For years, phishing campaigns targeting financial institutions followed the same playbook. Victims were tricked into entering usernames and passwords, attackers collected the credentials, and accounts were compromised later when an opportunity arose. That model is changing. Recent investigations into insurance-focused phishing operations reveal a more immediate approach. Instead of harvesting credentials for later use, attackers...Read More
ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) — Fairlife has stopped producing milk in the United States after it was hit by a ransomware attack, Coca-Cola announced Thursday. Fairlife identified “unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event.” The company notified law enforcement...Read More
Syria’s Ministry of Justice introduced some limitations to the Cybercrime Law, but rights groups are urging for a full suspension [GETTY] Amnesty International has urged Syrian authorities to suspend a cybercrime law introduced during former dictator Bashar al-Assad’s rule, arguing it restricts the right to freedom of expression. In a report released on Friday, the...Read More
The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of failing to protect children since their account settings expose them to risks like cyberbullying and predatory behaviour — putting the company at risk of a large fine. The EU said minors’ accounts should only be visible to those they have given permission. Children aged 13 and over...Read More
Seventeen-year-old Abi uses social media every day, arranging to meet up with friends on Snapchat and watching videos on TikTok. When the student, from Colchester, heard under-16s could be banned from social media, she was relieved it would not affect her. But older teens are now facing an overnight social media curfew, the government announced...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJul 25, 2026Vulnerability / Ransomware Threat actors linked to the Cl0p (aka Chubby Scorpius, FIN11, Graceful Spider, and Lace Tempest) ransomware campaign are exploiting flaws in internet-exposed PTC Windmill and FlexPLM deployments as part of a new data extortion campaign. “Attackers chain a pre-authentication information disclosure in the FlexPLM WSDL endpoint with a server-side flaw...Read More
When OpenAI revealed this week that one of its AI models went rogue during a security test and autonomously hacked the start-up Hugging Face, it came as a shock. Questions were raised quickly, but there was no immediate clarity. Hugging Face co-founder and chief executive Clem Delangue said the incident was “possibly the first of...Read More
Sumner County Schools has pushed back the start of the 2026-27 school year after discovering unauthorized access to its computer network. The district said it became aware of the cybersecurity incident on July 20 and immediately notified local and federal law enforcement, the Tennessee Department of Education, and third-party forensic specialists to investigate and respond....Read More
A college student is hosting free seminars to teach the elderly about how to navigate the reality of artificial intelligence in today’s world. Lakshmi Katrapati has been working with senior centers in Madison County to provide free presentations on artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and online scam awareness. So far, she has given about seven presentations at...Read More
Rubio says the new policy, introduced under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act The new visa rule takes effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, subject to congressional review. PHOTO: FILE The United States has announced a new global visa restriction policy targeting individuals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and...Read More
