Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption continues to grow across industries, but new research from Veeam suggests many organizations are still working through the governance, security, and operational challenges associated with deploying AI at scale. The study, which surveyed 300 technology and business leaders across financial services, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and technology sectors, found that 95% of…
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AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management, Russia
FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the lookout for cybercrime group that steals data in person
Silent Ransom Group, a long-running data extortion operation, continues to hit U.S.-based law firms by impersonating IT support and, in some cases, visiting victims in person to gain physical access to computers, the FBI said in an alert Tuesday. The closed group, which likely operates from Russia and emerged in 2022 after Conti disbanded, has…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Risk Management
Cybersecurity Insider Survey: AI Is Fueling a New Generation of Threat Actors
Artificial intelligence continues reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, and many security professionals now believe it is also helping create a more capable generation of cybercriminals. We recently surveyed thousands of subscribers to the Cybersecurity Insider newsletter and asked a simple but important question: Is AI creating a new generation of skilled threat actors? Key Takeaways of…
AI, Global Security News
Top Video Downloaders in 2026: Why Wondershare UniConverter Remains a Strong Choice
As video content continues to dominate entertainment, education, and social media platforms, more users are searching for reliable…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Middle East Cyber Battle Field Broadens — Especially in UAE
As the war with Iran continues, breach attempts targeting the United Arab Emirates tripled in a few weeks — many targeting critical infrastructure.
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
BlackFile actively extorting data-theft victims in retail and hospitality sector
Researchers warn that BlackFile, an extortion group likely associated with The Com, continues to impersonate IT support in voice-phishing and social engineering attacks that have impacted organizations in multiple industries, including healthcare, technology, transportation, logistics, wholesale and retail. Attackers have been actively targeting organizations in the retail and hospitality industry since February, according to Unit…
AI, Global Security News
North Korea’s Lazarus Targets macOS Users via ClickFix
Lazarus continues leveraging ClickFix for initial access and data theft, in this case, against Mac-centric organizations and their high-value leaders.
AI, Global Security News
Cybercrime losses break the $20 billion mark
Online crime continues to generate rising financial losses, with totals reaching $20.877 billion in 2025. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows a 26% increase in total reported losses from the previous year. (Source: FBI) More than one million complaints were submitted during the year, with fraud accounting for the majority of losses.…
AI, Global Security News
CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets
Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady environment where budgets expand in small steps, even as AI becomes a routine part of security operations. Budget growth stays measured Spending levels increased during 2025 across both IT and…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Microsoft builds its own AI stack to help wean it from its reliance on OpenAI
Microsoft seems to be meeting OpenAI on its own turf, even as it continues its strategic partnership with the AI darling, with the release of three in-house, commercially-available AI models. MAI-Transcribe-1 (for speech transcription), MAI-Voice-1 (for voice generation), and MAI-Image-2 (for image creation) are now available on Microsoft Foundry and the MAI Playground. These new…
AI, Global Security News, malware
TeamPCP strikes again: Backdoored Telnyx PyPI package delivers malware
TeamPCP continues is supply chain compromise rampage, with telnyx on PyPI being the latest maliciously modified package. What happened? Telnyx is a widely used software development kit (SDK) for the Telnyx AI Voice Agent service. According to Endor Labs researchers, attackers backdoored the legitimate SDK code and published versions 4.87.1 and 4.87.2 of the package…
AI, Global Security News
Popular LiteLLM PyPI package compromised in TeamPCP supply chain attack
The TeamPCP hacking group continues its supply-chain rampage, now compromising the massively popular “LiteLLM” Python package on PyPI and claiming to have stolen data from hundreds of thousands of devices during the attack. […]
AI, Global Security News
Web Shells, Tunnels, and Ransomware: Dissecting a Warlock Attack
Warlock continues to enhance its attack chain with new tactics to improve persistence, lateral movement, and defense evasion using an expanded toolset: TightVNC Yuze, and a persistent BYOVD technique leveraging the NSec driver.
AI, Global Security News, privacy
Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues
The trend of integrating AI into digital platforms continues. In the latest Android beta release (2.26.9.4), the company has introduced a feature that allows users to organize their chat history with the help of Meta AI. Organize WhatsApp chats with Meta AI (Source: WABetaInfo) Some beta testers can access a new feature that lets them…
Global Security News, Network Security, privacy
Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks
Google’s second beta of Android 17 continues updates to platform behavior and introduces new APIs focused on protecting sensitive data. Protecting contact and local network data A new system-level Contacts Picker gives apps temporary access only to the contact information a user selects. It limits contact data exposure and works across both personal and work…
AI, Compliance, Data Breaches, Europe, Global Security News
Europe forces a search reset: Google experiments with fairer rankings
Google continues to find itself in hot water over its alleged antitrust tactics and monopolization of certain market segments. Now its parent company, Alphabet, seems to be ceding to EU scrutiny of its search practices. The company will reportedly begin testing changes to its search engine results in the EU to more fairly represent vertical…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
New Serv-U bugs extend SolarWinds’ run of high-severity disclosures
SolarWinds continues to be besieged by security issues, this time in its Serv-U managed file transfer server. The software company has released four patches for critical Serv-U remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain root (administrator) access to unpatched servers. These four common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) are rated “critical,” the…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Amid the AI onslaught, a few silver linings for US tech jobs
AI continues gobbling up IT jobs, but hints about how the technology is now influencing hiring are becoming more visible. About 130,000 jobs were created in the broader US economy in January, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Wednesday. The growth was driven by hiring in the healthcare, social…
AI, Global Security News, linux, News, open source
Linux kernel 6.19 reaches stable release, kernel 7.0 work is already underway
Development activity on the Linux kernel continues into early 2026 with the stable release of version 6.19. Kernel maintainers have completed the pre-release cycle and merged the final set of changes into the mainline tree. The release follows the ongoing weekly rhythm of code submission and testing that supports Linux’s widespread use across servers, desktops,…
AI, Global Security News, linux, News, open source
Linux kernel 6.19 reaches stable release, kernel 7.0 work is already underway
Development activity on the Linux kernel continues into early 2026 with the stable release of version 6.19. Kernel maintainers have completed the pre-release cycle and merged the final set of changes into the mainline tree. The release follows the ongoing weekly rhythm of code submission and testing that supports Linux’s widespread use across servers, desktops,…