Voice phishing is no longer limited to a convincing phone call and a fake sign-in page. A newly examined criminal platform called Work Panel brings target research, caller management, phishing-site creation, and stolen-credential handling into one web-based operation. The result is a faster route from a helpdesk impersonation call to an enterprise account takeover. The...Read More
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Also, Russian Hackers Exploit Outlook Flaw, Coca-Cola Restarts Fairlife Production Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • July 30, 2026 Image: Shutterstock Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week: “I’m mean there could be, yeah,” is what...Read More
The number of cybersecurity companies with global capability centers (GCCs) in India has nearly doubled in the past six years, highlighting the country’s growing role in cybersecurity engineering, product development and threat intelligence. The number of cybersecurity GCCs in India has increased from about 30 to 59, as global companies tap the country’s technical talent...Read More
A hospital is brought to its knees, not by a natural disaster or mass casualty event, but by a cyberattack. Screens go dark. The network collapses. Young physicians, trained in a digital-first world, are suddenly reduced to fumbling with fax machines. Lab orders vanish into piles of paper. Communication fractures at every level. And in the chaos, a life-threatening...Read More
WALNUT CREEK – Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrests of five men on suspicion of traveling to Walnut Creek to meet a child for sex. The arrests stemmed from a multi-agency operation focusing on adults who use social media to target children for sexual exploitation, the Walnut Creek Police Department said in a news release....Read More
A new survey reveals many parents are unaware of the potential dangers of coin batteries in household items. A paediatric doctor shares some practical tips for keeping your child safe this summer Rachel Riley speaks to primary school children about battery safety Parents are overlooking household hazards such as toys containing coin batteries, according to...Read More
An East Haven man is among eight people arrested in a New Jersey roundup of suspected child predators, a prosecutor said. Kenneth Davis, 66, was charged with two counts of third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child and one count of fourth-degree attempted criminal sexual contact, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D....Read More
Kohima, Nagaland continues to be a key point of origin, transit and destination for human trafficking, a senior state government official said on Thursday, warning that the crime is increasingly taking new forms linked to cybercrime, financial fraud and forced labour. Human trafficking in Nagaland taking new forms linked to cybercrime, money laundering: Official Secretary...Read More
A short Microsoft Teams call can now become the first step in a ransomware attack. Attackers posing as IT support staff are persuading employees to grant remote access, then using that foothold to spread through networks and deploy Chaos ransomware. The campaign, tracked as STAC4749, targeted dozens of North American organizations between February and June...Read More
GenieLocker, a newly identified ransomware linked to the financially motivated Toy Ghouls group, targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems and has primarily attacked Russia’s manufacturing sector since March 2026. The Toy Ghouls group, also known as Bearlyfy, Labubu, and Laboo.boo, previously relied on ransomware families such as LockBit, Babuk, and RedAlert. The transition to...Read More
