Economy 365 External hacking attempts targeting the National Tax Service have surged this year. From January to September this year, hacking attempts targeting the National Tax Service were tallied at 73,283 cases. This is 2.8 times the total number of cases recorded over the five-year period from 2021 to last year, and 7.6 times compared...Read More
Cybersecurity ETF tops monthly returnsHacking attacks breached by commercial banksAs a result of heightened security alarm 사진 확대 Images related to financial security and hacking attempts [Produced by Chat GPT] While hacking attacks using artificial intelligence (AI) are spreading beyond the financial sector and across society, the return on exchange-traded funds (ETF) related to cybersecurity...Read More
Cyble, an AI-native cybersecurity company, has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kerala Police to strengthen cybercrime investigations through threat intelligence, investigative support and capacity building. The agreement, signed through Cyble’s Indian subsidiary, Cyble Infosec India Private Limited, will support the Kerala Police Cyber Operations Wing and Cyberdome in identifying and investigating emerging...Read More
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Cybercrime Act is expected to be enforced in early 2027, according to the Home Ministry. In a written parliamentary reply dated Monday (Oct 12), the ministry stated that Malaysia’s legal framework has already been strengthened through recent amendments to the Penal Code—specifically with the insertion of Sections 424A, 424B, 424C(1), and...Read More
IonQ Inc., a publicly traded supplier of quantum computers, today announced plans to acquire Elisity Inc. for $1.3 billion. The price tag includes $150 million in performance incentives that are contingent on Elisity meeting certain business milestones. The all-stock deal is set to close by year’s end. IonQ’s flagship product is a 256-qubit quantum computer called...Read More
When reported cyber incidents climb year after year, most governments brace for bad news. But for the Dominican Republic’s Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS), Carlos Leonardo, this trend signals progress. “It is important to distinguish between the number of incidents reported and the actual level of risk,” says Leonardo, who also...Read More
Attackers took over Danfoss refrigeration controls overnight and pushed cases to 50C. The Danish supplier has sold into Canada for more than 70 years Hackers turned refrigerated cases at hundreds of French supermarkets into something closer to ovens overnight Sunday. They drove temperatures as high as 50C, spoiled fresh and frozen stock and, according to...Read More
Hundreds of supermarkets in France were the subject of a coordinated hack early Monday morning that turned up the heat on fridges and freezers, causing food to spoil and, in some cases, fires to break out. According to reports from AFP, three major grocery chains in the country — E. Leclerc, Intermarche and Cooperative U...Read More
A ransomware gang claimed Monday (Oct. 12) that it stole data from payment network MoneyGram and will publish the data if the company does not start negotiating, Cybernews reported Monday (Oct. 12), citing the gang’s claim posted on the dark net. MoneyGram has not confirmed an incident, and the attackers have not shared data samples, according to the report. MoneyGram did...Read More
Ghanaian authorities have rescued 119 Nigerians in an operation targeting cybercrime syndicates, with 105 of them repatriated to Nigeria. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons disclosed this in a statement on Monday, adding that the remaining 14 Nigerians were still undergoing processing by the Ghanaian authorities. According to the agency, the...Read More
