Cryptocurrency
Cybercrime
Crypto platform suffers the biggest hack in history
Cryptocurrency platform Binance has admitted that it is the victim of a $6.3 billion fraud.
David·30 Oct 2026·2 min read
Massive fallout expected worldwide from PHP flaws
By alerting organizations worldwide to a security flaw in software used by the majority of companies, AI has inadvertently opened a huge backdoor for the world'
Tony Glover · 28 OctRogue AI agent becomes a super criminal
Security researchers have discovered an AI agent that is effectively a super cybercriminal in its own right, capable of stealing databases and credentials on…
Tony Glover · 23 OctRansomware attacks get physical
Tony Glover · 20 Oct
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16 Oct
Agentic AI
AI agents have now become easy targets
Cybercriminals now have off-the-shelf tools with which to hack AI agents and take them over, enabling them to commit financial fraud and other forms of…
Tony Glover
14 Oct
Critical Infrastructure
France's food supplies hit by cyber-attack
Supermarkets across France have been hit by a co-ordinated cyberattack raising the temperatures of their fridges by up to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees…
Tony Glover
13 Oct
Industrial Security
AI breaks through industrial defenses with ease
Industrial facilities, including potential military targets such as nuclear power stations, have been vulnerable to cyber-attacks with real-world consequence…
Tony Glover
08 Oct
Cyber Threats
UK and Germany Join Forces to Face Russian Cyber-Threat
The UK and Germany — Europe's two largest economies — are joining forces to find, expose, and disrupt Russian cyber-attacks on both countries.
David
06 Oct
Artificial Intelligence
Who Will Pay for AI's $6 Trillion Future?
The AI industry is expanding at an extraordinary pace, with companies pouring billions of dollars into data centers, GPUs, and the power infrastructure needed…
Alexis Hess
05 Oct
Expert Opinions
Physical AI's Most Important Job Is Under Our Roads
At the end of September, during a nor'easter, a driver in Belmont, Massachusetts, was trapped in his car when the road gave way beneath him.1 Days later, a…
Saar Dickman
29 Sep
Artificial Intelligence
2026 – the Year of Physical AI
Physical AI — artificial intelligence applied to real-world facilities and infrastructure rather than purely digital data — may be 2026's defining technology…
Tony Glover
22 Sep
AI
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Tony Glover
22 Sep
AI
Full Report: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Agentic AI
Table of Contents Executive Summary Section 1: Rapid Adoption and Implementation of Agentic AI Section 2: The Increasing Autonomy and Empowerment of AI Agents…
Tony Glover
17 Sep
Phishing
Fake Government Request Compromises Revolut Customers
UK-based multinational online bank Revolut is reported to have inadvertently exposed customer details of high net-worth account holders following a…
Tony Glover
12 Sep
Government
The FBI Unveils Its New Cyber Strategy
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published its first-ever cyber strategy document, signalling a new era of public-private cooperation…
John Wilkes
09 Sep
Legislation
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Faces Lords Criticism Over AI Gap
The UK's Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill came under sustained attack during its line-by-line committee scrutiny in the…
Hildegard Johnson
04 Sep
Agentic AI
Rogue AI Agents Run Amok
A swarm of OpenAI agents has allegedly hijacked a German-language website, repurposing it as a covert bulletin board where AI agents coordinated tactics…
Cyber Brief Daily
03 Sep
Fraud
Contactless Payments: The Tipping Point
Contactless payments have crossed a critical threshold. What began two decades ago in the UK with a £10 spending cap and sparse merchant adoption has become…
Hildegard Johnson
01 Sep
Artificial Intelligence
Governments and companies must act fast to defend against AI
More than a hundred major companies and technology organizations have signed an open letter warning governments and enterprises worldwide that AI-powered…
John Wilkes
01 Sep
Nation-State Threats
China and Russia target German companies
A sweeping new survey of German businesses reveals a dramatic escalation in state-sponsored cyber-attacks — and serves as a warning to Western countries that…
Hildegard Johnson
29 Aug
Agentic AI
Unsanctioned AI is leaving companies vulnerable to attack
Four out of five artificial intelligence (AI) tools operate without IT oversight.
John Wilkes
25 Aug
Critical Infrastructure
Iranian Cyber-Attack Shuts Down a UK Power Plant
Iranian state hackers are reported to have shut down a British power plant for four days in what is being seen as an unprecedented cyber-attack on UK soil.
Tony Glover
21 Aug
Ransomware
Medusa Ransomware Claims 500 Victim Organizations
The Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang and its affiliates attacked over 500 victim organizations between June 2021 and April 2025.
John Wilkes
19 Aug
Cybersecurity
EU introduces 17 new cybersecurity standards
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has launched an approval process for 17 key cybersecurity standards that vendors will need to meet…
John Wilkes
19 Aug
Artificial Intelligence
SRA warns lawyers about AI hallucinations
The UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a stark warning to the legal profession about the risks of AI, citing real-world cases of AI…
Hildegard Johnson
17 Aug
Ransomware
Half of Companies Pay the Ransomware Demand
Almost half of companies — 48 per cent — whose data has been encrypted in a ransomware attack choose to pay the ransom to recover their critical data…
Alexis Hess
12 Aug
Ransomware
Ransomware attacks are ramping up
A total of 799 ransomware attacks were recorded in July 2026 — averaging 26 per day — representing a 19 per cent increase from June and the second-highest…
Alexis Hess
12 Aug
Policy
Private Firms Enlisted to Fight US Cyber Wars
President Trump has signed a presidential memorandum authorizing US federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate with vetted private cybersecurity firms in…
Hildegard Johnson
11 Aug
Data Breaches
There's hacking – and there's Levi's hacking
Iconic US denim brand Levi Strauss & Co — whose most famous marketing slogan was "There's stitching… and there's Levi's stitching" — has become the latest…
John Wilkes
10 Aug
Ransomware
Ransomware gangs target middle management
Ransomware actors are increasingly setting their sights on middle management rather than the C-suite.
Hildegard Johnson
06 Aug
Geopolitics
Iran-backed attacks target US water systems
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is urgently warning US organizations of cyberattacks on Operational Technology (OT) devices in water and…
Alexis Hess
02 Aug
AI Regulation
The EU's AI Act is now in force
On August 2nd, the European Union (EU)'s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force, with powers reaching far beyond the EU's borders.
Tony Glover
01 Aug
Fraud
Phone farms scale up scams
Cybercriminals are now able to scale up and industrialize a whole range of scams for less than $3,000 a month.
Hildegard Johnson
28 Jul
Espionage
Russians hijack international hotel wi-fi networks
Business and holiday travelling has just become even more risky as hackers believed to be connected to Russian intelligence have discovered a way to hijack…
John Wilkes
24 Jul
News
Sentenced teen hackers are only the tip of a huge iceberg
The two teenage cybercriminals, Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, who were recently sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment for a…
Tony Glover
23 Jul
Phishing
Vishing-as-a-service
Cybercriminals are now using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits, complete with easy-to-use dashboards, to enable highly effective vishing…
Alexis Hess
01 Jul
Agentic AI
Compliance in the Age of Agentic AI
Speaking at the recent annual intergovernmental political and economic forum, G7, in the French Alps, the heads of leading AI companies urged Western…
Tony Glover
12 May
Geopolitics
Hacktivists target Poland's water supply
Politically-motivated hacktivists are becoming increasingly adept at performing sophisticated cyber-attacks to cripple crucial national infrastructure.
Tony Glover
08 May
Data Breaches
International education company suffers a cyber-breach
Instructure, the US-based company behind the learning tool Canvas, which is used by thousands of schools and universities in the US and UK, has suffered a…
Tony Glover
06 Oct
Cybercrime
CISA and FBI Release IOCs Associated with Androxgh0st Malware – January 17th
94% of Organizations Experienced Email Security Incidents in 2023 Egress revealed in a report that 94% of cybersecurity leaders disclosed that their…
Hildegard Johnson
06 Oct
Data Breaches
Discord called a ‘hotbed’ of malware activity – October 17th
Discord called a ‘hotbed’ of malware activity Discord continues to be used by threat actors to launch malware attacks.
John Wilkes
28 Aug
AI
AI-powered ransomware fuels cybercrime
Artificial intelligence (AI) services are enabling unscrupulous online blackmailers to create fake but highly realistic sexually explicit photographs and…
Hildegard Johnson
27 Aug
Data Breaches
Cyber-attack raises SIM-swapping fears
Telecoms operator Orange Belgium has revealed that a cyber-attack in July resulted in the theft of data from 850,000 customer accounts.
John Wilkes
02 Jul
Geopolitics
One Minute Roundup
Germany Seeks Cybersecurity Partnership with Israel Germany seeks to strengthen its cybersecurity collaboration with Israel in light of the recent escalation…
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27 Jun
Ransomware
Cybercrime Kills
A patient’s death following a cyber-attack on the UK health sector by ransomware group Qilin has now been reported.
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20 Jun
Data Breaches
One Minute Roundup
16 Billion Passwords Breached The Cybernews research team discovered a record-breaking breach of over 16 billion passwords worldwide, including Facebook…
Hildegard Johnson
13 Jun
Geopolitics
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Geopolitical Tensions are Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape Political tensions are prompting nations to re-strategize cybersecurity.
John Wilkes
02 Jun
Data Breaches
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27 Feb
Ransomware
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CISA Names Karen Evans as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Karen Evans…
Hildegard Johnson
12 Feb
Ransomware
‘Dark Unicorns’ target US healthcare
Ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector have risen by a third in 2024 with the US the prime target.
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03 Feb
Cybercrime
Cybercrime Forums Cross-Borders
The bust of the illegal Cracked and Nulled crime forums evidences the global nature of cybercrime and the impossibility of seeing it as a threat that has no…
John Wilkes