Crypto thief who splurged on gold grills sentenced in London
A 25-year-old man who helped steal nearly $260,000 in cryptocurrency through a SIM-swapping fraud scheme was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at a London...
Home / News
Cyber security news
Stay up to date with the latest cyber security news and threats from around the world.
October 8, 2026
Leaked chats show Russian extortion gang sending ‘agents’ into US law firms
In leaked chats, members track dozens of victims, haggle over multimillion-dollar payments and direct operatives based in the United States whom they call “agents.”
Hackers target two South Korean megachurches, potentially exposing congregant data
Two of South Korea's largest Protestant churches are investigating cyberattacks that may have exposed sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of members, including personal details, financial records and...
Thousands of cheap Android phones shipped with ad-fraud malware
"It’s on the phone before the owner switches it on for the first time, and it can’t be uninstalled," researchers at Bitdefender said about ad fraud malware found...
Russian-aligned spies upgrade malware used in attacks on Ukrainian transport, energy firms
Russian-aligned hackers have targeted Ukrainian transportation, manufacturing and energy companies with a constantly evolving malware strain designed to harvest system data, according to new research.
Major Yandex data center in Russia hit by Ukrainian drone strike
A drone strike on a large Yandex data center caused a significant disruption to the Russian tech giant's network, with connectivity reportedly falling to around 70 percent of...
October 7, 2026
US posts $10 million reward for accused Chinese ‘Hafnium’ hacker
U.S. officials say Zhang Yu was a prominent figure in the Hafnium campaign, which saw hackers breach thousands of computers and steal troves of documents.
$11 million plan for psychological support at Cyber Command gets fresh boost from lawmakers
Lawmakers who oversee military cyber policy as well as the Fort Meade, Maryland, hub for those agencies say an $11 million mental health program should be locked in...
Oklahoma judge’s Flock ruling shows the power of Supreme Court’s digital evidence decision
How a recent Supreme Court decision on geofencing influenced a federal judge to toss a sheriff's Flock camera evidence in a drug trafficking case.
Cyber experts call on CISA to create mandatory federal OT rules
The Operational Technology Cybersecurity Coalition released a white paper urging the CISA to create a new directive centered around operational technology, which is used to monitor and control...
Russian cyberattacks against UK are ‘Putin Tax’ costing $3.3 billion, says lawmaker
A report by a Labour MP and an academic argues that if the British public cannot see what Russian activity costs, it cannot weigh that burden against the...
October 6, 2026
South Korean officials believe AI agents were used to hack several banks
The personal data of at least 68,000 people was reportedly exposed in breaches of at least seven financial institutions, with officials saying they believe a Chinese cybersecurity tool...
Osaka Metropolitan University cancels classes after suspected ransomware attack
Osaka Metropolitan University said on Tuesday that the outage left its internal network, email and a range of administrative and academic systems unavailable.
ClickFix campaign in Ukraine compromises over 100 websites to spread Lunex malware
CERT-UA found fake Cloudflare verification pages that led visitors into a now-familiar ClickFix trap. This time the goal was to infect machines with an infostealer.
October 5, 2026
Shares in British clothing company ASOS dive after hackers apparently send push notification
Several mysteries surround what appeared to be an unauthorized push notification sent to customers of London-based clothing company ASOS.
Wikimedia Foundation: OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise notes tool
Beyond the potential misuses of its services, Wikimedia said activity by AI agents can be a drain on web platforms that are already operating with limited resources.
US, Australia warn of latest Citrix vulnerability after NetScaler advisory
Citrix confirmed late on Friday that it was “tracking a newly observed issue” related to some customer-managed NetScaler deployments but claimed the problem was not connected to vulnerabilities...
Ukraine grocery chain ATB confirms cyberattack as hackers threaten to leak data
Ukraine’s largest grocery store chain, ATB, confirmed that it was hit by a cyberattack after hackers posted an extortion demand on its website.
University of Illinois Chicago affected by ransomware attack on medical school
A ransomware attack that affected the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine resulted in the theft of some information from its servers.
Belarusian hacktivists spent two years inside Russian healthcare network, researchers say
Russian cybersecurity researchers attributed a quiet two-year espionage campaign to the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a group better known for public attacks against governments and infrastructure.
Japanese media group Nikkei discloses cyberattack targeting journalistic sources
The Japanese media giant Nikkei disclosed a cyber incident involving an employee email account that may have compromised journalistic sources.
Data breach at Denmark’s national population register exposes 8.8 million people
Denmark is investigating a data breach affecting approximately 8.8 million people after unauthorized users gained access to its national population register.
October 2, 2026
Judge dismisses spyware case brought by Salvadoran journalists targeted with Pegasus
The plaintiffs, who all worked for the independent and Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, failed to convince the court that their case had jurisdiction in California, according to...
Bipartisan backlash to ALPRs grows as two high-profile bills are introduced
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has new legislation on limiting automated license plate readers (ALPRs), while Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have teed...