China-linked espionage groups have attacked at least a dozen nations in the region, gathering information on maritime shipping, oil production, and other geopolitical interests.
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AI, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security
SoftBank to Plow $52 Billion Into French Data Centers
SoftBank is promising to spend at least $52 billion on building a network of massive data centers in France, helping advance Europe’s goal of tech independence with what would be the continent’s largest AI infrastructure project.
AI, Global Security News
MuddyWater Uses DLL Side-Loading in Espionage Campaign Targeting 9 Countries
The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been linked to a new campaign affecting at least nine organizations across nine countries on four continents in the first quarter of 2026. The activity targeted industrial and electronics manufacturing, education and public-sector bodies, financial services, and professional services, per the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec and…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management
The Massive Canvas Cyberattack That Allegedly Ended in a Secret Deal With Hackers
The cyberattacks targeting Instructure’s Canvas learning management system unfolded as at least two distinct but likely connected operational phases that exposed the fragility of browser-based SaaS trust models inside modern educational infrastructure. What began in late April as a suspected cloud-platform compromise involving large-scale data exfiltration evolved by early May into a far more aggressive…
AI, Global Security News
Weekly Update 503
Well, it’s the day before the Instructure “pay or leak” deadline (at least by my Aussie watch), and the company remains removed from the ShinyHunters website. In its place sits a press statement that amounts to “we’re not making any statements”. So did they pay? And if so, what lofty figure would an incident of…
AI, Global Security News
Phishing Campaign Hits 80+ Orgs Using SimpleHelp and ScreenConnect RMM Tools
An active phishing campaign has been observed targeting multiple vectors since at least April 2025, with legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a way to establish persistent remote access to compromised hosts. The activity, codenamed VENOMOUS#HELPER, has impacted over 80 organizations, most of which are in the U.S., according to Securonix. It shares…
AI, Global Security News
Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M
A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by the Dubai Police, under the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Interior, in partnership…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
AI chatbots need ‘deception mode’
AI is getting faster. But slow-responding AI is perceived as better by users. At least that’s the conclusion reached by new research presented at CHI’26, which is the Association for Computing Machinery’s Barcelona conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Two researchers — Felicia Fang-Yi Tan and Professor Oded Nov at the NYU Tandon School…
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Police dismantles 9 crypto scam centers, arrests 276 suspects
A joint international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine cryptocurrency investment fraud centers. […]
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox
The Claude Mythos Preview appears to be living up to the hype, at least from a cybersecurity standpoint. The model, which Anthropic rolled out to a small group of users, including Firefox developer Mozilla, earlier this month, has discovered 271 vulnerabilities in version 148 of the browser. All have been fixed in this week’s release…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox
The Claude Mythos Preview appears to be living up to the hype, at least from a cybersecurity standpoint. The model, which Anthropic rolled out to a small group of users, including Firefox developer Mozilla, earlier this month, has discovered 271 vulnerabilities in version 148 of the browser. All have been fixed in this week’s release…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox
The Claude Mythos Preview appears to be living up to the hype, at least from a cybersecurity standpoint. The model, which Anthropic rolled out to a small group of users, including Firefox developer Mozilla, earlier this month, has discovered 271 vulnerabilities in version 148 of the browser. All have been fixed in this week’s release…
Global Security News
Drift loses $280 million as hackers seize Security Council powers
The Drift Protocol lost at least $280 million after a threat actor took control of its Security Council administrative powers in a planned, sophisticated operation. […]
Global Security News
Amazon Plans Drastic Cut in Packages It Sends Through the Post Office
The e-commerce giant wants to reduce its postal volume by at least two-thirds by this fall.
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Amazon Plans Drastic Cut in Packages It Sends Through the Post Office
The e-commerce giant wants to reduce its postal volume by at least two-thirds by this fall.
AI, china, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management
Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules
Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans. Since then, public officials charged with responding to the campaign and bolstering the nation’s cyber defenses have reported a common problem. Many of their constituents struggle to understand…
AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million
A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and extorting a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint. Five of Angelo John Martino III’s alleged victims hired DigitalMint, which assigned Martino to conduct ransomware negotiations on their clients’ behalf —…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
ShinyHunters claims new campaign targeting Salesforce Experience Cloud sites
Salesforce customers have, once again, been targeted by the ShinyHunters group – or, at least, it’s what the group claims. Attackers modified and abused benign tool On Saturday, Saleforce confirmed that its security team has identified an attack campaign by unnamed malicious actors looking to access customers’ data. The attackers are not leveraging a vulnerability…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition
Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing “zero-day” flaws this month (compared to February’s five zero-day treat), but as usual some patches may deserve more rapid attention from organizations using Windows. Here are a few highlights from this…
AI, Global Security News
Nvidia Invests in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab
The startup, founded by OpenAI’s former CTO, plans to deploy at least one gigawatt of Nvidia chips as part of a new partnership.
AI, Funding, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy
Microsoft undercuts its kinder, gentler image with big ICE contract
For at least the last six or so years, Microsoft has worked hard to portray itself as a kinder, gentler tech company, a stark contrast to other Big Tech behemoths like Meta, Google, Amazon, and — since Donald J. Trump’s election to the presidency in 2024 — Apple. Even The New York Times has noted…
AI, Global Security News, malware
Japanese-Language Phishing Emails, (Sat, Feb 21st)
Introduction For at least the past year or so, I’ve been receiving Japanese-language phishing emails to my blog email addresses at @malware-traffic-analysis.net. I’m not Japanese, but I suppose my blog’s email addresses ended up on a list used by the group sending these emails. They’re all easily caught by my spam filters, so they’re not…
china, Global Security News, Network Security, Russia
Nation-State Hackers Put Defense Industrial Base Under Siege
Espionage groups from China, Russia and other nations burned at least two dozen zero-days in edge devices in attempts to infiltrate defense contractors’ networks.