The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released new guidance for organizations keen to harness agentic AI but concerned about the associated cyber risks. The new document summarizes a more detailed report authored by the NCSC alongside its Five… Read More "NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use"
At Infosecurity Europe 2026, five cybersecurity startups are set to take part in a competition offering them the opportunity to showcase emerging technologies, share their bold ideas and connect directly with potential customers, partners and investors. New for 2026, the… Read More "The Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Competition: Meet the Finalists"
International law enforcement agency Interpol has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that led to 201 arrests. The effort, dubbed Operation Ramz, ran from October 2025 to February 2026 across 13 countries in… Read More "Interpol Launches Sweeping Cybercrime Crackdown in MENA Region"
Threat actors are eschewing traditional malware-driven attacks in order to bypass security tools and socially engineer their victims, according to a new study from Bridewell. The consulting specialist made the claims in its Cyber Threat Intelligence Report 2026, published on May… Read More "Hackers Bypass Security Tools to Target Users Directly"
A popular open source developer has revealed that hackers stole its codebase and tried to blackmail the firm into paying a ransom. Grafana Labs produces AI-powered analytics and visualization app Grafana. It said in a series of posts on X… Read More "Grafana Labs Confirms Hackers Stole Source Code"
The frequency of cyber-attacks on customer-facing mobile apps has increased rapidly over the past few years, as AI reduces skill, time and cost barriers for threat actors, according to Digital.ai. The DevOps specialist collected telemetry from billions of application instances… Read More "Agentic AI Accelerates Software Builds and Mobile App Attacks"
With the advent of AI-powered vulnerability scanning tools, there is arguably no reason for technology firms to be unaware of bugs in their products, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity’s (ENISA) chief cybersecurity officer. “Now, there is no… Read More "AI Raises the Bar on Vulnerability Awareness and Secure-by-Design Soft"
Microsoft has cracked down on Fox Tempest, a cyber threat actor that fueled Rhysida ransomware attacks and developed tools for major malware strains like Oyster, Lumma Stealer, and Vidar. On May 19, the tech giant unsealed a legal case in… Read More "Microsoft Takes Down Group Operating Ransomware-Enabling Signing Tool"
Vulnerability exploitation has overtaken compromised credentials for the first time in nearly two decades as the most common initial access vector for data breaches, according to Verizon. The tech giant’s Data Breach investigations Report (DBIR) has been providing threat landscape… Read More "Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability Exploits Overtake Credentials"
Security researchers have sounded the alarm over new scareware designed to lock users’ browsers and drive them to fraudulent tech support teams. Since the start of 2026, Barracuda researchers said they have observed around 2.8 million attacks which used the scareware… Read More "Researchers Warn CypherLoc Scareware Has Targeted Millions of Users"
