KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — A total of 8,014 charges related to online fraud crimes have been recorded as of May this year, surpassing the total of 6,140 charges throughout 2025, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the statistics showed that the threat of online fraud crimes was becoming...Read More
On 16 July, The Coca‑Cola Company announced that a dairy company it owns – fairlife, LLC – identified unauthorised access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event. According to an announcement published on the fairlife website, after detecting the issue, the company...Read More
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday threatened to foreclose Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore’s defence in the ongoing trial over alleged defamation. The State Security Service (SSS) is prosecuting Mr Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate for the upcoming 2027 elections, on cyberbullying charges for calling President Bola Tinubu a criminal...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJul 20, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability In an ironic twist, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hugging Face revealed that it was the victim of a hack perpetrated by an autonomous AI agent system. The company said it detected and responded to the incident targeting its production infrastructure earlier last week. “We identified unauthorized access...Read More
Cyan expands cybersecurity offer to more MasOrange brands Cyan said it is expanding its “Ciber Proteccion” cybersecurity offering, currently deployed by Orange Spain, to three additional MasOrange subsidiaries in the country. The product is now available to B2B and SME customers in northern Spain via MasOrange’s local brands Euskaltel, R and Telecable. ——————————————————- Click Here...Read More
Free Speech Dispatch covers censorship trends and challenges around the world. If you want to know where free expression is under attack and why it matters, subscribe now to get each edition delivered to your inbox. Free speech is in a curious place today. We’re facing challenges that, in many ways, feel fresh and new while at...Read More
Ransomware attacks are undergoing a significant transformation. Cybercriminals are increasingly abandoning traditional software exploits in favor of identity-based attacks, using stolen credentials and trusted tools to infiltrate networks. Two recent cybersecurity reports—one from Symantec and another from Sophos—highlight this growing trend, revealing that modern ransomware campaigns now focus on deception and defense evasion rather than...Read More
Suspects are handed over to the Chinese police. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Chinese police have successfully repatriated a key suspect from Vietnam in a case involving phishing websites and the illegal use of the Silver Fox Trojan virus, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Monday. Under the ministry’s coordination, police from Shandong province dispatched...Read More
RIYADH: A Saudi security guard who became the target of online mockery has sparked a wider conversation about the dignity of work, with many Saudis rejecting attempts to belittle the profession and describing it as an honorable role that serves both people and the country. Mousa Al-Saad, who has worked in private security over the...Read More
China’s Kimi K3 fixes 15 security bugs, challenging US AI guardrails: Report China’s Moonshot company is set to challenge the supremacy of the West tech giants’ supremacy in the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence. Recently, Moonshot unveiled an AI open-source model Kimi K3 that reportedly rivals the capabilities of top-tier US systems from OpenAI and...Read More
