International

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called for an important meeting with bank CEOs this week to talk about the cyber dangers from Anthropic’s new AI model. Bessent and Powell met with the group on Tuesday to talk about the risks linked to Anthropic’s Mythos and …

Hackers are misusing React2Shell flaw in Next.js apps to carry out an automatic scheme to steal credentials. This has already affected at least 766 servers in less than 24 hours. The threat activity is tracked as “UAT‑10608”. It relies on a custom framework dubbed NEXUS Listener to systematically harvest and …

Threat groups linked to Qilin and Warlock ransomware have been seen using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) method to disable security tools on compromised computers, as reported by Cisco Talos and Trend Micro. Qilin attacks analyzed by Cisco Talos have been found to deploy a malicious DLL named …

The FBI has observed a type of malware named AVrecon, which was used to target many network devices around the world. The malware has a flexible design, allowing new attack tools to be added when new weaknesses are found. This increases the number of devices it can infect. The FBI …

Starcloud’s newest funding round sets the company’s value at $1.1 billion. This makes it one of the quickest startups to become a unicorn after completing Y Combinator. The company’s Series A finished 17 months after its demo day. Benchmark and EQT Ventures led the round. This shows that there is interest …

HP and Dell Technologies each shared news this week about new security features. These features improve hardware protection and help keep data safe from physical attacks and new threats from quantum computers in the AI age. HP starts TPM Guard and adds strong security to printers. HP made HP TPM …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled NIST SP 1308, the “Quick-Start Guide for Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Workforce Management”. Published in March 2026, this report gives a clear way to include cybersecurity risk management (CSRM) in larger enterprise risk management (ERM) plans. The guide highlights …

Hong Kong police can ask for phone or computer passwords from people they think may have broken the National Security Law (NSL). Those who say no might spend a year in jail and pay a fine of up to HK$100,000 ($12,700; £9,600). People who give “false or misleading information” could go …

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks for feedback on using facial recognition or other AI systems at ATMs, branch counters, and banking places, especially in areas known for fraud. A new digital shield for banking security If put into use, the system would make banking safer. Facial …

Athanasios Rantos, Advocate General of the CJEU, said that banks should quickly refund account holders for unauthorized transactions, regardless of the account holders’ fault. The opinion was issued in response to a request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the District Court in Koszalin, Poland, in a dispute between the …