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
Dragos’ industry-leading OT threat detection, trusted vendor-neutral platform and proprietary dataset will be enhanced through the acquisitions of runZero and NetRise. The addition of runZero will bring comprehensive exposure assessment and attack-surface intelligence. NetRise will add a unique software supply chain dataset and firmware-level visibility into device exposure. Combining Dragos with runZero and NetRise will...Read More
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Eset Links Group’s Growth to Integrated Endpoint-Killing Tools Tiffany Wang • June 18, 2026 Image: Shutterstock/ISMG Prolific ransomware group The Gentlemen is anything but mild and calm with endpoint detection and response, say researchers who found that the extortionists have turned EDR killing into a...Read More
INTERPOL’s 2025/2026 Asia and South Pacific Cyberthreat Assessment, covering January 2024 to March 2025 across 18 member countries, reports that more than half of surveyed countries cite cybercrime above 30 per cent of national crime, alongside more than 135,000 ransomware attacks and a 92% rise in DDoS attacks. INTERPOL has published its 2025/2026 Asia and...Read More
A ransomware group that was relatively unknown just a few years ago has rapidly emerged as one of the world’s most active cybercrime operations, according to new research from Acronis’ Threat Research Unit (TRU). The report traces the rise of INC ransomware from its appearance in 2023 to its current position as a major global...Read More
FortiBleed Exposes Admin Passwords for 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2026 FortiBleed: Admin Passwords for 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Are Out in the Wild. Half the Internet-Facing Fortinets on the Planet. Security researcher Bob Diachenko found a server sitting open on the internet containing what appeared to be valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including usernames,...Read More
Speaking on behalf of Cabinet Secretary Hon. William Kabogo Gitau, E.G.H., Tanui highlighted that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical concern but a strategic necessity for economic growth, national resilience, digital trust, and global competitiveness. Principal Secretary for the State Department of ICT and Digital Economy , John Kipchumba Tanui, CBS, has emphasized the importance...Read More
