A recent AI-powered voice-cloning campaign targeting leading hedge funds, including Point72, Two Sigma, and Citadel, underscores how rapidly identity-based attacks are evolving. Rather than exploiting technical vulnerabilities, attackers are increasingly targeting people and business processes, using convincing AI-generated voices to impersonate trusted executives and manipulate IT help desks into granting access. The incidents reflect a...Read More
LAS VEGAS — A leading security executive is calling for a move away from traditional patch management in favor of secure development practices, as AI fundamentally shifts the battlespace — and the economics — between malicious actors and network defenders. AI is allowing attackers to discover and weaponize software vulnerabilities faster than ever before, and...Read More
LAS VEGAS — A leading security executive is calling for a move away from traditional patch management in favor of secure development practices, as AI fundamentally shifts the battlespace — and the economics — between malicious actors and network defenders. AI is allowing attackers to discover and weaponize software vulnerabilities faster than ever before, and...Read More
NCC Group has entered into a collaboration with SailPoint on identity security services, extending its work on securing both human and non-human identities. The arrangement will allow NCC Group to deliver and manage identity security services worldwide using SailPoint’s platform. It is focused on helping organisations govern access across cloud, hybrid and AI-enabled environments as...Read More
The Salesville City Council will consider an ordinance addressing cybersecurity and artificial intelligence policies during its regular meeting Monday at 6 p.m. The agenda includes approval of the June 8 meeting minutes. The council did not meet in July due to a lack of a quorum. Unfinished business includes discussions of the city website and...Read More
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Paramount+, A24 There’s a peculiar feedback loop humming around To Catch a Predator right now. The latest trailer for Primetime, Lance Oppenheim’s A24 film about Chris Hansen, dropped last week and looks absolutely bananas: Robert Pattinson (adding to his freaky repertoire of incredible voices) appears to play Hansen as pure megalomaniac, drunk...Read More
Artificial intelligence now contributes to more than half of cybercrime in Africa, helping criminals launch faster, more sophisticated attacks, according to a new study by the international police organization Interpol. Phishing, online extortion, and identity theft ranked among the most common cybercrimes last year. With more than 1 billion mobile subscriptions, Africa has become an...Read More
Poland’s computer emergency response team (CERT) has published a report detailing a second attack on the country’s power grid. The attackers targeted industrial control systems (ICS) and their objective was “purely destructive”. In late December 2025, threat actors linked to the Russian government, specifically the APT named Sandworm, targeted communication and control systems at roughly...Read More
Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence unit are posing as recruiters to trick Ukrainian IT workers into installing malicious software, researchers have found. Ukraine’s computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, said Saturday that the campaign has been running since at least May and is linked to Sandworm, the notorious hacking unit associated with Russia’s GRU military...Read More
New restrictions on Meta platforms have been welcomed by Amnesty International as progress for children’s online rights. Amnesty International says a New Mexico ruling against Meta strengthens the case for child safety measures targeting how social media platforms are designed, rather than relying primarily on age restrictions. The judge ordered Meta to contribute $567 million...Read More
