Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 percent of all recorded crime in more than half of the Asia and South Pacific countries surveyed by Interpol, according to the agency’s regional threat assessment. Between January 2024 to March 2025, phishing and other online scams were the region’s most widespread and financially damaging cyber threats, while...Read More
Unless social media and AI chatbot companies clean up their act, proposed federal legislation will see Canada join countries like Australia in banning youth under 16 from creating an account on their platform. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners At Knowledge Network, Indigenous Brilliance Shines On The BC-based public broadcaster delivers 12...Read More
11h05 ▪ 3 min read ▪ by Ghiles A. Summarize this article with: ChatGPTPerplexityGrok The digital asset sector faces a new alert after an incident affecting Aztec Network. The network suffered a second hacking within a week, this time via its private routing bridge. The attack resulted in the theft of several digital assets worth...Read More
When AI accelerates, cybersecurity must lead AI has been reshaping cybersecurity for some time now. But the pace has changed over the past months, and now the rate of acceleration has become impossible to ignore. We are at the heart of a major shift, where AI is helping defenders detect faster, analyze deeper, and respond...Read More
Ransomware has become one of the most costly and disruptive cyber threats facing organizations worldwide. Attackers encrypt critical data and demand payment in exchange for restoring access, often causing significant financial losses, operational downtime, and reputational damage. As ransomware attacks continue to evolve, organizations are seeking ways to reduce the financial burden associated with these...Read More
Posted By Steve Alder on Apr 8, 2026 In 2025, another unwanted record was set for losses to cybercrime, with almost $21 billion in reported losses, beating the previous record of $16.6 in losses set in 2024 by 26%, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Report 2025. The report was compiled...Read More
A ransomware group is now demanding a ransom payment from Nintendo amounting to a whopping $2 million as it claimed that it was able to extract its employees’ sensitive information from its database. Nintendo Faces Ransom Threat from Hacking Group A cybersecurity account called Hackmanac posted on Bluesky, alerting the public to the attack, sharing...Read More
Hackers have found a new way to get AI tools to do their dirty work without paying for it. Instead of using their own resources, attackers are hijacking exposed AI model servers and plugging them into automated hacking pipelines. The result is a self-directed attack tool that can scan targets, find weaknesses, write exploits, and...Read More
Life Belarus organises cybersecurity summer camps The operator Life Belarus plans to carry out its project Cyberclass in summer camps in three regions across the country. Online cybersecurity lessons for fifth and sixth grade pupils will take place in camps in the Minsk, Gomel and Mogilyov regions. Children will be provided with training on recognising...Read More
