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OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms

The announcement builds on work from major tech firms in 2024 to combat AI-infused election chicanery. The post OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms ap...

FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the lookout for cybercrime group that steals data in person

Silent Ransom Group isn’t prolific, but it's demonstrated a knack for attacking the legal services sector with an extraordinary dual use of social engineering and in-person visits to victims’ work...

UK spy chief labels AI ‘unstoppable force’ with offensive, defensive ramifications for cyberspace

Anne Keast-Butler, head of the GCHQ, said her agency was developing an artificial intelligence-powered cyber shield as other nations were deploying AI in warfare. The post UK spy chief labels AI ‘un...

Grandoreiro Malware and BTMOB RAT Campaigns Target Windows and Android Users

Latin America and Europe become the target of two banking trojan campaigns that are designed to infect Windows and Android devices with Grandoreiro and BTMOB malware, respectively. That's according to...

Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the npm registry that comes with information stealing capabilities. According to OX Security, the package, named "mouse5212-super-f...

CrowdStrike, Google Take Down Glassworm Botnet

Operators of the malicious Glassworm botnet have been targeting software developers since at least early 2025

The LA Metro Attack Wasn’t Hacktivism. It Was a State Operation With a Costume On.

Iran’s “hacktivist” group Ababil of Minab, which hit LA Metro and wiped terabytes of data, is forensically linked to Iran’s intelligence service MOIS. In late March, a group calling itself Aba...

CrowdStrike disrupts Glassworm botnet that preyed on open-source supply chain

CrowdStrike has dismantled the Glassworm botnet in an operation aided by Google and Shadowserver, stripping the operators’ access to infrastructure that helped threat actors infect hundreds of piece...

Infosecurity Europe: Why Burnout in Cybersecurity Demands Risk-Based Response

Cybermindz warns that cybersecurity burnout is a growing risk, urging organizations to move beyond wellness initiatives and adopt a measurable, risk-based approach to workforce stress

All Major LLMs Exposed to Multi-Turn Manipulation, Warn Researchers

Apple open-sources quantum-resistant encryption code

The release includes implementations of two quantum-secure algorithms and demonstrates how formal verification caught bugs that traditional testing would have missed. The post Apple open-sources quant...

White House charts new course for federal agencies and cybersecurity logging

A Trump administration memo published last week replaces one from its predecessor, with at least one analyst fearful of potential harmful results. The post White House charts new course for federal ag...