FinCEN data shows $4.5B in ransomware payments, record spike in 2023
09
Dec
2025

FinCEN data shows $4.5B in ransomware payments, record spike in 2023

FinCEN data shows $4.5B in ransomware payments, record spike in 2023 Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2025 Ransomware payments reported to…

TPG Telecom reveals potential new fatality linked to Samsung handset
09
Dec
2025

TPG Telecom reveals potential new fatality linked to Samsung handset

TPG Telecom has reported another potential triple zero call-related customer fatality linked to the use of a Samsung mobile handset…

Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers
09
Dec
2025

Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers

Multiple ransomware gangs are using a packer-as-a-service platform named Shanya to help them deploy payloads that disable endpoint detection and response solutions…

Ethical hackers can be heroes: It's time for the law to catch up
09
Dec
2025

Ethical hackers can be heroes: It’s time for the law to catch up

The last year has seen some of the costliest cyber attacks on UK businesses to date. Attacks on Marks &Spencer…

Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft
09
Dec
2025

Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft’s registry drop infostealers

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers’ machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal…

Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco
09
Dec
2025

NCSC warns of confusion over true nature of AI prompt injection

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has highlighted a potentially dangerous misunderstanding surrounding emergent prompt injection attacks against generative…

Officials offer $10M reward for information on IRGC-linked leader and close associate
09
Dec
2025

Officials offer $10M reward for information on IRGC-linked leader and close associate

The State Department is seeking help to locate a pair of hackers allegedly working for Shahid Shushtari, a malicious cyber…

AI Browsers ‘Too Risky For General Adoption,’ Gartner Warns
09
Dec
2025

AI Browsers ‘Too Risky For General Adoption,’ Gartner Warns

AI browsers may be innovative, but they’re “too risky for general adoption by most organizations,” Gartner warned in a recent…

CBA wants agents to initiate application modernisation
09
Dec
2025

CBA runs early test of “frontier” AWS AI agent

CBA has run an early non-production test of a ‘DevOps agent’ unveiled by AWS last week, which is marketed as…

Ransomware
09
Dec
2025

FinCEN says ransomware gangs extorted over $2.1B from 2022 to 2024

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in…

ChrimeraWire Trojan Fakes Chrome Activity to Manipulate Search Rankings
09
Dec
2025

ChrimeraWire Trojan Fakes Chrome Activity to Manipulate Search Rankings – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, Tech, AI, Crypto and More

A newly identified trojan called ChrimeraWire is being used to manipulate search engine rankings by simulating real user activity through…

IBM to buy Confluent in US$11bn deal
09
Dec
2025

IBM to buy Confluent in US$11bn deal

IBM will buy data infrastructure company Confluent in a deal valued at US$11 billion ($16.6 billion), ramping up its cloud-computing…