The 39-year-old man, who holds Iranian and Turkish citizenship, was identified by Montenegrin media as Amir Barati and was arrested in the Adriatic resort town of Kotor, Montenegro’s police directorate said Thursday. He is wanted by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges including conspiracy to commit computer fraud,...Read More
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) executive Grant Jewell received the Global ORBIE Award for cybersecurity leadership. Jewell serves as Corporate Director & Deputy CISO, with the award recognizing leadership, business transformation, and industry impact. The recognition...Read More
Ransomware operators continue to evolve their techniques to evade modern security defenses. Instead of simply encrypting files immediately after gaining access, newer strains are actively disabling security products first, ensuring that their payloads can execute with minimal interference. New reporting from Cybersecurity News reveals that the GentleKiller ransomware targets and terminates Endpoint Detection and Response...Read More
An alleged Iranian hacker accused of hacking US infrastructure has been arrested in Montenegro following a joint operation by Montenegrin police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The suspect is expected to face charges related to computer fraud, hacking, conspiracy, and identity theft after authorities linked him to a years-long cyber campaign that...Read More
Chinese cybersecurity company Qihoo 360 Security Technology says it has built two AI tools to rival Anthropic’s Mythos. The rhetoric sounds like it was pulled straight from the Cold War. Qihoo 360 founder Zhou Hongyi showed off the tools at a conference in Beijing. “Tu Long Feng” automatically hunts for vulnerabilities, while “Yi Tian Zhen”...Read More
Executive summary In early 2026, a sophisticated intrusion initially appearing to be a standard Chaos ransomware attack was assessed to be consistent with a targeted state-sponsored operation. While the threat actor operated under the banner of the Chaos ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group, forensic analysis revealed the incident was a “false flag” masquerade. Technical artifacts, including a...Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman as they participate in a meeting with leaders during the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool) ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of...Read More
Bajaj Auto Limited on Tuesday informed stock exchanges that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident involving a ransomware attack that affected its systems and those of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bajaj Auto Technology Ltd. In a regulatory filing, the company said the incident occurred on June 23, 2026, around 8 am IST. Bajaj Auto added...Read More
Decentralized prediction market Polymarket has promised to fully refund users affected by a hacker attack that came to light this week. Polymarket is a cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform that enables users to trade on the likely outcomes of real-world events ranging from elections and economic indicators to sports and cultural happenings. The company has shared...Read More
