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

U.S President Donald Trump has issued a policy directive outlining how the federal government should approach Artificial Intelligence, emphasizing reduced regulation, closer work with industry, and expanded cybersecurity defences across federal systems.  The order titled ‘Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security’ argues that the U.S. maintains leadership in AI due to private-sector innovation and...Read More

A new ransomware group known as Payouts King has quietly been building a reputation since it first appeared in April 2025. While it spent most of last year flying under the radar, early 2026 brought a noticeable spike in activity tied to former affiliates of the now-defunct BlackBasta operation. The group targets organizations through well-worn...Read More

These challenges underscore the need for cryptographic agility and rapid re-programmability of modernized algorithms and protocols to ensure resilience. David Schmolke June 4, 2026 5:44 pm 4 min read The number of space assets put on orbit in the last decade reaches into the thousands, with an estimated 10 more satellites per day being added...Read More

VECT’s failure goes beyond the known nonce bug. The Windows implementation contains additional flaws that can leave files renamed, partially encrypted, inconsistently modified, or damaged in ways the attacker’s own decryptor cannot reliably reverse. Morphisec is built to address both sides of this problem: preventing VECT from completing the attack and recovering eligible files when...Read More

NetApp® the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, and Cisco announced an expansion of their collaboration to help customers strengthen defense-in-depth strategies for customers. Combining Intelligent Data Infrastructure with advanced analytics and observability capabilities, NetApp and Splunk have delivered deep, real-time visibility into storage and infrastructure health.  Together, they are...Read More

Phishing attacks are fraudulent attempts by cybercriminals to trick people into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords, financial credentials, and personal data, by impersonating a trusted source. They are, by a wide margin, the most common entry point for every category of cybercrime: data breaches, ransomware deployments, corporate fraud, and identity theft all typically begin...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 Donald Trump moves to shore up US national security against any threats. Anthropic, the creator...Read More

Researchers Say Group Uses LLMs to Accelerate Malware Creation Tiffany Wang • June 4, 2026     Proofpoint says Chinese cybercrime group TA4922 is using AI-assisted phishing and apparently LLM-developed malware. (Image: Shutterstock) A financially motivated Chinese cybercrime group is delivering artificial intelligence vibe-coded malware to corporate emails, according to researchers. See Also: AI Impersonation...Read More

BALTIMORE — Agencies will soon get their first set of marching orders from President Donald Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence from earlier this week. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is expected to issue at least one binding operational directive as soon as Friday to direct agencies to secure large language models. Nick Andersen...Read More