• Summons agency’s chief for briefing on online portal, enforcement timelines• Senators seek briefing on revised mechanism for registration of blasphemy FIRs ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights expressed concern over the delay in processing of complaints by the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and the technical issues with its online complaint portal....Read More
Accenture confirms cyberattack after threat actor “888” advertised selling 35GB of stolen source code and keys from its Azure DevOps repos Hacker claims archive includes RSA/SSH keys, Azure PATs, storage access keys, and configs, though details remain unverified Accenture says the breach was remediated with no operational impact; the same actor previously tried selling Accenture...Read More
Cybersecurity this week was defined by the rapid escalation of AI-enabled threats targeting critical sectors. Financial institutions faced surging attacks and fraud, researchers identified the first documented agentic ransomware campaign, and industry leaders emphasized that closing the cybersecurity talent gap has become as essential as deploying new defensive technologies. Ready? This is your Week in...Read More
Published On : 2026-07-10 Ransomware In Focus CYFIRMA Research and Advisory Team would like to highlight ransomware trends and insights gathered while monitoring various forums. This includes multiple industries, geography, and technology that could be relevant to your organization. Type: RansomwareTarget Technologies: Windows OSTarget Countries: Brazil, India, Paraguay, TurkeyTarget Industries: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail &...Read More
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday called for a stronger partnership between law enforcement agencies worldwide to tackle shared challenges of “terrorism,” human smuggling and cybercrime, stressing the importance of adopting modern technology and training to curb crimes. Naqvi was speaking at the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026) in New...Read More
Microsoft has taken apart a destructive Windows backdoor it calls GigaWiper. What stands out is how it is built: not one tool but three older destructive programs bolted into one, offered as commands the operator can choose from. Each is a different way to break a machine: wipe the whole disk, overwrite the Windows drive,...Read More
Several popular AI coding assistants were tricked into facilitating developer machine hacking via an attack technique that has been known for decades, according to Google-owned cloud security giant Wiz. Dubbed GhostApproval, the attack has been successfully tested against Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer, Cursor, Google Antigravity, Augment, and Windsurf. GhostApproval leverages symbolic link (symlink) following,...Read More
When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative...Read More
Authorities arrested more than 5,800 alleged cybercriminals and seized $293 million in a global operation targeting social-engineering scams and money laundering across 97 countries, Interpol said Thursday. The anti-fraud crackdown, dubbed Operation First Light, identified more than 142,000 victims, including people, businesses and governments, officials said. “Social engineering scams continue to pose a significant threat...Read More
AssuranceAmerica Breach Exposes 7 Million Driver’s Licenses After Employee Account Hack Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026 AssuranceAmerica confirmed a breach exposing nearly 7 million driver’s licenses after hackers compromised an employee account and stole customer data. U.S. auto insurer AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting nearly 7 million people, making it the largest known...Read More
