CHICO — An investigation into a June 11 cyberattack claimed by an Iranian-linked hacker group found that hackers accessed one California Water Service customer’s online account using stolen credentials, but did not breach the utility’s internal systems or billing infrastructure, the company announced this week. Cal Water has continued to investigate claims made on June...Read More

Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude models after cybersecurity alarm Audio By Carbonatix Enlarge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable...Read More

When most people hear the word “disruption,” they think about business growth, new markets, or a competitor making a bold move. Ransomware crews have their own version. Ransomware-as-a-Service, or RaaS, turns ransomware into a business model built to interrupt legitimate workflows at the worst possible moment. It gives threat actors a way to buy into...Read More

One of the latest threats gaining attention is phantom squatting, a deceptive cyberattack technique that targets organizations, software developers, and internet users by exploiting overlooked or unregistered digital domains. Although less well known than phishing or ransomware, phantom squatting has emerged as a significant cybersecurity concern due to its potential to facilitate data theft, malware...Read More

Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tabled the Cybercrimes Bill 2026 for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on June 22. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The Cybercrimes Bill 2026, described as a “game changer” by deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, was passed by the Dewan Rakyat today. The bill seeks to replace the...Read More

BACOLOD CITY — Murder charges were filed Wednesday against a woman and her alleged lover after they were linked to the death of her 46-year-old husband in Barangay Po-ok, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday. Police Maj. Eric Doronilla, chief of the Hinoba-an Municipal Police Station, said the victim, identified only as By Glazyl M. Jopson...Read More

Researchers say a critical vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite is facing exploitation attempts by a threat actor.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46817, is a flaw in the Oracle Payments, and has a severity score of 9.8.  If successfully exploited, an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP would be able to compromise the product.  Researchers...Read More

Around 22% of the 171,600 cases reported to the agency were reported by women, NCCIA data reveals The Punjab National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday established a dedicated special cell to expedite the registration, investigation, and resolution of cybercrime cases involving women, children, and girls. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Punjab NCCIA Director...Read More

Anthropic is putting Claude Fable 5 back online worldwide. On June 30, the U.S. Commerce Department lifted the export controls it had imposed on Fable and its more tightly controlled sibling Mythos 5 about two and a half weeks earlier. Fable 5 returns to users on Wednesday, July 1, across Claude.ai, the Claude Platform, Claude Code,...Read More

Anthropic on Wednesday unfroze access to its advanced Fable and Mythos AI models after the Trump administration lifted an export-control ban. The return of the two models — with Fable 5 available for general use and the more powerful Mythos 5 limited to a coalition of trusted partners, as it was prior to the ban...Read More