International law enforcement agencies cleaned nearly 15,000 malware-infected WordPress websites and took down more than 100 servers linked to the SocGholish botnet and the Evil Corp Russian cybercrime group. This joint action (supported by Europol and Eurojust) was part of Operation Endgame, a major law enforcement operation now aimed at disrupting a key infection chain...Read More
Old Passwords, Fresh Victims Two cybersecurity firms say a single hacking crew has quietly broken into tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPNs run by major companies worldwide. The campaign, named FortiBleed, skips the usual playbook. There is no secret software flaw and no exotic exploit. The attackers simply logged in with passwords that...Read More
Rob Embers, CEO of CallFort CallFort Company launches new consumer protection platform designed to stop fraudulent calls, protect personal data, and restore trust in phone communication The real threat today is access. Access to your phone, your attention, your data, and ultimately your identity. The scam epidemic isn’t just a fraud problem. It’s an access...Read More
Cybercriminals linked to the DragonForce ransomware group recently compromised a US services firm and concealed their malicious traffic by abusing Microsoft Teams’ relay infrastructure. According to research from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black threat hunter teams, the attackers used a newly identified, custom-built backdoor to keep their activity hidden inside trusted business traffic. The malicious...Read More
A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland has pleaded guilty in a U.S. ransomware case tied to Conti, one of the most damaging cybercrime operations of the early 2020s. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the Justice Department. DOJ said Conti ransomware infected more than 1,000 computers and...Read More
Novo Nordisk has disclosed an IT security incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of internal systems, and a cyber extortion group has since claimed responsibility, saying it walked away with more than a terabyte of sensitive data after the Danish pharmaceutical company refused to pay a $25 million ransom. According to SecurityWeek, FulcrumSec...Read More
The AI safety partnership will include Korean-language model evaluation and cyber threat information sharing. Anthropic has opened an office in Seoul and announced a series of partnerships across South Korea’s AI ecosystem, alongside a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Science and ICT on AI safety. The company said the Seoul office will...Read More
Amid the row over its decision to temporarily restrict access to Telegram, the Centre, in an affidavit submitted before the Delhi High Court, stated that the messaging platform has emerged as a major cause of concern for law enforcement agencies as it is being extensively used by criminals to avoid detection, making it the “new...Read More
4 min readBengaluruUpdated: Jun 18, 2026 04:08 PM IST The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday opposed the bail plea of gambling businessman Sunish Hegde, arguing that he utilised the services of notorious hacker Srikrishna, alias Sriki, to hack online poker sites and extort Rs 2 crore in the form of gambling chips at casinos, cash,...Read More
