FIJI has moved to sharpen its cybercrime defences and push Pacific-wide coordination. Acting Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Siromi Turaga said the region’s digital shift was accelerating and warned that legal systems must keep pace. “As we meet today, we must recognise that the digital landscape of the Pacific is transforming at a rapid pace,”...Read More

Contact information, direct messages and connected accounts were all potentially compromised, Meta said. Hackers used Meta AI to hack into 20,225 Instagram accounts, Meta reported in a US local government data breach notice on 5 June. According to the notice to the attorney general for Maine, the breach occurred on 17 April, but wasn’t discovered...Read More

EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — A confidential El Paso County cybersecurity audit containing sensitive information about the county’s technology security framework was mistakenly posted online for public access and later removed after KFOX14/CBS4 questioned county officials. KFOX14/CBS4 found the internal malware audit on May 21st while reviewing county records and began asking county officials how...Read More

Cyber security firm Check Point has disclosed a critical-severity vulnerability in several of its VPN and firewall products that has been actively exploited since at least 7 May 2026, with exploitation increasing into June. CVE-2026-50751 was initially disclosed on 8 June and added to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog...Read More

TrendAI has published research on a cybercrime economy built around stolen healthcare data, ransomware, and traded access to health systems. The findings are based on a year-long review of dark web forums, marketplaces, and ransomware leak sites. Researchers examined 7,779 underground forum posts, 21,813 marketplace listings, and 95 ransomware leak sites linked to healthcare-related cybercrime...Read More

Shakir Ahamed says he was at work last July, handling payroll for the Canadian Coast Guard in the Maritimes, when he received a text from TD warning that he was approaching the limit on his line of credit. I’m panicking, said Ahamed, who says he hadn’t touched his line of credit and immediately knew something...Read More

Over the last two months, the world has seen, in real time, the challenges and urgency of protecting maritime vessels from geopolitical threats. Since airstrikes began on Iran at the end of February, the Strait of Hormuz has become a focal point for maritime physical security. However, protection doesn’t end at physical safety for the vessel and...Read More

Check Point Research has uncovered active exploitation of CVE-2026-50751, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Check Point Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments, with confirmed post-compromise activity linked to the Qilin ransomware gang. CVE-2026-50751 targets deployments configured to use the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange protocol. By exploiting a logic flaw in certificate...Read More

June 9, 2026 PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s online scam industry appears to be expanding despite a nationwide government crackdown, with Amnesty International reporting a rise in identified scam centres from 53 to 86 over the past year. The finding challenges Cambodia’s claim that authorities have significantly weakened cybercrime networks that have turned the country into...Read More

Jun 9, 2026 An op-ed published on June 8, 2026, by Youri Hart, Vice President of Product and Solutions at Marlink, warns that the maritime industry faces a growing cyber threat alongside physical dangers in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the source, airstrikes on Iran that began at the end of February have made...Read More