- Shinhan Life Upgrades System to Block Voice Phishing Before Reports 2026-09-04 05:32 Seoul Economic Daily Shinhan Life has built a system that detects suspected voice phishing transactions in real time and blocks losses before victims file reports. The insurer said on the 4th that it has introduced a dedicated voice phishing response system, developed by …
- Microsoft Defender briefly decided Google Search was malware 2026-09-04 05:29 TechSpot Facepalm: The list of embarrassing false positives collected by Microsoft Defender keeps growing. For a few hours, Office 365 customers were unable to open perfectly legitimate web search links because Redmond's antimalware service had decided to flag …
- AI-powered ransomware has arrived: Cybercriminals can now launch attacks for less than the cost of a coffee 2026-09-04 04:48 Digital Journal Artificial intelligence continues to transform industries, from healthcare and finance through to manufacturing and logistics. Yet the same technology that is driving innovation is also reshaping cybercrime. New research suggests that ransomware attacks, …
- Police warn of 'sextortion' scam: 52 victims blackmailed over compromising images 2026-09-04 02:07 Asiaone If you are a user of dating apps or social media platforms, and receive an invitation to participate in sexually explicit video calls or share intimate photographs — do not join in or the only "gratification" you could find yourself in is working …
- AI is Making Phishing Scams Almost Impossible to Spot – 5 Steps Employers Should Take to Combat Latest Threat 2026-09-04 02:04 JD Supra - California Artificial intelligence tools have made it dramatically easier for scammers to produce convincing phishing messages, with the speed of change significantly outpacing the defenses most employers currently have in place. AI-generated messages are now fluent …
- Don’t Take The Bait: The New Phishing Threats To Asset Managers 2026-09-04 01:50 JD Supra - California In recent months, a number of prominent hedge funds and asset managers have become targets of coordinated intrusion campaigns that looked nothing like the mass-distributed phishing emails of a decade ago. Attackers combined synthetic voice replicas of …
- A major data breach may put driver’s license information at risk 2026-09-04 01:15 WAFB 9 - Louisiana
- Binance Reveals Key Safety Tips Amid Phishing Surge 2026-09-04 01:11 Crypto Economy TL;DR Binance warned about a surge in phishing attacks through fake text messages that simulate legitimate notifications. Fraudulent texts include shortened malicious links and pressure victims to “verify” or “secure” their accounts impulsively. The …
- Montana court filing system part of nationwide ‘data breach’ 2026-09-03 22:26 Daily Montanan The Montana Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that the court’s backup data files were part of a nationwide breach earlier this year. Chief Justice Cory Swanson said in a press release that the Montana Office of Court Administrator was alerted by the …
- Outsider Phishing Kit Survives Takedown With 700 New Pages 2026-09-03 21:48 Infosecurity Magazine A phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) operation has continued generating new campaigns despite a coordinated takedown effort, with more than 700 new phishing pages identified within a month of the disruption. Group-IB said its researchers had tracked the Outsider …
- Doctor’s phone call in front of patient they were examining flagged as data breach 2026-09-03 21:29 British Medical Journal A doctor in Guernsey revealed sensitive confidential medical information about one patient by taking a phone call while examining another patient, it has emerged. The breach of confidentiality was outlined in the latest report from Guernsey’s Office of …
- Consumer alert: Data breach compromises 153M drivers’ licenses. Here’s what you should do 2026-09-03 21:06 WHEC 10 - New York ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A massive data breach at an identity verification company may have exposed the driver’s licenses and personal information of more than 153 million Americans and Canadians. A journalist who covers cybersecurity, Brian Krebs, discovered his …
- Connected Retail Is Widening the Cyber Attack Surface While Security Ownership Remains Fragmented, Info-Tech Research Group Warns 2026-09-03 21:04 Airdrie Echo Breadcrumb Trail Links PR Newswire Author of the article: Published Sep 03, 2026 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 4 minute read Info-Tech's Three-Phase Framework for Building Cyber Resilience in Connected Retail CNW Store systems, cloud platforms, …
- ThreatsDay: CEO Phishing Kits, 5K Dropbox Account Hacks, OAuth Traps + 17 More Stories 2026-09-03 19:52 The Hacker News Ravie LakshmananSep 03, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News The worst part is how normal these attacks look. A call from IT. A shared file. A trusted app. A simple request to click “Allow.” Why break in when someone might open the door? That idea …
- Data breach exposed tens of millions of US drivers' licenses, report says 2026-09-03 19:33 FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona A wave of cyberattacks have targeted municipal water infrastructure in at least a dozen U.S. states. Cybersecurity expert Harry Maugans joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to discuss. The FBI is investigating a report that tens of millions of American and …
- Allegiant Stadium upgrade, Clark County phishing scam and Nevada powwow 2026-09-03 18:41 KNPR - Nevada 🏟️ The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved $75 million in public funds Wednesday toward a $158 million upgrade to ease the path into the north entrance at Allegiant Stadium. The Las Vegas Raiders will pay for the rest of the project at the 65,000-seat …
- NovoCure says cyberattack caused patient data exposure 2026-09-03 18:35 MedTech Dive NovoCure was hit by a cyberattack that led to the exposure of patient, employee and healthcare provider data. The cancer treatment company said there was unauthorized access to some of its information systems, which led to the data exposure. NovoCure …
- Thomson Reuters' court data breach is a reminder of a risk clients think someone else is managing 2026-09-03 18:31 Insurance Business The affected US jurisdictions are Alabama, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. Thomson Reuters said there has been no operational disruption to C-Track and that products and …
- Thomson Reuters confirms cyberattack on C-Track case management system 2026-09-03 18:27 NewsBytes Thomson Reuters, a big name in legal tech, just confirmed a cyberattack on its C-Track case management system. The breach, spotted on June 30, hit systems in 11 US states, the US Virgin Islands, and Canada. An unauthorized party obtained certain C-Track …
- NVIDIA to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion after cyberattack 2026-09-03 18:25 NewsBytes NVIDIA is buying Hugging Face, the platform known for hosting millions of open AI models, for a huge $12.9 billion. Announced on September 3, 2026, this deal comes after a cyberattack in July, where Hugging Face's open-source approach proved crucial …
- Hackers Use QR Codes in Phishing Emails to Steal Login Credentials 2026-09-03 18:15 Cyber Security News Hackers are putting QR codes in phishing emails to steal login credentials. Known as quishing, the method hides a dangerous web address inside a square and persuades recipients to scan it with a phone. The tactic exploits a habit: people distrust …
- Hackers Weaponize ScreenConnect to Spread Worm-Like Malware Across Windows Systems 2026-09-03 18:15 Cyber Security News Hackers are turning rogue remote-support installations into a tool that can spread malicious code between Windows computers. The activity stands out because an infected remote-access client can pass staged payloads to connected systems, widening an …
- Minnesota Supreme Court impacted by third-party data breach 2026-09-03 17:50 CBS 4 - Minnesota By WCCO Staff September 3, 2026 / 11:06 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota The Minnesota Supreme Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals were among the units of the state's judicial branch that were hit by a data breach involving user information, …
- US Becomes Top Target in RMM Phishing Campaign Spanning 46 Countries 2026-09-03 17:43 The Hacker News The Hacker NewsSep 03, 2026Social Engineering / Malware An RMM phishing campaign initially associated with Canadian targeting due to its use of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax forms as lures has turned out to be part of a broader campaign spanning 46 …
- BraZetsu Malware Turns Compromised Windows Hosts Into Criminal Marketplace Inventory 2026-09-03 17:43 The Hacker News Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a sophisticated Python-based Windows malware framework called BraZetsu that fuels an underground marketplace commercializing access to compromised hosts. "Unlike the standard infostealer model, …
- Government, industry partner to shut down long-running Sality botnet 2026-09-03 16:58 Cybersecurity Dive - Massachusetts U.S. law-enforcement agencies and the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down a 23-year-old Russia-based botnet on Monday. Authorities from the Justice Department, the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service seized U.S.-based domain names …
- Cyber Attack Hits Cardiac Device Maker Boston Scientific, Disrupting Global Operations 2026-09-03 16:48 CPO Magazine Boston Scientific is investigating a cyber attack that caused global network disruption affecting business applications and operating systems, impacting device manufacturing, order processing, and shipments. The medtech company learned of the incident on …
- HTML-Rendered QR Phishing Evades Image Extraction and OCR-Based Email Scanning 2026-09-03 16:32 GBHackers QR-code phishing, commonly known as quishing, is evolving beyond image-based payloads. Threat actors are now rendering scannable QR codes directly from HTML tables or text within email bodies, leaving no image attachment, embedded bitmap, or <img> …
- QR Phishing Hits Record Levels as Attackers Hide Malicious Links Inside QR Codes 2026-09-03 16:32 GBHackers QR code phishing, widely known as “quishing,” has reached record levels as threat actors increasingly conceal malicious URLs within scannable images rather than placing clickable links directly in emails. The shift is helping attackers bypass traditional …
- Rogue ScreenConnect Clients Spread Worm-Like Malware Across Connected Windows Systems 2026-09-03 16:32 GBHackers A malicious ScreenConnect campaign in which rogue remote-access clients do more than provide attackers with hands-on control: modified clients can automatically push a multi-stage VBScript malware chain to newly connected Windows endpoints. Once deployed …
- FBI investigates apparent data breach involving millions of U.S. driver’s licenses 2026-09-03 16:02 95.5 WSB - Georgia ATLANTA — The FBI is investigating an apparent data breach involving millions of U.S. driver’s licenses. The agency says it is looking into reports of a site on the dark web selling digital scans of driver’s licenses belonging to people in the United …
- Microsoft warns fake CAPTCHA is tricking Windows users into running malware 2026-09-03 15:49 TechSpot The takeaway: Microsoft has identified a new malware campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts to trick Windows users into running malicious commands. The campaign, called TerminalFix, is a variation of the ClickFix attacks that have become increasingly …
- FBI reportedly opens inquiry into suspected IDScan.net data breach 2026-09-03 15:43 Kazinform The investigation follows the appearance of a service calling itself Nexus, which surfaced this week on a Russian-language cybercrime forum and began offering access to digital images of North American identity documents. Among the records offered for sale …
- Montana Supreme Court Data Breach Exposed Court Case Files 2026-09-03 14:48 107.5 The Peak - Montana Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - The Montana Supreme Court is notifying residents of a multi-state data breach that exposed court case information, including sensitive personal details. But authorities say the problem should only be a concern if you had a …
- Agentic Ransomware Took Down Enterprise In Ten Hours: AI Left 80-Page Audit 2026-09-03 14:45 Tech Times An attacker handed an unknown corporate victim a comprehensive, 80-page security audit on Wednesday — not as a service, but as a postscript to the ransomware attack that had just consumed the victim's enterprise. According to Palo Alto Networks' …
- Direct line to Cyber Command from industry 2026-09-03 14:41 The National Tribune Department of Defence Surrounded by family, colleagues and Defence personnel at an appointment ceremony in Canberra’s Majura Park, Squadron Leader Talia Hedges received her Air Force rank slides from Director General Cyber Domain Support Air Commodore …
- Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker 2026-09-03 14:23 TechRadar Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Thomson Reuters confirmed March 2026 breach of its C‑Track court management system Incident affected courts in 11 US states, Ontario, and the US Virgin Islands No …
- South Carolina Dad Sues Meta After Son's Sextortion Death in 100 Minutes 2026-09-03 13:53 Hoodline - California Gavin Guffey was contacted online around midnight in July 2022 by someone posing as a young woman from a nearby college. Within 100 minutes, the 17-year-old South Carolina teen was dead, after the person behind the account demanded money and threatened to …
- Washburn County gives update on cyber attack incident 2026-09-03 13:49 Spooner Advocate - Wisconsin SHELL LAKE - A cyber attack in August in Washburn County left the government offices with major technological issues. County Board Chair Lolita Olson gave an update on Wednesday, Sept. 2. "Many folks are asking if there is an update," Olson said …
- Investigation Underway Regarding State Supreme Court Data Breach 2026-09-03 13:22 The Dakota News Network - North Dakota (Bismarck, ND) — An investigation is underway regarding a data breach that impacts the North Dakota Supreme Court. The court system was informed that a third party data breach may have involved information from the case management system they use. The …
- US Justice Department puts hacker groups on alert after X cyber attack 2026-09-03 12:56 Cryptopolitan Attorney General Todd Blanche has said that the Justice Department is going after the cyber criminals who bombarded X users with unrequested password-reset emails this week. The platform maintains that no accounts were compromised because the attack was …
- NameHero Launches HeroicGuard, Email Security That Stops Phishing Before It Hits the Inbox 2026-09-03 12:55 MarTech Series Protect every mailbox on a domain starting at $2.96 a month. No message cap. No mailbox move. One MX change. NameHero today announced HeroicGuard, the company’s email security and spam filtering service. HeroicGuard sits in front of existing mail ( …
- US detains Russian in freelancer malware case 2026-09-03 12:49 Arabian Post A Russian national accused of helping infect about 80,000 freelance workers with malware has been extradited to the United States and placed in federal custody after appearing in court in San Francisco.Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, was arrested in …
- Attackers Turn Trusted Node.js Runtime Into Malware Delivery Tool in Targeted Attacks 2026-09-03 12:13 The Hacker News Threat actors are leveraging the trusted Node.js JavaScript runtime in multiple cyber attacks as a way to deploy malicious payloads. According to a new report published by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team today, the attack method has been put to use in …
- Fewer attacks, more force: Link11's European Cyber Report finds new DDoS records for the first half of 2026 2026-09-03 12:00 EIN Presswire Super-botnets and hijacked cloud servers drive new bandwidth and packet-rate records as international law-enforcement pressure pushes attack counts down FRANKFURT am MAIN, Germany, Sept. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Link11 has released its European Cyber …
- 2.8 million people affected by data breach at Baylor Genetics testing and diagnostic firm 2026-09-03 11:49 TechRadar Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Baylor Genetics confirmed a June cyberattack affecting 2.8M patients and employees Stolen data includes medical test results, insurance info, and some SSNs/ …
- Only one in five UK CEOs say their cyber insurance will cover the full cost of a cyberattack 2026-09-03 11:49 TechRadar Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter 22% expect their policy to offer full coverage, 10% expect it to fall short Data breaches and reputational damage are major concerns Companies should look at finances …
- Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers 2026-09-03 11:15 Help Net Security A Russian national accused of using fake accounts on a freelance employment platform to spread malware to approximately 80,000 users has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California. Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, faces charges of conspiracy …
- International Operation Disrupts Sality P2P Botnet 2026-09-03 11:14 Infosecurity Magazine A P2P botnet thought to have been running for over two decades, has suffered significant disruption thanks to a US-led law enforcement operation. Carried out on August 31, the operation against the Sality botnet brought together authorities from Bulgaria, …
- Jazz launches data loss prevention app on CrowdStrike 2026-09-03 10:58 SecurityBrief Jazz has launched its data loss prevention platform as an app on CrowdStrike Falcon Foundry, making its Melody investigator available inside the Falcon console. The release follows Jazz's selection as the winner of the 2026 CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA …