This regular round-up brings you key cybersecurity stories from the past month. Top cybersecurity news: AI is accelerating cybercrime; ransomware outpaces other types of cyberattacks; Anthropic suspends new AI tools. The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity provides an independent and impartial platform to reinforce the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic imperative and drive...Read More

NDB statistics frame the sector risk The Needlework Tours incident sits within a broader pattern of elevated cyber activity that Australian insurers are already pricing and managing. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received 532 notifiable data breach reports in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025) – a 10% decrease from the...Read More

Our US correspondent attended last week”s FWR Family Office Cybersecurity Forum in New York, hearing experts discuss the state of cybersecurity, new attack vectors and more positively, what can be and is being done to thwart bad actors. Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated and family offices are increasingly vulnerable. But there’s also...Read More

Security teams often associate cybercrime forums exclusively with the Dark Web and Tor. However, several of the most active underground communities now operate openly on the surface web, accessible via standard browsers and indexed infrastructure. These forums facilitate the trade of stolen credentials, corporate access, ransomware tools, and stealer logs. Some of the most active...Read More

Paylogix, a technology and billing solutions provider for voluntary employee benefits, confirmed that an unauthorized party accessed its computer systems between Nov. 13 and Nov. 18, 2025, copying files from the company’s network during that period. The company, based in New York, posted a notice of the incident on its website describing what it called...Read More

The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, has confirmed a social media ban for under-16s in the UK. It is now six months since Australia introduced its ban. While supporters say it is helping to protect young people online, critics argue many teenagers are still using social media and that the restrictions are difficult to enforce....Read More

Minister of Justice Mahmoud al-Sherif said that Egypt is intensifying efforts to build a secure digital environment and combat cybercrime through continued investment in digital transformation and institutional development. In his remarks at an international conference on cybercrime and emerging digital threats, al-Sherif said that the ministry has taken steps to modernize its systems and...Read More

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the United Kingdom will ban the use of social media platforms for all children under the age of 16, describing the measure as necessary to protect young people’s health and well-being. Speaking at a news conference on June 15, Starmer said he hopes the required legislation...Read More

By Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNA Two men were indicted today in Taipei for allegedly purchasing personal medical data obtained by a Chinese hacking group from Taiwanese hospital servers with the intent to resell, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said. Taiwanese nationals Liu Che-hong (劉哲宏) and Cheng Yu-hong (鄭宇紘) were indicted on suspicion...Read More

The security measure millions rely on to protect their accounts may not be as foolproof as they think.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a fast-spreading scam targeting users of popular Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. The scheme allows cybercriminals to capture Microsoft authentication tokens, bypassing multifactor authentication without needing a user’s password. At...Read More