Kichang Yang, senior vice president and head of HMG Security Center, explains the Trilateral Executive Dialogue cybersecurity working group at Hyundai Motor Group headquarters in Seoul. Photo courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group
June 24 (Asia Today) — Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have launched a cybersecurity working group under a trilateral forum...Read More
Europol Disrupts StealC and Amadey Malware Infrastructure in Operation Endgame Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2026 Operation Endgame disrupted malware services like StealC and Amadey that enable ransomware, fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure. Between June 15 and 19, 2026, Europol coordinated a two-week law enforcement operation involving agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the...Read More
Tech Radar reports that the phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation known as EvilTokens has dramatically scaled its operations, increasing phishing attacks by 1,380% in early 2026 compared to the previous year, largely due to the integration of artificial intelligence.The Huntress report highlights how EvilTokens operates like a modern tech startup, offering sophisticated phishing capabilities through subscription tiers...Read More
A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed ‘Edgecution’ has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. Access to the local system is obtained by leveraging the Chrome Native Messaging protocol that allows browser extensions to interact with native desktop applications, such as a password manager communicating with...Read More
The Wall Street Journal reported that signs have emerged that the Central Bank of Iran used part of the crypto assets stolen in North Korea’s Bybit hack. The funds moved through multiple transactions to CoinEx, a Chinese-linked cryptocurrency exchange, and may have been used to evade U.S. economic sanctions on Iran. TRM Labs said wallets...Read More
Akron Public Schools‘ buildings closed Wednesday for a “network outage” caused by a cybersecurity breach. As of Wednesday afternoon, the district was still offline but planned to reopen with most regular programming, athletics and offices available on Thursday. Office staff would work remotely to access WiFi, Superintendent Mary Outley said in a text message, and...Read More
The Assad regime may have collapsed, but several of its most repressive legal instruments continue to cast a long shadow over public life. Foremost among them is Cybercrime Law No. 20 of 2022, a statute crafted in the regime’s final years to police the digital sphere through sweeping, ambiguous charges such as “undermining the prestige...Read More
Cybercriminals allegedly broke into tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways used by major companies around the world, turning one of business cybersecurity’s most trusted front doors into the story itself. Security researchers have called the campaign FortiBleed. Fortinet, however, says the activity does not come from a new vulnerability or recent security...Read More
Cybersecurity threats rarely stand still. Attackers innovate at pace, probing weaknesses not only in systems but with the assumption organisations make about how those systems are protected. A recent development linked to The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) ecosystem illustrates this shift clearly. The group is reported to be developing GentleKiller, a framework designed to disable endpoint...Read More
