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After a second apparent cyber-attack in weeks, we examine possible culprits and their motives

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The homepage of the PHP.net website is seen on October 22, 2026 in Singapore. Cyber-security flaws were recently identified in the popular PHP programming language, which is used on a vast number of websites across the world, including those of major companies and national governments. The PHP Foundation released two patches designed to fix the…

A West Palm Beach woman was arrested after police say she stole thousands of dollars from a local nonprofit’s bank accounts. (Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Project, WPEC, Palm Beach County Jail)

A West Palm Beach woman was arrested after police say she stole thousands of dollars from a local nonprofit’s bank accounts. (Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Project, WPEC, Palm Beach County Jail)

At the recent DEF CON cybersecurity conference, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student Enzo Gonzalez challenged participants to test the security of an airport kiosk.

A wave of cyberattacks believed to have used AI agents has hit institutions across Korea’s banking and nonbank financial sectors. Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, Hana Bank, BNK Busan Bank, Yegaram Savings Bank, Welcome Savings Bank and Hyundai Capital suffered leaks involving customer information. Mutual financial institutions, including the Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives,…

ShinyHunters, a prolific cybercriminal group known for large-scale data theft and extortion, says it has breached the FBI and stolen data on thousands of agents and applicants. The hackers made the claim on their dark web leak site, which TechCrunch reviewed, saying they had stolen “sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and individuals who…

Like many, he is trying to sort through the spate of frontier-model AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and others hacking their way onto the open internet over the past few months, particularly amid the already-heated national debate around the emerging technology and its impact on society.

Artificial intelligence has removed the skill advantage that once set state-sponsored hackers apart from lone criminals, according to a threat report Anthropic published Thursday that documents misuse of its Claude models across seven areas of harm.