Operations and hospital networks not affected, we’re told Robotics-assisted surgical tech firm Intuitive said that unauthorized intruders gained access to some of its internal IT business applications after stealing an employee’s credentials during a phishing attack.… This article has been…
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Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war
Hacktivists use proxy services from Russia, China for ‘billions of designed-for-abuse connection attempts’ Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated…
AI finally delivers those elusive productivity gains… for cybercriminals
Interpol says fraud schemes using the tech are 4.5x more profitable AI is apparently good for the bottom line if your business is crime. Financial fraud schemes carried out with the help of artificial intelligence are 4.5 times more profitable…
Flaw in UK’s corporate registry let directors rummage through rival records
Back button blunder in WebFiling service run by Companies House revealed confidential paperwork Companies House was forced to pull down its record-filing platform for the entire weekend to rectify a “security issue” that exposed the personal details of company directors…
Outsourcer Telus admits to attack – may have lost a petabyte of data to ShinyHunters
PLUS: Citrix CISO urges patch blitz; Mandiant founder reveals AI red-teaming tech; Bitter privacy news for Starbucks; And more Infosec In Brief Canadian outsourcer Telus Digital has admitted it fell victim to a cyberattack.… This article has been indexed from…
Credential-stealing crew spoofs VPN clients from Cisco, Fortinet, and others
And then they send victims to the legit VPN download to hide their tracks A group of cybercriminals tracked as Storm-2561 is using fake enterprise VPN clients from CheckPoint, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti, and other vendors to steal users’ credentials, according…
Interpol cybercrime crackdown leads to 94 arrests, 45,000 IP takedowns
Operation Synergia’s third season is the most productive to date Ninety-four people were arrested as part of a global, multi-month cybercrime crackdown, Interpol revealed today.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Interpol…
NanoClaw latches onto Docker Sandboxes for safer AI agents
Take your YOLO and box it up exclusive NanoClaw, an open source agent platform, can now run inside Docker Sandboxes, furthering the project’s commitment to security.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article:…
Google rushes Chrome update fixing two zero-days already under attack
Skia graphics lib and V8 JavaScript engine brings browser’s tally of actively exploited bugs to three in 2026 Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix two previously unknown vulnerabilities that attackers were already exploiting before the patches…
Rogue AI agents can work together to hack systems and steal secrets
Prompt like a hard-ass boss who won’t tolerate failure and bots will find ways to breach policy AI agents work together to bypass security controls and stealthily steal sensitive data from within the enterprise systems in which they operate, according…
Operation Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud
International cops stuck down 23 servers in 7 countries Cops from eight countries this week disrupted SocksEscort, a residential proxy service used by criminals to compromise hundreds of thousands of routers worldwide and carry out digital fraud, costing businesses and…
Operating Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud
International cops stuck down 23 servers in 7 countries Cops from eight countries this week disrupted SocksEscort, a residential proxy service used by criminals to compromise hundreds of thousands of routers worldwide and carry out digital fraud, costing businesses and…
CISA warns max-severity n8n bug is being exploited in the wild
No rest for project maintainers battered by slew of vulnerability disclosures The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that hackers are exploiting a max-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in workflow automation platform n8n.… This article has…
China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds
Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content, perhaps leading to government ban China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.… This article has been indexed…
Iran plots ‘infrastructure warfare’ against US tech giants
State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targeted Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s…
Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm
Meanwhile, Verifone says ‘no evidence’ to support the digital intruders’ claims A hacking crew with ties to Iran’s intelligence agency claimed to be behind a global network outage at med-tech firm Stryker on Wednesday, and said the cyberattack was in…
Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers
150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrested Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
ICO fines Police Scotland over data-sharing debacle in gross misconduct case
Blue-on-blue internal investigation lands force £66k fine The UK’s data protection watchdog has fined Police Scotland £66,000 ($88,000) for what it calls a “serious failure” in handling an alleged victim’s sensitive data.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Swiss e-voting pilot can’t count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them
Officials suspend Basel-Stadt trial and launch probe A Swiss canton has suspended its pilot of electronic voting after failing to count 2,048 votes cast in national referendums held on March 8.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Dutch cops bust teen suspected of posing as bank staff to steal cards
17-year-old allegedly withdrew large sums of cash from ATMs Dutch police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who detectives suspect was responsible for 16 bank card frauds across the Netherlands.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…