Berlin’s state government has confirmed an extortion attempt following a data theft from its administrative network in August. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Interior Senator Iris Spranger addressed the extortion attempt on Friday, following an emergency Senate session at the Rotes Rathaus. “The state of Berlin is being blackmailed,” Wegner said. “Berlin has fallen victim...Read More
Chaotic Eclipse Releases Kaspersky Zero-Day HardBreacher Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026 Chaotic Eclipse released HardBreacher, a PoC exploit for a Kaspersky Endpoint Security privilege escalation flaw, adding another zero-day to his list. Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare and Nightmare-Eclipse, released a new zero-day exploit targeting Kaspersky Endpoint Security. The researcher named...Read More
I’ve been a stock investor for more than 20 years, and have owned dozens of technology stocks throughout that time. But I’ve never owned a pure-play cybersecurity company before. That changed recently when I opened a position in Zscaler (ZS +2.25%) a couple of weeks ago. The stock fell sharply over the past year on...Read More
“The child who is not embraced by the village will seek warmth elsewhere” – African proverb Every week, organizations warn of a global cybersecurity skills shortage. In fact, for some countries like the UK, it has been repeated so many times that it has lost a lot of meaning, with some analyses saying it takes...Read More
SAN DIEGO (TCS) — Federal law enforcement has seized core infrastructure reportedly used by a Chinese state-sponsored cyber platform to target high-profile U.S. government entities and critical infrastructure in a campaign dating back to 2018. Authorities said the hacking targets varied from NASA to the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI...Read More
Ravie LakshmananSep 01, 2026Malware / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new technique dubbed GuardBreaker that’s been put to use by a Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 against a target in Ukraine with an aim to interfere with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted analysis. The idea, ESET said in a series of posts on X,...Read More
Under the new strategy, international cooperation will form part of efforts to address cyber threats that increasingly cross national borders, while domestic partnerships are expected to strengthen information sharing and preparedness across government and industry. A new national cybersecurity strategy for 2026-2030 aimed at strengthening protection of critical infrastructure, improving readiness against cyber threats and...Read More
PHOTOS: Theodore Reyes Ever wondered who works behind the scenes to keep Singapore safe in the digital domain? Operating at the frontlines of our virtual borders is the Cyber Command of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Chua Kia Min, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Cybercrime Investigation Branch (CIB), shares what it...Read More
News1 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 1st that it has drawn up a budget of 3.0733 trillion won for next year, up 88.1 billion won, or 2.4%, from this year’s 3.6152 trillion won. The most notable change is a more than fourfold increase in cybersecurity spending to 15.5 billion won from 3.8...Read More
A year after hackers breached Vietnam’s National Credit Information Center (CIC), Hanoi is moving from damage control to a full regulatory and institutional overhaul. New reporting cited internationally, alongside Vietnamese state media, confirms that the city and the national government have locked in a new cybersecurity law, a mandatory spending floor for public agencies, and...Read More
