AI Ransomware Is Here, Now Powered By Cheaper, Agentic Models

JadePuffer, a ransomware operation, used an AI agent to carry out much of the intrusion chain from reconnaissance, key theft, ...
techtimes

First AI-Agent Ransomware Destroyed Data Even Payment Could Not Recover

a laptop screen with a webpage of the IT Army of Ukraine group of volunteer hackers. The IT Army of Ukraine first set up in the wake of Russia's devastating attack, and has since hugely grown in ...
CSO Online

This AI agent autonomously hacked a network, adapted on the fly, and demanded a ransom

JadePuffer exploited a vulnerable Langflow server, harvested credentials, moved laterally, and encrypted more than 1,300 ...
Unite.AI

Refael Angel, Co-Founder and CTO of Akeyless – Interview Series

Refael Angel, Co-Founder and CTO of Akeyless, is a cybersecurity and software engineering leader with deep experience in ...
Dark Reading

'BusySnake' Infostealer Slithers Into Critical Infrastructure Networks

A threat group researchers call "Armored Likho" has gained access to government agencies and electrical power entities in ...
Daily Sun

How Bangladeshi journalists can protect devices, data, and themselves in cyberspace

Digital security is crucial for journalists in Bangladesh ahead of the 2026 elections. Learn about risks and protective ...
Tech Times

New APT Group Hits Power Grids in Three Countries with AI-Crafted Malware

Armored Likho BusySnake Stealer, a Python-based infostealer first disclosed by Kaspersky, is actively targeting government ...
ADTmag

Java Ecosystem Advances with Strict Field Initialization JEP Amid Cross-Platform Malware Threats

The global Java development ecosystem experienced significant structural changes this week following the introduction of a new OpenJDK enhancement draft alongside warnings from cybersecurity ...

ESET Threat Report: AI boosts cyber attackers’ efficiency

ESET Research has released its H1 2026 Threat Report with statistics from December 2025 through May 2026.ClickFix – a social engineering ...
Developer Tech

FBI warns developers over TeamPCP software supply chain attacks

The FBI warned that TeamPCP software supply chain attacks targeted developer tools to steal cloud credentials, SSH keys, and ...

Indian lab designs quantum algorithm to beat classical computers

Working with IBM Quantum, BITS scientists simulated the behaviour of subatomic particles on 120 qubits of an IBM processor; in a first for Indian labs, the Quantum Advantage Tracker has deemed the ...
TMCnet

Blockchain's First Fully Post-Quantum Transaction Just Settled on Mainnet. Here Is the Hash.

For a technical audience, the phrase that matters is "full stack." Post-quantum signatures have appeared on other networks. What has not shipped before, to the team's knowledge, is a live mainnet ...