Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang
Another cybersecurity expert from the United States, accused of helping a cybercrime gang while working as a ransomware negotiator, has been sentenced to prison. Angelo…
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GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage
For over eight months, a threat actor has been using a destructive backdoor and wiper that has multiple system-level sabotage capabilities, Microsoft reports. Dubbed GigaWiper,…
12 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Japanese Telco KDDI
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI this week confirmed that over 12 million people were affected by a June data breach. The incident occurred on June 17…
Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday published advisories describing more than a dozen vulnerabilities affecting its products. The new advisories cover 13 vulnerabilities specific to Palo…
QIZ Security Raises $17 Million for Cryptographic Governance Platform
Israeli startup QIZ Security announced on Thursday that it has raised $17 million in seed funding for its cryptographic posture and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) management…
UK Government Rolls Out Agentic AI Defense Plan Alongside Industry Pledge
Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK. At the first annual lecture at…
Mount Royal University Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Mount Royal University (MRU), a public university in Alberta, Canada, has confirmed that employee and student data was stolen from its network in a disruptive…
Unpatched Backdoor in Tenda Firmware Grants Admin Access to Devices
A security researcher has discovered an undocumented backdoor in multiple Tenda firmware versions that provides attackers with administrative access to a device’s web management interface.…
China-Linked APT Expands Arsenal With New ‘Leash’ Backdoors
A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor building an operational relay box (ORB) network for espionage has been updating its arsenal with new backdoors, Cisco’s…
Accenture Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims Source Code Theft
Professional services giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after a hacker claimed the theft of internal source code from the company. The incident came to…
Webinar Today: Why Email Security Keeps Failing
Live Webinar: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 – Register to Attend You can block every phishing email in the inbox. The campaign still runs. The infrastructure…
Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks
An Iran-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been using a modular command-and-control (C&C) framework in recent attacks targeting organizations in Israel, Check Point reports.…