Tag: country
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Local Presence, Global Reach: How Virtual Numbers Support International Customer Communication
Expanding into another country creates a practical communication problem for businesses. Customers may be thousands of miles away,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/virtual-numbers-international-customer-communication/
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A BYD Shark 6 Hack Shows the Risks of Connected Cars
A BYD Shark 6 was remotely hacked, exposing vehicle controls, location tracking and cabin audio, raising serious connected-car security concerns. A journalist drove a BYD Shark 6 down a country road outside Canberra while a hacker sitting on the shoulder killed the headlights with a keystroke. That’s not a hypothetical. It’s what happened during a…
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UAE Cyber Chief Says Country Faced 640,000 Cyberattacks in One Day
The UAE faced 640,000 cyberattacks in one day, its cyber chief says, highlighting risks from unpatched software, ransomware, and deepfakes. The post UAE Cyber Chief Says Country Faced 640,000 Cyberattacks in One Day appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-uae-640000-cyberattacks-deepfakes-ransomware-emea/
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Hackers claim breach of Russian election systems days before parliamentary vote
An anonymous hacking group claimed to have broken into computer systems connected to Russia’s election infrastructure just days before the country begins voting for a new parliament. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-election-hackers-breach
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AI Agent Carries Out Multi-Stage Data Theft Attack
Spanish data protection agency AEPD reveals the country’s first AI-powered data breach First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-agent-carries-out-multistage/
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AI Agents Used in PaperCut Attacks on 395 Organizations
GreyNoise Says Attacker Used Hundreds of Agents in 48-Country Campaign. A likely Russian-speaking attacker used hundreds of AI agents to exploit PaperCut systems, compromising at least 440 systems at 395 organizations in 48 countries. GreyNoise said the attacker used the agents to develop exploits, find targets and attack systems in parallel. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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White House Touts Local First Approach to Securing Water
Texas Pilot Will Pave Way for National Expansion, Says Sean Cairncross. A White House effort dubbed Project Watershed 250 that’s meant to help small or rural water utilities in Texas secure their systems against hackers with free technology donated by cybersecurity vendors will expand nationwide, the country’s top cyber official said Thursday. First seen on…
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Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million
The settlement concludes a legal fight that dates to April 2024, when UK users sued for the alleged violations of their country’s privacy laws. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/grindr-settles-privacy-lawsuit-hiv-status-35-million
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French prosecutors confirm arrest of suspected ZeroBytes hacker behind tax cyberattack
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks against the country’s tax authority and other organizations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/france-hacker-arrest-zerobytes
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French prosecutors confirm arrest of suspected ZeroBytes hacker behind tax cyberattack
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks against the country’s tax authority and other organizations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/france-hacker-arrest-zerobytes
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QA: Viasat Tests Satellite Resilience With AI as Cyber Expert Warns an Attack Could ‘Hurt an Entire Country’
Tags: ai, attack, communications, country, cyber, data-breach, network, resilience, russia, ukraine, vulnerabilityAn AI-assisted platform has been used to test whether Viasat’s satellite communications links can meet operational thresholds under interference and adversarial jamming. Announced this month, the work with Atalanta has renewed scrutiny of the vulnerabilities exposed by Russia’s 2022 attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network, which disrupted communications across Ukraine and several European countries. Gil Baram,…
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Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign
Tags: ai, china, country, cyber, cyberattack, cyberespionage, government, hacker, intelligence, threatHunt.io uncovered a Chinese-speaking campaign using AI agents to automate cyberattacks against Asian government, education and industrial targets. Threat intelligence firm Hunt.io just documented a second, separate China-linked campaign wiring commercial AI models directly into live cyberespionage operations, this time hitting Taiwan’s Kuomintang Party archives, Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, government and education systems in…
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‘Breeze Comet’ Tears Into Brazilian & Global Financial Systems
Brazil’s most sophisticated threat group is making light work of the country’s financial systems, putting money directly into its own pocket. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/breeze-comet-brazilian-global-financial-systems
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Earth Berberoka-Linked Hackers Target Brazil With Linux Malware and SEO Poisoning
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster linked to the Earth Berberoka threat actor has compromised Brazilian government and educational web servers to conduct large-scale SEO poisoning and online-gambling fraud. The operation has been active since mid-2025 and represents a notable shift in Brazil’s threat landscape. Rather than deploying the country’s more familiar banking malware, the attackers are…
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Irish Privacy Watchdog Details Psychiatric Data Breaches
Medical Records ‘Contaminated by Animal Droppings’ Recovered From Disused Sites. Rotting old mental health records stored on paper contaminated by animal droppings and left in abandoned psychiatric hospitals in Ireland have led to the country’s privacy watchdog reprimanding and fining the national health service for GDPR violations and demanding security improvements. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/
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Chinese and Russian spies stepping up cyberattacks, German companies report
Foreign intelligence services, particularly those from China and Russia, are increasingly behind cyberattacks on German companies, according to a new survey of the country’s private sector. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/germany-cyberattacks-china-russia
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Huntress Uncovers Five Cases of North Korean Operatives Posing as Remote IT, Sales and Healthcare Workers
Cybersecurity firm Huntress has confirmed five separate incidents this year in which suspected North Korean operatives were successfully hired into legitimate organisations under false identities, in a wave of activity researchers say shows how the country’s so-called >>remote IT worker<< scheme has expanded well beyond IT roles. The cases, disclosed in a new advisory, involved…
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Being Right Is the Easy Part
Tags: ai, banking, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, country, crypto, cryptography, data, email, encryption, endpoint, fraud, ibm, intelligence, jobs, strategy, technologyHome Blog <!– PKWARE Blog, "Being Right Is the Easy Part" – STYLES Design tokens + .pk-article class rules. Paste into a Code Block (or move the token layer to the child theme and keep only the .pk-article rules here). tags included. –> Guest Perspective Being Right Is the Easy Part The question I asked…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Blamed for UK Energy Cyberattack
A cyberattack reportedly linked to Iran forced a small UK energy generator offline for four days, raising fresh concerns about the security of the country’s critical infrastructure and smaller operators that may sit outside existing regulatory thresholds. The UK government has confirmed that a small-scale generator was affected by a cyber incident in July. It…
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Interpol targets Black Axe’s illicit financial web in latest international sting
The multi-country sting targeted Black Axe financial networks, seizing millions in assets and uncovering Crime-as-a-Service infrastructure across four continents. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/interpol-operation-jackal-iv-black-axe-arrests/
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UK government seeks powers to secretly block risky tech suppliers
The British government is seeking new powers to ban certain technology vendors from supplying companies working in the country’s critical sectors, potentially doing so in secret. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-technology-national-security
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Argentina’s ‘techno-authoritarian’ turn expands state spying
The first two years of Javier Milei’s administration has served to expand surveillance capabilities, leading to profiling and reprisals across the country, and limiting rights to privacy and freedom of expression First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366649409/Argentinas-techno-authoritarian-turn-expands-state-spying
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24th August Threat Intelligence Report
Latvia’s Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) has confirmed a breach affecting payment records of more than 1.2 million people roughly two-thirds of the country’s population as well as 200,000 organizations. The […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/24th-august-threat-intelligence-report/
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AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an “active threat” targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts.The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduct reconnaissance and capability development using AI-generated scripts disguised as legitimate monitoring tools. That First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-generated-exploit-scripts-target.html
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Latvian officials resign after cyberattack exposes data on 1.2 million people
Latvia’s road traffic agency confirmed that hackers stole data connected to about two-thirds of the country’s population in a major cyberattack that has prompted calls for senior officials to resign. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/latvia-cyberattack-vehicle-data
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Keeper Security Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Education IT Teams As Students Return to Campus
Every fall, school districts and universities across the country race to onboard thousands of new students, faculty and staff, provisioning accounts, issuing credentials and connecting a wave of new devices to institutional networks. It is a moment of organized chaos, and cybercriminals know it. Now, with artificial intelligence supercharging phishing campaigns and a hidden layer…
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Hackers target Ukrainian agency managing assets seized from sanctioned Russians
The agency said the latest attack came amid preparations to select a manager for seized corporate rights in IDS Ukraine, one of the country’s largest producers of bottled mineral water and beverages. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-target-ukraine-agency-sanctioned-russians
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Hack on Med Software Firm Hits Half of Poland’s Population
19M Patients Affected by Data Theft Including National ID Numbers. A hack into IT systems of MyDr, a Polish provider of electronic medical documentation software, has affected more than 12,000 healthcare facilities and nearly 19 million individuals in Poland, about half the country’s population. Government officials have launched an investigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…