A suspected China-aligned cybercrime group tracked as TA4922, previously known for targeting organisations in East Asia, is now running campaigns against organisations in the UK, Germany, Italy, and South Africa. Proofpoint researchers said the group has increased its attacks in recent months, using familiar phishing tactics with a growing set of malware tools. The activity...Read More
The National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) was hit by a ransomware attack after a bug was exploited in its web hosting provider’s software. The attack is still causing technical problems, with emails between the Post Office and the NFSP “paused”, said the Post Office. On 30 April, days after a bug in software from...Read More
AI model developer Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its cybersecurity initiative aimed at protecting critical software infrastructure from frontier model capabilities, adding another 150 organizations across more than 15 countries to the program. The expansion follows the company’s April launch of the initiative, which initially gave 50 organizations access to Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused...Read More
03 Jun 500 Ransomware Statistics For 2026 Posted at 08:50h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 3, 2026 – Read the full story from Bright Defense Ransomware has existed for more than 35 years and remains the fastest-growing category of cybercrime, showing no...Read More
A new report from Black Kite suggests the financial sector is entering a more dangerous phase of cyber risk, one in which traditional ransomware attacks and rapidly expanding third-party vulnerabilities are converging into what the company describes as a “dual storm.” In its newly released 2026 Financial Services Report: The Dual Storm of Ransomware and...Read More
A pro-Iran hacker group known as Handala has issued a statement claiming it possesses information on US Navy officers, as well as the locations of what it described as secret American military bases in the region. It also said Handala’s cyber command has access to a newly updated and reclassified database of targets linked to...Read More
WASHINGTON–An Executive Order on artificial intelligence (AI) released Tuesday does not create any new rights or obligations for credit unions but could impact them in several ways, America’s Credit Unions said. A section of the order directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the director of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Agency (CISA), to release...Read More
Cyber crime arrests rarely lead to convictions. (Image created via ChatGPT) Only a handful of people have been convicted for cyber offences since the Cyber Crimes Act (Act 19 of 2020) officially came into effect in 2021. This is primarily due to the lack of adequate skills and resources required to investigate the borderless and...Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced that GM Sectec, a global leader in PCI-led managed security services with key operations in North America, Latin America, and Europe, has joined the Akamai Partner Connect Program. The partnership is intended to help global enterprises simplify the transition to PCI DSS...Read More
