LAS VEGAS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A two-decade-old ⁠Russian hacking operation dubbed “Sality” is being dismantled,U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced ⁠on Tuesday. U.S. officials said they had seized theweb domains hackers used to take over computers ‌to send spam, carry out distributed denial-of-service operations or stealcryptocurrency,…

Nearly $21 billion. That number jumped out at me when I looked at the FBI’s latest cybercrime data. Behind that enormous loss are families who watched savings disappear and people who trusted the wrong investment pitch. Some victims had no clue someone was moving their money until they checked an…

Sality, a Russia-based botnet that infected more than 11 million devices during a 23-year run of operations, was dismantled Monday by law enforcement, CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation.  CrowdStrike, which announced the takedown Tuesday alongside authorities, said it played a crucial role dismantling the botnet’s technical infrastructure, rendering the malware-spreading…

Cybercrime police show an arrest warrant to a 31-year-old Thai woman accused of acting as an agent in a major corporate mule-account network backed by a Chinese financier, at a house in Phasicharoen district of Bangkok on Wednesday. (Photo: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau) A woman accused of acting as an…

CrowdStrike has created the Cyber Superintelligence Lab and launched its SafeMind security models, which it describes as the first frontier AI research organisation built for cyber defence and AI safety. The move brings together CrowdStrike’s AI researchers, offensive operators and incident responders in a single unit led by Dr. Bartley…

Summary On August 26, 2026, the ransomware group Krybit claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Finodaya Capital Private Limited (finodayacapital.com), a prominent Indian Non-Banking Financial Company. Krybit has threatened to leak sensitive data unless the company initiates negotiations. Incident Report Field Details Target Finodaya Capital Private Limited Domain finodayacapital.com Country…

Artificial intelligence is enabling 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa, while cybercrime-related losses have more than doubled to $484 million since 2024, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has said. COP Donkor said the figures, contained in Interpol’s 2026 African cyber threat assessment, highlight…

On September 01, 2026, NovoCure Ltd (NASDAQ: NVCR) disclosed a cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to patient and employee data through a subsidiary in mid-August 2026. The company responded swiftly by activating its cybersecurity protocols and engaging external experts to investigate the incident. Despite the breach, NovoCure does not anticipate…

Watershed 250 Promises Free Cyber Resources for Small Water UtilitiesShaun Waterman •August 31, 2026     Image: Lone Star Stock/Shutterstock Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and White House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross Monday announced the launch of Project Watershed 250, connecting Texas water utilities with free cyber defense resources in…