Like Batman telling Robin to get to the Batmobile, the US government has called on the private sector to act as its sidekick in the fight against foreign cybercriminals. According to an Aug. 12 memorandum signed by President Donald Trump, the National Coordination Center (NCC) is slated to stand up a program that will enable...Read More

AI agents spun up by OpenAI broke into its own networks during tests gone wrong, the company said in a report published Wednesday. The 37-page report reveals previously undisclosed aspects of the recent hacking spree powered by OpenAI’s most advanced models. Some of the rogue behavior, which culminated in the highly publicized breach of the...Read More

Key Points: The New England Conference is working to recover after a cybersecurity incident resulted in the theft of $1.6 million. Conference leaders are also taking steps to help fellow United Methodists prevent wire fraud. The conference especially warns church staff members of how fraudulent actors often get into computer systems by creating a false...Read More

Hyderabad police have warned citizens about a new form of ‘hybrid cyber fraud’ in which organised gangs combine mobile phone theft with cybercrime to empty victims’ bank accounts. Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said senior citizens and people with limited technological awareness were being specifically targeted. The Hyderabad Cybercrime Wing arrested three accused in connection...Read More

OpenAI released its official report Wednesday on the Hugging Face breach, offering the clearest picture yet of how an unusual chain of events allowed an AI model to escape its testing environment and triggered a sprawling cybersecurity incident. The report, released more than a month after the incident became public, spans several discrete cybersecurity compromises....Read More

Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police arrested two in connection with cyber fraud Pune: A final-year homeopathy student, who was arrested in a cybercrime case in 2024, allegedly formed a network of criminals while lodged in Yerawada Central Prison and, after his release seven months ago, resumed supplying mule bank accounts to cybercrooks.The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police...Read More

Homi Bhabha Cancer Institute Chandigarh: A ransomware attack that disrupted the IT systems of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Research Centre, New Chandigarh, has exposed serious gaps in cybersecurity preparedness at Tata Memorial Centre, with Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagging the failure to conduct a root-cause analysis and implement measures to prevent a recurrence.The report,...Read More

LEBANON – Last month, a news release from AVA Gallery and Art Center left me arching an eyebrow.  Johannes Grenzfurthner, an Austrian artist and practitioner of “context hacking,” was stopping by the gallery on Aug. 12 as part of a tour across the U.S. and Canada.  “AVA is not the destination; we’re the layover. We’re...Read More

A sweeping cyber intrusion into key U.S. institutions has turned cybersecurity stocks into a focal point, as investors reassess how exposed companies are to state-backed hackers and critical infrastructure risks. This shock to confidence can also be a source of opportunity, especially for stocks seen as part of the solution. This article introduces three cybersecurity...Read More

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime QScan and QTRouter Used US-Registered Domains and Overseas Servers to Mask Operations Tiffany Wang • August 26, 2026     Image: Shutterstock The United States government took down websites that Chinese state hackers used to operate as hacking platforms for targeting critical infrastructure and federal systems,...Read More