We’ve heard of OpenAI’s AI agents running amok and hacking other companies. Now, a cybersecurity company has turned the tables on the ChatGPT operator by using AI to help hack OpenAI itself. The hack, which also exposed a bug affecting dozens of other major online services, was conducted as security research. OpenAI paid the researchers...Read More
A PAYLOAD ransomware incident weaponized Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy to disrupt an organization’s Windows computers without deploying ransomware or encrypting files. Instead, the attackers used the company’s own administration infrastructure to display ransom notes, change wallpapers, deactivate local administrator accounts, and turn off Windows Firewall across the network. Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team (GERT)...Read More
Cybersecurity teams are being pushed to breaking point, according to new research, with sluggish workforce growth struggling to keep pace with a rising tide of attacks. In a new survey from ISACA, more than one-third (38%) of European IT and cyber professionals said their organization has faced more attacks this year than all of 2025....Read More
A Chinese-speaking threat actor has engaged in a hacking campaign at least since June, involving the theft of thousands of documents from, at minimum, one Western government, according to a Monday blog post from threat intelligence firm GreyNoise. The hacker targeted critical vulnerabilities in multiple technologies, including WordPress, Zyxel and Ubiquiti, and is suspected of...Read More
The European Union can not respond effectively to major cybersecurity incidents because of insufficient information sharing, the European Court of Auditors said in a report published on Monday. George-Marius Hyzler, the auditor responsible for the report, said timely and actionable information was essential during serious cybersecurity incidents. Without it, he said, the effectiveness of EU...Read More
Cybercriminals do not only target companies and public institutions. They can also attack each other. Although some groups collaborate for their malicious activities and others emerge as small ‘offspring’ of larger collectives, it can also happen that two formations have their rivalry and even engage in relentless battles over victims, money, reputation, and other things....Read More
Lilith Wittmann, a Berlin-based hacker and cybersecurity researcher, gained access to the licensing system of the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA). Among the documents that formed the basis of a joint investigation by several media outlets were details on approximately 800 beneficiaries of roughly 650 licensed companies. The investigation revealed the official owners of entities...Read More
The cybercrime ecosystem has always been competitive, but recent events suggest that competition between ransomware and data-extortion groups is taking a more aggressive turn. A striking example emerged in September third week of 2026, when the ShinyHunters cybercrime group claimed to have breached the infrastructure of rival ransomware group Clop and taken control of its...Read More
Cyble and the UAE Cyber Security Council a MoU on threat‑intelligence capabilities UAE and Cyble announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’ Cyber Security Council (CSC), the federal entity responsible for strengthening the country’s cybersecurity posture. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation centred on advanced threat intelligence,...Read More
“Whitehat operators” have moved 52.37 $BTC to an address linked to a newly formed recovery trust, as part of the ongoing fallout from July’s Coldcard hardware wallet exploit, according to Galaxy Digital’s Head of Research Alex Thorn. The Coldcard crypto hardware wallet hack began on July 30, with multiple batches (waves 1, 2, and 3)...Read More
