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
Like many college students, Alexa Canepa was nervous about taking an online statistics class, but the 19‑year‑old had an additional factor to contend with: she is blind. The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will be holding a special board meeting on Tuesday, June 9. This summer, the Santa Clarita Public Library invites the community to...Read More
Overview On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced resolution agreements and corrective action plans with four regulated entities[1] following separate ransomware investigations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule.[2] The settlements are the culmination of OCR investigations...Read More
Ultrahuman’s user database was recently hacked, and the smart ring company says there was “no evidence of misuse.” On March 27, Ultrahuman experienced a security breach that allowed malicious actors to access internal databases. The company recently sent an email alerting users of the breach. The hacked system was reportedly an internal analytics system, and...Read More
DICKINSON — The Bowman City Commission held a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 2, where they confronted the city’s cybersecurity weaknesses and watched a presentation from CyberNet Security about what they can do to be safer. The city commission made decisions on a variety of topics during their meeting such as addressing an application for...Read More
Authorities in Europe arrested 29 alleged cybercriminals and took down more than 27,000 illegal streaming URLs that pirated major sporting events, films and TV programming, Europol said Wednesday. The continent-wide collaboration, led by Bulgaria and the European Union’s police agency, allowed authorities to dismantle nine organized crime groups supporting the illicit streaming networks, officials said....Read More
