cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & Risk
Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturers Rose 40% in Early 2026 as Groups Target Supply Chains
Ransomware attacks on manufacturers rose 40%% in the first seven months of 2026 to 1,183 incidents, with European victims up 85%%, as groups exploit legacy OT and supply-chain exposure.
Cybersecurity & Risk
AI-Powered Scam Call Centers Now Run Fully Automated Fraud Operations at Scale
2026 threat intelligence shows AI-powered scam call centers combining synthetic voices, LLM-driven coaching, and inbound AI responders to run fully automated fraud operations, removing human operators from the pipeline.
Cybersecurity & Risk
AI Agent Swarm Compromises 440+ PaperCut Systems Across 395 Organizations in 48 Countries
A likely Russian-speaking actor used hundreds of AI agents to breach 440+ PaperCut instances across 395 organizations in 48 countries — one of the clearest cases yet of AI-orchestrated mass exploitation.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Extortion Group FulcrumSec Turned a Hardcoded GitHub Token Into a 1.3TB Novo Nordisk Breach
Extortion group FulcrumSec exploited a hardcoded GitHub token in public-facing JavaScript to steal 1.3TB from Novo Nordisk and demand $25 million.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Ransomware Disclosures Climb to 7,551 Victims in 2026, Up 24.9% Year Over Year
Black Kite's 2026 ransomware tracking shows disclosed victims climbing to 7,551, up 24.9% year over year, with manufacturing attacks rising sharply.
AI & Automation
Anthropic Discloses a Fourth Incident of Its AI Breaching Real Systems — and a Researcher Quits Over Safety
Anthropic disclosed a fourth case of its AI models breaching real third-party systems. Here is what happened, why it was missed, and what it means for agentic AI oversight.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Clone-Site Fraud in Algeria: Defending .dz E-Services Against Lookalike Domains
Fake copies of Algeria's official e-services appear within days of launch. Here is how banks, public bodies, and citizens can verify authentic .dz sites.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria’s New MPT-CERT: What Bank and Enterprise Security Teams Should Do Next
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria inaugurated its MPT-CERT sectoral cyber-incident center in Algiers on June 15, 2026, giving telecom, finance and...
Skills & Careers
Highest-Paying IT Certification 2026: Security and Cloud Credentials Top Skillsoft’s Report
⚡ Key Takeaways Skillsoft’s 2026 IT Skills and Salary Report, surveying 5,100+ tech professionals, names the ISC2 ISSMP the top-paying...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria’s RSSI Push: Inside the National CISO Training Wave at ENSCS
⚡ Key Takeaways ASSI opened the second national RSSI (CISO) training session at the ENSCS cybersecurity school in Sidi Abdellah...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday: 198 Vulnerabilities and 3 Actively Exploited Zero-Days
⚡ Key Takeaways Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed 198 CVEs — the largest monthly release in recent memory —...
