The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors’ and other cybercriminals’ malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans. The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian...Read More
By Yonnex Li ( July 14, 2026, 08:07 GMT | Insight) — Hong Kong is studying whether to introduce targeted legislation against cybercrimes after artificial intelligence-enhanced cyber threats contributed to a 240 percent year-on-year increase in network threat intelligence reports in 2025. The government is also monitoring developments in post-quantum cryptography as quantum computing advances...Read More
Underground hacking forums are producing more original tutorials again, with growing attention on financial fraud, particularly the theft and fraudulent use of payment card data, known as carding, and cash-out techniques. New tutorials per month versus reposts (Source: Radware) Fraud tutorials gain momentum Radware analyzed 8,870 tutorial posts published across 24 deep- and dark-web forums...Read More
Cyber criminals are no longer operating as isolated individuals, many now function like highly organised mini businesses, developing sophisticated attack methods before selling access, tools or stolen data onto larger criminal networks. From what we’re seeing across Xypher’s work with a multitude of businesses across all sectors we can categorically say that artificial intelligence is...Read More
Actors have exploited, at the very least, CVE-2018-0171 (published in 2018) and CVE-2008-4128 (published in 2008), according to the bulletin. Both of these targeted Cisco routers, giving remote, unauthenticated attackers the ability to execute arbitrary code, take unauthorized actions, or cause a denial of service (DoS). Notable groups using this method are known to the...Read More
Angelo Martino helped scam ransomware victims out of over $75 million, officials said. A negotiator who dealt with scammers on behalf of ransomware victims was actually colluding with the attackers. Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce through extortion. Martino, who faced up to 20 years in prison, sought a sentence of...Read More
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has issued a joint warning alongside nearly two dozen partner agencies about Russian-linked hackers targeting critical Australian industries. The ASD has highlighted poorly secured network devices as easy targets for hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). It says cyber actors operating for the FSB are targeting critical infrastructure...Read More
Mumbai, July 14: TVS Electronics Ltd. has entered into a strategic alliance memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an established cybersecurity solutions provider, a move that signals the company’s intent to strengthen its presence in fast-growing enterprise technology segments such as cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI-driven digital transformation. Rather than being a customer contract, the agreement...Read More
WASHINGTON — Today, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating two individuals and one entity enabling ransomware actors’ and other cybercriminals’ malign activities, notably ransomware attacks against Americans. These include First VPN Service (1VPNS), a virtual private network (VPN) provider selling services to ransomware groups, and its administrator, Dmytro Rashevskyi (Rashevskyi). OFAC is also...Read More
Dar es Salaam. Weak enforcement of SIM card registration rules and the misuse of customers’ personal information by rogue mobile phone agents are fuelling online fraud, raising concerns over the effectiveness of existing safeguards. A Mwananchi investigation found that despite public awareness campaigns and repeated police operations, some dishonest SIM card agents continue to use...Read More
