US President Trump has signed a landmark national security presidential memorandum that fundamentally alters the American approach to digital warfare. This directive authorizes federal law enforcement agencies to partner with vetted private technology firms to execute offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal organizations and international adversaries. Under this new framework, private sector specialists will work under direct government supervision to propose, coordinate, and carry
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A fugitive has been arrested in Thailand after hacking into a police database to delete his criminal record, cybercrime investigators have stated. Why does this sound like the 1986 comedy ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’? The main character hacked the school computer system to change his grades and attendance records. Police said Sahachart Chuaybamrung, aged 26, had taught himself advanced computer skills using AI chatbots to help him break into the Royal Thai Police systems to delete his five arre
Telegram’s widely used t.me short-link domain stopped resolving worldwide after the .me registry placed the domain under serverHold, cutting off browser access to links for profiles, channels, groups, bots, and individual posts. The outage does not appear to affect Telegram’s messaging service itself. Users who are already signed in can continue using the app, while links beginning with t.me fail because the domain is not resolving through the Domain Name System, or DNS.
WHOIS records reviewed
Microsoft has issued a warning about an active cryptojacking campaign that uses AI chatbot interactions to impersonate legitimate systems and direct users to malicious download sites. Once victims click the links, threat actors establish persistent remote access to compromised computers, potentially enabling further activities such as data theft or ransomware deployment. The campaign, detailed in a report from Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team, repres
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released its inaugural cyber threat report, titled 'In the Wild', revealing a significant shift in the operational strategies of modern cyber adversaries. Released on 17 March 2026, the research indicates that cybercrime groups are increasingly mirroring legitimate enterprise business models to maximize financial gain. The report, based on an analysis of 1,186 active threat campaigns observed globally throughout 2025, suggests that the threat landscape has
A phishing malware campaign, known as Shadow Vector, has been reported, targeting users in Colombia through malicious SVG files disguised as urgent court notifications. The campaign uses the MITRE ATT&CK technique known as SVG smuggling, where scalable vector graphics are used to embed or link malicious content. It begins with spear-phishing emails containing SVG attachments, which, when rendered in a browser, redirect victims to download payloads from public platforms like Bitbucket, Dropbox,
