Best Read Cyber Headlines
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#1 Reuters: AI Chatbots Were Happy to Help Craft a Phishing Scam
Sep 15 2025 // The email seemed innocent enough. It invited senior citizens to learn about the Silver Hearts Foundation, a new charity dedicated to providing the elderly with care and companionship. “We believe every senior...
#2 Anthropic Warns of AI-Driven Hacking Campaign Linked to China
Nov 17 2025 // A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it disrupted...
#3 China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack
Nov 13 2025 // China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the...
#4 Hackers and Crime Rings Are Teaming Up to Steal Cargo, Cyber Firm Says
Nov 3 2025 // Hackers are infiltrating trucking and freight companies in a scheme to steal and sell cargo shipments, a growing campaign that could end up costing companies and consumers billions of dollars, according to new...
#5 Cybersecurity Pros Say IoT, Large Language Models Are Risk Areas of Concern
Aug 7 2025 // When it comes to systemic cyber risks, cybersecurity experts rated Internet of Things (IoT) devices and large language models (LLMs) as the most immediate emerging risk areas of concern. That finding came from a recent...
#6 Tally of Microsoft Victims Surges to 400 as Hackers Exploit SharePoint Flaw
Jul 23 2025 // The number of companies and organizations compromised by a security vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint servers is increasing rapidly, with the tally of victims soaring more than six-fold in a few days,...
#7 Cyberattack Cripples Asahi Operations, Lifts Rival Brewers
Nov 12 2025 // As Japan gears up for its busiest beer-drinking season, the country’s largest brewer is struggling to stay on tap — with its systems still crippled more than a month after a cyberattack disrupted its supply...
#8 ‘Catastrophic’ Hacks Warning Follows Intrusion of Cyber Firm F5
Oct 16 2025 // The cybersecurity company F5 Inc. said nation-state hackers breached its networks, gaining “long-term, persistent access” to certain systems and stealing some source code. The breach prompted alerts from...
#9 UK Teenager Charged by US for Role in Yearslong Hack Spree
Sep 19 2025 // The US Justice Department accused a British teenager on Thursday of engaging in a yearslong spree of cyberattacks that targeted 47 American organizations and netted more than $100 million in ransom payments. Thalha Jubair,...
#10 Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack Shutdown to Hit 4 Weeks; Insurance Cover in Question
Sep 24 2025 // Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is extending the closure of its factories until October 1 following a cyberattack in early September that has left its operations paralyzed and smaller suppliers...
#11 Ransomware Ensnares $4.3 Trillion Muni Market’s Key Site
Oct 16 2025 // A ransomware attack is disrupting state and local borrowers’ ability to post debt documents on the $4.3 trillion municipal-bond market’s main distribution platform. MuniOS, a website operated by Ann Arbor,...
#12 Insurer Says Tech Services Firms Should Pay for Insured’s Ransomware Damages
Sep 19 2025 // ACE American Insurance Co. is suing to recover $500,000 it paid in ransomware damages to a staffing company, claiming cloud computing and cybersecurity firms contracted by its policyholder should instead be held...
#13 North Korean Hackers Used ChatGPT to Help Forge Deepfake ID
Sep 15 2025 // A suspected North Korean state-sponsored hacking group used ChatGPT to create a deepfake of a military ID document to attack a target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers. Attackers used the artificial...
#14 Travelers: Confidence High in Guidance From Cyber Insurers; Work to Do on Take-Up
Sep 24 2025 // As cyber security threats continue to evolve, more businesses are trusting insurers to offer guidance on proactive protection and prevention. In fact, 86% of business leaders are confident in the cybersecurity guidance...
#15 Hackers Strike Ivy League Schools Already Under Political Pressure
Nov 26 2025 // Hackers have struck elite US universities in recent weeks, pilfering sensitive data from donors and making off with students’ information in a string of digital heists that only add stress to schools already besieged...
#16 Ransomware Gangs’ Merciless Attacks Bleed Small Companies Dry
Dec 6 2024 // The black-and-white message flickering across computer screens sparked panic at Knights of Old, a 158-year-old UK delivery company: “If you’re reading this, it means the internal infrastructure of your company...
#17 Former WhatsApp Employee Says Bosses Ignored Cybersecurity Flaws
Sep 9 2025 // A former employee at Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he repeatedly raised cybersecurity concerns about the messaging app with his superiors but was ignored and retaliated...
#18 ‘Most Prevalent’ Chinese Hacking Group Targets Tech, Law Firms
Sep 25 2025 // Suspected Chinese hackers are behind an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against US technology companies and legal firms, stealing national security secrets often while remaining undetected, according to Alphabet...
#19 Senator Opposes FCC Plan to Reverse Cyber Rules Adopted After Salt Typhoon Attack
Nov 19 2025 // The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to abandon plans to rescind cybersecurity requirements adopted after the massive Salt Typhoon Chinese hacking...
#20 DHS Secretary Noem Fires Two Dozen at FEMA Citing Cyber Lapses
Sep 2 2025 // Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she fired two dozen employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a review determined significant flaws had allowed a hacker to access to FEMA’s...
