During June 2026, Arctic Wolf Labs investigated multiple intrusions during which threat actors exploited CVE-2026-0257 as a consistent initial access vector, rapidly transitioning from perimeter compromise to domain-wide Qilin ransomware encryption across distinct victim environments. Key Takeaways Arctic Wolf investigated multiple distinct intrusions during June 2026 that resulted in Qilin ransomware deployment, all originating from...Read More
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO – The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a days-long hacking spree that OpenAI did not notice until well after the threat was contained and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was alerted, according to sources familiar with the investigation. The agent – a program capable of making...Read More
A critical vulnerability in Check Point Software’s SmartConsole login process is being exploited, with a small number of customers already impacted, according to a security advisory released Wednesday from the company. The authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-16232, allows an attacker to gain full administrative privileges after they access an application login token. An attacker...Read More
MUMBAI: TikTok’s latest challenge isn’t going viral, it’s heading straight into the regulator’s feed. The European Commission has issued fresh preliminary charges against the ByteDance-owned social media platform, alleging that it has failed to adequately protect children under the Digital Services Act (DSA), potentially exposing the company to fines of up to 6 per cent...Read More
The Sabarkantha Cyber Crime Police in Gujarat averted a significant “digital arrest” cyber fraud targeting a 75-year-old couple after fraudsters impersonated Mumbai Police officers, according to an official statement. The criminals falsely claimed that Rasikbhai Modi’s Aadhaar-linked SIM card had been involved in a financial fraud connected to an individual named “Naresh Goyal.” They intimidated...Read More
Guidelines on Paper, Gaps in Practice Shivani Vaid Sharma vaidshiva@gmail.com Every year, schools affiliated with CBSE follow a long list of rules. Teachers must complete 50 hours of training on topics like gender sensitivity, stress management, moral education etc. Schools must have Complaints Committees, CCTV cameras, a helpline number on display and safety audit reports....Read More
Bitchat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that does not require the internet and works over Bluetooth mesh networks. (Image Credit: Bitchat/Github) Hyderabad: The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), the Home Ministry’s cybercrime unit, has directed Microsoft-owned GitHub to remove the Bluetooth-based messaging app Bitchat, citing serious security concerns. The instruction was revealed by the...Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
Researchers at Sysdig have linked a second attack on the same Langflow server to JADEPUFFER, the AI-agent-driven operator it first documented earlier this month. The same operator has now been spotted deploying ENCFORGE, a new compiled Go ransomware designed to encrypt model weights, vector indexes, training datasets, and other AI infrastructure files across the host...Read More
Russian state-backed hackers have targeted US nuclear scientists, defense contractors and government employees in a cyber-espionage campaign using techniques first deployed against Ukraine, CNN reported, citing cybersecurity researchers and a new joint warning from Western intelligence agencies. The campaign, attributed to a Russian-linked group tracked as Laundry Bear, Void Blizzard and TA488, has targeted Western...Read More
