Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack on his phone was indeed hacked. In a press release sent to journalists on Thursday, the public prosecutors’ offices in Rome and Naples, which are investigating the spyware scandal in the country, said that a technical report...Read More
A hacking group backed by the Iranian government dubbed “Handala” said on Friday that it has breached the personal email account of FBI director Kash Patel. In a post on its website, Handala included several pictures of a visibly younger Patel, as well as a link to a cache of files that appear to come...Read More
The cybersecurity sector, long considered a bastion of growth in the technology market, faced a brutal reckoning on Friday, March 27, 2026. Industry leaders CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANW) saw their valuations crater by more than 5% as a “perfect storm” of disruptive AI technology leaks and aggressive...Read More
The website used by the Handala Hack Team, an Iran-linked hacker group which has claimed credit for the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, is shown on a screen in Washington DC, US, March 27, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Raphael Satter Iran–linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said...Read More
An FBI spokesperson told Fox News the bureau is aware of “malicious actors” targeting FBI Director Patel’s personal email information and has taken “all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks.” The FBI noted the information in question is “historical in nature” and does not involve government information. The Handala Hack Team, an Iran-linked hacking group,...Read More
The group behind an alleged hack of FBI Director Kash Patel‘s personal email identified itself as the Handala Hack Team, which U.S. authorities have tied to Iran. The group’s name comes from Handala, a prominent national symbol and personification of the Palestinian people born from a 1969 political cartoon. Handala in a statement posted on...Read More
In 1989, the concept of data hijacking for money was completely unknown. However, that year everything changed with Joseph L. Popp Jr., an evolutionary biologist with ties to the WHO who sent around 20,000 floppy disks to researchers and healthcare professionals in over 90 countries. The content appeared to be an informative questionnaire aimed at...Read More
An Iranian-linked hacker group claimed on Friday to have hacked the email account of US FBI Director Kash Patel and published personal photos and other material online. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that “malicious actors” had targeted Patel’s personal email information and said it has “taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated...Read More
The cybersecurity landscape faced a seismic shift this week as Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) unveiled its most advanced suite of autonomous AI security agents to date. These tools, which have evolved from the long-rumored “Project Metis,” represent a move toward truly autonomous “agentic” security, capable of identifying vulnerabilities and deploying self-healing code without human intervention....Read More
Sophos’ latest annual study of the real-world ransomware experiences of educational organizations explores how ransomware’s impact has evolved in the last four years. It focuses on the full victim journey, from attack rate and root cause to operational impact and business outcomes. This year’s report explores new areas of study for the sector, including an...Read More
