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

In our first jobs in cybersecurity, at the Pentagon in 1998, Greg Rattray and I had to help the Air Force to “normalize” cyber and other information operations. But was it more “normal” to treat such operations as an aspect of intelligence or instead as warfighting in a new domain? Our answer matters little to...Read More

Cybersecurity threats are something any business should proactively defend against to avoid becoming a ransomware victim and suffering reputation and revenue loss. Key threats include third-party breaches, AI-powered scams like deepfake videos, and autonomous ransomware models based on sophisticated code. Statista reported that 63% of global businesses were affected by ransomware attacks as of 2025....Read More

The cybercrime wing of Cyberabad police arrested seven persons across multiple States in connection with seven cases detected between May 27 and June 2, officials said on Friday. Of the seven cases detected during the week, three were linked to trading frauds, two to ‘digital arrest’ scams, and two were categorised under operation crackdowns on...Read More

A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. An investigation into the incident revealed that the threat actor had gained access to the victim network at least 18 months before detection, and had also compromised the victim organization’s...Read More

Terry Gerton You have a lot of background on a very important topic, CMMC. In fact, your company received quite a bit of attention last fall when you released a report that found only 1% of defense contractors said they felt ready for the CMMCs rules that were just then going into effect. We’re about...Read More

Silent Ransom Group (SRG): Switching To DNS Fast Flux Infrastructure Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2026 Researchers exposed the Silent Ransom Group ‘s Fast Flux infrastructure as the FBI warns of ongoing attacks targeting U.S. law firms and businesses. Resecurity uncovered the Silent Ransom Group (SRG)’s Fast Flux network infrastructure and shares available intelligence with the...Read More

Ransomware attacks rarely begin with chaos. More often, they start quietly – with probing, mapping, and patient reconnaissance inside a target’s network. That was the situation facing a global recruitment firm when cybercriminals attempted to navigate through the company’s systems. What followed became a real-world demonstration of how modern AI-driven cybersecurity, combined with skilled human...Read More

Someone built a hacking business on Minecraft with a free plan, leaderboards, and a suggestion box. The campaign, dubbed WeedHack, was discovered by researchers from McAfee, who published their findings on June 2. At the time of the report’s publication, 116,464 infections had been recorded, Dexerto reports . The scheme had been operating since January...Read More

The cybersecurity talent shortage exposes global and Mexican businesses to severe operational and financial risks. With a deficit of 77,000 specialists locally and a systemic lack of strategic leadership globally, organizations must invest in internal talent development, AI, and managed services to build resilient corporate defense architectures.   Mexican enterprises face unprecedented vulnerabilities as 40.6 billion...Read More