Cybercriminals have been keeping busy. The 2025 Internet Crime Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a continued rise in internet crime complaints, with officials receiving more than 3,000 per day and the annual total surpassing 1 million for the first time. (And that figure is likely far below the actual total, since...Read More
The personal data of more than 17,300 clients of Australian estate agent MMJ Real Estate has potentially been exposed in a data breach. You’re out of free articles for this month
The data listed by the hacker includes full names, emails, mobile phone numbers, addresses, details of business interests, and the property price ranges...Read More
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute focusing on the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. Recognized by its peers in the think tank community as the global center of excellence for science and technology policy, ITIF’s mission is to formulate and promote policy solutions...Read More
Summary On May 30, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Genesis claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on A Roettgers (arc-rci.com), a leading fuel distributor and gas station operator in the United States. The threat actors have announced their intent to release sensitive data unless the company initiates negotiations. Incident Report Field Details Target A Roettgers Domain...Read More
From War Games to The Matrix and Mr Robot, new James Cook University research reveals how film and gaming representations of the computer “hacker” are driven by our own insecurities around technology, cybercrime and surveillance. JCU Associate Professor of Information Technology Roberto Dillon published his new historical analysis in the journal New media and society,...Read More
There’s no denying the ongoing threat of cybersecurity attacks. The global average cost of a data breach in 2025 was $4.44 million, according to a report by IBM, and the threat grows with each passing year. Add to that the threat of hackers deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to gain access, and the stakes have never...Read More
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. Nobitex is believed to have helped evade economic sanctions and also facilitated transactions linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Among the transactions, the U.S. authorities found wallets associated...Read More
Blackmarket Biometrics: Inside the Illicit SIM Trade Black-market boom: A thriving trade in pre-registered SIMs on social media and high streets is completely undermining biometric security Parallel finance: Crimewaves are being funded by bundled SIMs and fake mobile wallets that allow syndicates to launder cash abroad Data compromised: Corrupt insiders and data leaks have allowed...Read More
North Korea’s state-backed hackers have an “aggressive, relentless” knack for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, making them more dangerous than other groups, a former FBI agent told Benzinga. Social Engineering Hacks? North Korean hackers pose an existential threat to cryptocurrency ecosystems, having stolen over $2 billion worth of assets in 2025 alone. Things have worsened in 2026,...Read More
The New York Stock Exchange and its parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, are now using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to scan their infrastructure for security flaws. The deployment, announced June 3, makes ICE one of the largest financial institutions to join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that pairs advanced AI with critical infrastructure operators to...Read More
