According to the State of Ransomware in 2026 report released by Kaspersky, Latin America emerged as the region most heavily affected by ransomware attacks in 2025. The report revealed that more than 8.13% of organizations operating across the region experienced ransomware-related incidents during the year, placing Latin America at the top of the global list...Read More
Artificial intelligence tools are lowering the complexity to attempt cybercrimes and helping inexperienced fraudsters launch large-scale scams, according to a senior Interpol official. Neal Jetton, director of cybercrime at Interpol, said AI-powered tools are making phishing campaigns, impersonation scams and online fraud easier to carry out, even for people with little technical expertise. Speaking in...Read More
As the cybersecurity landscape rapidly evolves, driven by groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), Cisco is adapting its vulnerability disclosure practices to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by these technologies. Notably, the recent introduction of frontier models with advanced cybersecurity reasoning capabilities is transforming how vulnerabilities are discovered, analyzed, and mitigated. These AI capabilities...Read More
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has joined Project Glasswing, a new initiative focused on protecting critical infrastructure in the AI era. The company is partnering with Anthropic to apply and test advanced AI models under strict internal cybersecurity and safety protocols. The effort centers on securing telecommunications networks and other essential systems as AI tools become more...Read More
Microsoft said it took down a critical service that helped cybercriminals slip through defenses by making malware look like legitimate software. The company unsealed a legal case in U.S. District Court on Tuesday detailing the disruption of Fox Tempest — a popular service that has operated since May 2025 and provides cybercriminals with code signing...Read More
Every day, we decide what software to trust in seconds guided by simple labels such as “verified,” “secure,” and “safe to install.” The problem is that those signs can be manipulated. Today, Microsoft unsealed a legal case in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York targeting a cybercrime service known as Fox Tempest,...Read More
Key Takeaways The recent Nitrogen ransomware attack on Foxconn, a critical manufacturing partner for tech giants, highlights severe supply chain cybersecurity vulnerabilities extending beyond operational disruption to intellectual property theft. Major customers like Apple, Google, Nvidia, Dell, and Intel face potential long-term risks from the alleged exfiltration of 8 terabytes of confidential project data, including...Read More
On Sunday, May 3, Côte d’Ivoire’s official government website published an interview with Stéphane Kounandi Coulibaly, Director of Innovation, Startups and the Private Sector at the Ministry of Digital Transition. In the interview, he outlined the country’s ambition to become a regional innovation hub. Yet significant challenges remain, particularly in cybersecurity. In that context, We...Read More
Fraud Alert For iPhone Users: I4C Issues Advisory About Sophisticated ‘Hybrid Cybercrime’ (IANS) New Delhi: The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued a nationwide advisory warning iPhone users about a sophisticated “hybrid cybercrime” campaign targeting people whose devices have been lost or stolen. The advisory, released by...Read More
Why pure extortion is replacing traditional ransomware Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2026 Ransomware gangs are shifting from encryption to pure extortion, focusing on stolen data, reputational pressure, and stealthier attacks. Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. Instead of encrypting systems and causing immediate disruption, many attackers are now focusing on pure extortion: stealing...Read More
