A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. An investigation into the incident revealed that the threat actor had gained access to the victim network at least 18 months before detection, and had also compromised the victim organization’s...Read More

The cybersecurity talent shortage exposes global and Mexican businesses to severe operational and financial risks. With a deficit of 77,000 specialists locally and a systemic lack of strategic leadership globally, organizations must invest in internal talent development, AI, and managed services to build resilient corporate defense architectures.   Mexican enterprises face unprecedented vulnerabilities as 40.6 billion...Read More

New innovations across Snowflake Horizon Catalog centralize AI governance, context, and security to provide a trusted foundation for enterprise AI across data, tools, and agents Built for the Agentic Era: New enhancements across Snowflake Horizon Catalog ensure that every person, tool, and agent shares the same trusted business context through richer semantic views,...Read More

Ivan Kubrakov. Photo courtesy of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs MINSK, 5 June (BelTA) – In 2025, the number of cybercrimes in Belarus decreased for the first time in recent years, Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov said at the Meeting of Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Security of the Shanghai Cooperation...Read More

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to regulate the development of frontier AI models, with a focus on protecting the nation from cyberattacks and fraud and building an AI-literate workforce. The 269-page draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act would require large frontier AI developers — defined as those with more...Read More

The Good | Fraud Networks Disrupted, Crypto Exchanges Sanctioned & Doxer Arrested This week, the DoJ’s Scam Center Strike Force unveiled results from “Disruption Week,” a first-of-its-kind joint initiative between U.S. agencies and private industry targeting cyber-enabled cryptocurrency investment fraud. Federal investigators from the FBI, Secret Service, and HSI shared threat intelligence with major technology...Read More

05 Jun Virginia Is For Cyber Posted at 09:18h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 5, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Virginia is home to the second largest cybersecurity industry in the country, with around 88,000 cybersecurity workers, according to Cyberseek,...Read More

Reports and online discussions have sparked controversy over claims that the United States government may be exploring the use of Anthropic’s Mythos technology in support of national security and cybersecurity operations. According to a report cited by a prominent UK-based news outlet, Anthropic is believed to have assigned a team of engineers to assist the...Read More

Ransomware activity edged higher in May 2026, with researchers at Comparitech recording 661 attacks worldwide, a 3% increase from April’s 640 incidents. Despite the rise, attack volumes remained below the 700 to 800 monthly range seen during the first quarter of the year. Education organizations experienced the sharpest increase, with attacks jumping 54% month over...Read More

Anthropic, the creator of the Mythos AI, has begun distributing it to 150 organisations worldwide. Photo: NIKOLAS KOKOVLIS/AFP New Zealand’s cyber watchdog has been given access to a frontier AI model with worrisome hacking powers at the same time as US President Donald Trump moves to shore up US national security against any threats. Anthropic,...Read More