Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said the Screening Serpens group used six new remote access Trojan variants and a new attack technique against targets during the regional escalation. An Iran-linked cyber espionage group targeted entities in the US, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates during a months-long campaign that coincided with the recent regional escalation,...Read More
The use case for VPNs has come a long way from being a means for remote workers to connect to their business’ networks. Now it’s about offering the everyday user better online security, particularly as online scams and hackers become ever more sophisticated with their attacks. Luckily, the best VPN providers are meeting these threats...Read More
Logo of U.S. AI firm Anthropic, which unveiled its security-focused model “Mythos.” Yonhap News South Korea’s financial regulator will ease network separation rules to allow financial firms to deploy security-focused artificial intelligence in response to hacking concerns posed by advanced AI systems such as Anthropic’s “Mythos.” The authorities are also considering a full lifting of...Read More
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Ransomware groups are increasingly being used as proxy weapons in geopolitical cyber warfare, enabling nation-states to exert pressure on their adversaries while maintaining plausible deniability. What used to be financially motivated cybercrime and targeting can now influence operations and cause operational disruption. While the change has been incremental, it has been unmistakable. Criminal groups, ideological...Read More
Ransomware groups are increasingly being used as proxy weapons in geopolitical cyber warfare, enabling nation-states to exert pressure on their adversaries while maintaining plausible deniability. What used to be financially motivated cybercrime and targeting can now influence operations and cause operational disruption. While the change has been incremental, it has been unmistakable. Criminal groups, ideological...Read More
An Iran-linked cyber espionage group targeted entities in the US, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates during a months-long campaign that coincided with the recent regional escalation, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said in a new report. The group, known as Screening Serpens, is also tracked under the aliases UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and Iranian Dream...Read More
AI-Powered Security Initiative Signals New Era in Defensive Cyber Operations In a development that could redefine the future of global cybersecurity, Anthropic announced that its advanced artificial intelligence system, Claude Mythos Preview, has helped identify more than 10,000 severe software vulnerabilities across some of the world’s most widely used digital infrastructure systems. The findings emerged...Read More
On 28 April, Europol published the new edition of the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2026, providing an analysis of the latest trends and developments in cybercrime affecting the EU. The report, titled “How encryption, proxies, and AI are expanding cybercrime,” highlights how cyber threats are growing faster and becoming more advanced and sophisticated. It...Read More
Halcyon is monitoring increased threats to the global electronics manufacturing supply chain following Nitrogen’s mid-May 2026 claimed compromise of Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry), the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, and a top supplier to several Fortune-100 technology companies. Nitrogen claimed several manufacturers this year. Most recently Foxconn on its NitroBlog leak site. Foxconn was...Read More
