05 Jun Virginia Is For Cyber Posted at 09:18h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 5, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Virginia is home to the second largest cybersecurity industry in the country, with around 88,000 cybersecurity workers, according to Cyberseek,...Read More
The US National Security Agency is reportedly using Anthropic’s cutting-edge Mythos AI model for hacking. Mythos has not been publicly released because of its powerful abilities to detect and exploit software vulnerabilities, and instead is being offered to select institutions to help them build defenses. The NSA is apparently using it for offensive purposes even...Read More
Another week in information security means another week where AI is in the headlines, either because someone’s used it to bypass a platform’s security, or because hackers are using AI to supercharge their attacks and target more people. In the first case, we reported that hackers used Meta’s AI chatbot to gain access to high-profile...Read More
Scam compounds across Southeast Asia are no longer just running mass-message fraud. They are using artificial intelligence and automation to make cybercrime faster, more convincing, and harder for APAC security teams to contain. For organizations operating in the region, the risk now extends beyond fake messages and obvious phishing attempts. AI-assisted scams can be localized,...Read More
A new ransomware strain called VECT 2.0 is raising serious concerns among security professionals, and for a troubling reason — even if a victim pays the ransom, the attacker’s own decryptor may not fully restore their files. This is not a typical failure tied to weak defenses or victim error. The damage, in many cases,...Read More
Background Akira is one of the most consequential ransomware groups operating globally, and the most prolific by total ransom proceeds in 2025. Active since April 2023, the group operates as a closed RaaS enterprise using double extortion — combining encryption with the threat to publicly release stolen data — to pressure victims into payment. Akira...Read More
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in Everest Forms Pro, a WordPress plugin with about 4,000 active installations, to execute arbitrary code, leading to a complete site compromise. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3300 (CVSS score: 9.8), a remote code execution bug impacting all versions of the plugin up to, and including,...Read More
Piper Sandler said Rubrik’s lead metrics and normalized growth were “still quite solid.” For the first quarter, Rubrik reported total revenue of $387.1 million and adjusted earnings per share of $0.16, both ahead of estimates. For fiscal 2027, the total revenue forecast was increased to the $1.64 billion to $1.65 billion range, and adjusted EPS...Read More
The federal high court sitting in Abuja has adjourned until June 15th for ruling on the application filed by the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore seeking the judge to recuse himself from his trial. At the resumed sitting Sowore told the court that he will…… The federal high court sitting...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Saskatchewan King’s Bench judge has ordered Ryan James Roach’s extradition to the United States, where he faces charges related to...Read More
