown band of hackers pulled off history’s first recorded, truly artificial intelligence-directed cyberattack earlier this year, stealing troves of …
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Compliance is not your AI bottleneck. Your operating model is.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe next phase of AI regulation will not wait for the Executive Branch, Congress, or the lawyer at the end of the …
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Middle East Cyber Battle Field Broadens — Especially in UAE
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIn early February, prior to the start of the 2026 conflict in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates saw anywhere from …
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Most FS firms expect to miss EU AML deadline amid data and due diligence challenges
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogTwo-thirds of financial services firms will not be able to meet the requirements of the EU anti-money laundering (AML) package when it …
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Exploit Cyber-Frenzy Threatens Millions via cPanel Vulnerability
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA critical authentication bypass flaw in cPanel software products has come under heavy exploitation from a variety of threat actors shortly after …
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Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMicrosoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows. According …
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Critrical cPanel flaw mass-exploited in “Sorry” ransomware attacks
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA new disclosed cPanel flaw tracked as CVE-2026-41940 is being mass-exploited to breach websites and encrypt data in “Sorry” ransomware attacks. This …
The overwhelming majority of stolen cryptocurrency today is being used to fund the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Crypto theft is …
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogTwo former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. …
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Lotus Wiper Attack Targets Venezuelan Energy Firms, Utilities
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn analysis of software artifacts from a malicious cyberattack targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela late last year revealed that …
The latest variant of an emerging ransomware may be far more destructive than its operators intended, acting as a wiper that deletes …
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Broken VECT 2.0 ransomware acts as a data wiper for large files
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogResearchers are warning that the VECT 2.0 ransomware has a problem in the way it handles encryption nonces that leads to permanently …
A new threat actor is combining social engineering techniques, abuse of legitimate cloud infrastructure, and custom malware together to create what appears …
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom …
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Tropic Trooper APT Takes Aim at Home Routers, Japanese Targets
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogBLACK HAT ASIA – Singapore – The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) known as Tropic Trooper appears to be changing up its …
Powered by attackers’ AI usage, phishing attacks have surged back to become the top vector for initial access in incident-response engagements during …
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US Busts Myanmar Ring Targeting US Citizens in Financial Fraud
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe US government has sanctioned a criminal network supporting Southeast Asian scam compounds, including one of Cambodia’s richest and most powerful men. …
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FCA joins police, HMRC to carry out first crackdown on illegal crypto trading
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe U.K.’s financial services regulator has raided eight addresses in London as part of an operation working with police and tax authorities …
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty – Krebs on Security
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated …
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Surge in Bomgar RMM Exploitation Demonstrates Supply Chain Risk
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA fresh wave of cyberattacks exploiting Bomgar remote monitoring and management (RMM) instances has hit various organizations and their customers over the …
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EU unveils customs overhaul to tackle e-commerce and geopolitical shifts
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe EU Customs Union currently deals with trade worth €4.3 trillion ($4.9 trillion) a year (about 14 percent of global trade). In …
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Teams increasingly abused in helpdesk impersonation attacks
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMicrosoft is warning of threat actors increasingly abusing external Microsoft Teams collaboration and relying on legitimate tools for access and lateral movement …
Apple account change notifications are being abused to send fake iPhone purchase phishing scams within legitimate emails sent from Apple’s servers, increasing …
Businesses operating in Virginia are barred from selling consumers’ precise location data, under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Abigail Spanberger. …
