The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was investigating a cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system. The event has not impacted ATF’s ability to perform its missions, according to the statement. The ATF is a Justice Department law enforcement agency tasked with investigating violent crime. The system that was hacked is...Read More
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), cybercrime syndicates are increasingly employing decentralization strategies to evade detection and disruption, according to a new report by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), a regional inter-governmental body based in Australia. This comes in response to the...Read More
A Russian hacking group active since April has been using SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to conduct cyberattacks. Reuters reported that the group used Cursor to break into a Belgian chemical company. The wire service reported that the group had also launched successful attacks against at least six other firms. Gambit Security identified the hacking...Read More
Shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) soared on Thursday after the identity management leader delivered strong quarterly profits. Image source: Getty Images. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same “Total Conviction” signal is...Read More
By AJ Vicens Aug 27 (Reuters) – A ransomware group gained access to a computer system containing information about targets of investigations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a spokesperson for the U.S. agency said after a hacking group publicized a claimed breach on Wednesday. Tanya Roman, a spokesperson for the agency,...Read More
Last month, OpenAI revealed that its agents had hacked open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hugging Face. Now, a pair of reports—one by OpenAI and the other from independent researchers—offers new details into the cybersecurity incident. For example, independent investigators METR and Redwood Research, which had been brought in by OpenAI, found that the breach wasn’t...Read More
Researchers from the cybersecurity company Bitdefender have detected two phishing campaigns targeting both hotels and other types of tourist accommodations, where instead of trying to scam travelers, the establishments themselves are attacked. This finding means that threats focused on the hotel sector have changed course. In the past, scams on WhatsApp impersonating hotels to deceive...Read More
Ransomware kept its grip on organizations through the second quarter of 2026, and the headline number barely moved. What changed underneath that number is more interesting: new research gave us a rare look inside a top tier operation as it was being built, and it revealed just how little it now takes for a small...Read More
A hacker’s reuse of an online screen name likely helped investigators catch him. On Thursday, law enforcement arrested two men in Australia who are allegedly part of TeamPCP, a hacking gang that’s been spreading malware through open-source software tools. One of the reported suspects, 21-year-old Ruben Thomson, wasn’t hard to identify because of his association...Read More
Shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) soared on Thursday after the identity management leader delivered strong quarterly profits. Image source: Getty Images. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same “Total Conviction” signal is flashing...Read More
