Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday cautioned listed companies and regulated entities about an emerging cyber fraud known as the ‘Boss Scam’ or CEO/MD impersonation scam, in which fraudsters use artificial intelligence-driven deepfakes, voice cloning and malicious software to trick finance officials into transferring funds. In a public statement, Sebi...Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama-based River Bank & Trust has filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission following a cybersecurity incident in which ransomware spread across part of its network. According to the filing, someone gained unauthorized access to the bank’s network on June 16. Three days later, bank officials determined ransomware...Read More
Ernst & Young is notifying customers of a data breach caused by the compromise of a third-party support ticket system used by its IT personnel. According to the company, support tickets submitted through the platform may have included documents containing client tax information. Ernst & Young (EY) is among the world’s four largest auditing and...Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration need to do more to protect airports, airlines, and the flying public from cyber attacks, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. “Aircraft depend on avionics and ground systems to get from one place to the next safely,” states the 84-page report released Thursday....Read More
Cybersecurity researchers have attributed the April 2026 DigiCert security incident to a threat activity cluster dubbed CylindricalCanine. Expel, which shared technical details of the event, described the threat actor as a sub-group of GoldenEyeDog (aka APT-Q-27, Dragon Breath, and Miuuti Group), a Chinese cybercrime group known for its targeting of the gambling and gaming sectors...Read More
A YOUNG cyber attack hacker was described as a “modern day Oliver Twist” as he was sent to prison for his part in a hit on Transport for London’s systems. Defence lawyers for Thalha Jubair, 20, said he had been groomed like Dickens’ most famous character into a gang behind cyber attacks before playing a role...Read More
Seventeen companies in the United States have reported or been affected by cyber incidents this year amid a worldwide surge in artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks, Reuters reported Friday (July 17). The latest company to report a cyberattack is Fairlife, a dairy company owned by The Coca-Cola Co. Coca-Cola said in a Thursday press release that Fairlife...Read More
As of July 16, the convention’s nearly 80 signatories are Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czechia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, the European Union, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Ireland, Jamaica,...Read More
Coca-Cola on Thursday said it is investigating a ransomware attack that impacted its Fairlife dairy unit and has suspended production at the company’s U.S. production facilities. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it trying to determine the full scope of the attack and what impact it might have on its...Read More
The number of ransomware attacks which target government departments and agencies has risen to the extent that one has its services restricted by encryption every single day. The figure comes from analysis by researchers at Comparitech, who studied ransomware incidents which targeted government entities between January and June 2026. The research, published on July 16,...Read More
