From 25 to 27 August 2026, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized the second specialized training course on the “Foundations of Digital Forensics and the Use of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) for Fighting Cybercrime” for 18 representatives of Tajikistan’s law enforcement and judicial authorities. The training brought together 13 officers from the Ministry of Internal...Read More

The Department of Justice and FBI seized domains powering QScan and QTRouter, hacking tools linked to a Chinese state-sponsored group. The action, announced today, followed court authorisation and targeted infrastructure the department says was used against US critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks. Court documents unsealed in the Southern District of California identify the group...Read More

This week in cybersecurity highlighted how AI is simultaneously expanding defensive capabilities and creating new attack vectors. OpenAI detailed how AI agents breached Hugging Face in a multi-stage compromise, while researchers identified hidden code instructions as an emerging threat to AI models. At the enterprise level, 86% of SMEs surveyed by Kaspersky experienced at least...Read More

AFP and Reuters, BEIJING and WASHINGTON China yesterday warned the US against “smearing” Beijing with hacking allegations after US law enforcement disrupted Internet domains it said were used by Chinese state-sponsored groups. The US on Wednesday said it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on the US Department of Justice,...Read More

The FBI and the Department of Justice have seized domains linked to a yearslong effort by China-nexus hackers to target U.S. critical infrastructure providers and government agencies for espionage and other activity.  Authorities said a state-backed group known as QTFY operated hacking platforms known as QScan and QTRouter in an operation that went after various...Read More

More than 100 companies, including AI giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Perplexity, have signed an open letter calling for a global effort to strengthen AI-powered cybersecurity threats. “We have a limited window to strengthen cyber defenses,” the letter read. “In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models...Read More

MOUNT HOPE, Ala. (WHNT) — West Lawrence Water confirmed a recent security breach targeting both its information technology systems and its physical facility at one of its operational sites. West Lawrence Water said it immediately isolated the affected systems, engaged third-party cybersecurity and law enforcement partners, and secured the impacted facility. There was no water service...Read More

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating a cybersecurity event affecting one of its systems, which Justice Department officials have designated a “major incident” under federal guidelines. The disclosure came after the ransomware group Qilin listed ATF on its dark-web leak site and claimed to have compromised the agency. ATF has not...Read More

Chinese hacking operation stymied Chinese hacking operations target critical U.S. infrastructure before the Department of Justice blocks the cyber infiltration. Bret Baier and the ‘Special Report’ All-Star Panel analyze the national security threat, along with President Donald Trump’s 97% endorsement success rate in recent Republican primaries. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese...Read More

Salesforce closed up 22.5% on August 27, a single-session move that is essentially unheard of for a company at its scale. Four of the five biggest gainers were cybersecurity stocks, with Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik, SentinelOne and Fortinet all clearing double digits on the day. Disclosure *$149 for two years (or $1.43 per week) is...Read More