North Korea earns at least US$1 billion annually from its illicit cyber operations, which help fund its military and leader Kim Jong Un’s push for ever more advanced missiles and nuclear capabilities, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Pyongyang has become increasingly sophisticated in circumventing security measures, the agency said in...Read More
North Korea earns at least US$1 billion annually from its illicit cyber operations, which help fund its military and leader Kim Jong Un’s push for ever more advanced missiles and nuclear capabilities, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Pyongyang has become increasingly sophisticated in circumventing security measures, the agency said in...Read More
A powerful iPhone hacking toolkit that researchers say may have originated as a U.S.-built capability has surfaced in the hands of foreign espionage actors and financially motivated criminal groups, according to new analyses from Google and mobile security firm iVerify. The toolkit, dubbed Coruna, contains multiple exploits capable of surreptitiously compromising Apple devices running older...Read More
Denver pedestrians got a surprise this weekend when the audio messages from push-button speakers on some crosswalks were mysteriously replaced with anti-President Donald Trump messages. “The walk signal is on, Trump … (reference to the Iran school that was bombed),” a robotic voice said, according to a video on the social media platforms TikTok and...Read More
Autonomous penetration-testing agent outperformed more than 99% of human participants across six major Capture-the-Flag platforms designed for elite security researchers TEL AVIV, March 17, 2026 (Newswire.com) – Tenzai, the AI-native cybersecurity company building autonomous penetration-testing AI agents, today announced that its AI hacking system achieved top-1% performance across six globally recognized hacking competitions originally designed...Read More
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) is being actively exploited by threat actors to deploy Interlock ransomware across enterprise networks, according to recent security research. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20131, has been abused in real-world attacks for over a month before public disclosure, giving attackers a significant operational advantage. The...Read More
Barracuda has reported a rise in identity-based attacks and credential-stealing malware, with suspicious login activity, supply-chain tactics and weaponised PDFs featuring in recent investigations. In February 2026, Barracuda’s Managed XDR team recorded an increase in suspicious login attempts using stolen credentials. The activity reflects a broader shift towards account takeover rather than direct exploitation of...Read More
Russian hackers using new iPhone-hacking technique DarkSword What’s the story A powerful iPhone-hacking technique called DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. The method can compromise devices running iOS 18 just by visiting infected websites. The discovery was made by researchers at Google, cybersecurity firms iVerify and Lookout. They found that DarkSword could...Read More
The website featured for a while the words “Now we are under their control. The Zionists are handcuffed” in Farsi. The website of Yeshiva World News, the Orthodox Jewish news publication, was hacked on Wednesday, seemingly by Iran. The website featured for a while the words “Now we are under their control. The Zionists are...Read More
The surgical robotics giant Intuitive has fallen victim to a cyberattack that has resulted in a data breach. According to a statement released by the company, a targeted phishing attack allowed an unauthorized third party to access certain internal systems. The threat actor gained access through compromised employee credentials. The hacker obtained internal business and...Read More
