Healthcare giant Abbott probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims
Extortion groups ShinyHunters and ShadowByt3$ claim they stole vast amounts of patient data. Those allegations have not been verified.
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Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber threats they create
AI companies can find vulnerabilities and write patches. But only the government can build the long-term defense strategy America needs. The post Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber thre
The 25 Biggest Cyber Attacks In History
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 20, 2026 – Read the full story in Yahoo! Finance According to Cybersecurity Ventures, global cybercrime cost
A week in security (July 13 – July 19)
A list of topics we covered in the week of July 13 to July 19 of 2026
Sophos Fusion: A Complete AI-Native Cyber Defense System
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 17, 2026 – Read the full story from Sophos With around 359 million businesses in the world, fewer than 35,00
Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies saw little use
The number of people who got approval to be in the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce program was in the single digits, GAO found. The post Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies s
The Best Of Kevin Mitnick On The Cybercrime Magazine YouTube Channel
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 16, 2026 – Watch the YouTube videos Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most famous hacker, passed away
The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading
Privacy concerns have dogged Flock's automated license plate recognition system for years. Now accuracy and reliability are coming under scrutiny too.
Security updates available for Adobe, Chrome, Firefox, VMWare, and Zoom
Several updates have been made available including those for Adobe, Chrome, Firefox, VMWare, and Zoom.
Dems press DNI nominee Jay Clayton on election security questions, but leave dismayed
Clayton maintained he was not an “election denier” but wouldn’t directly answer a number of questions about the 2020 race, his predecessor’s appearance at a January election office raid and more. The
Forget the model. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s all about the harness
Industry has quickly developed tools meant to guide and direct frontier LLMs in cybersecurity. Attackers aren’t far behind. The post Forget the model. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s all about th
Claude for Chrome flaw could let rogue extensions access your Gmail
The ClaudeBleed vulnerability still lets malicious Chrome extensions abuse Claude for Chrome's permissions.
Daemon Fairless, Host Of "Hunting Warhead", On The Cybercrime Magazine Podcast
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 15, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Hunting Warhead is an award-winning investigative true-crime podcast f
This fake Apple app can unlock your Mac’s password vault
Disguised as Apple's CrashReporter, CrashStealer steals passwords, browser data, crypto wallets, and other sensitive information.
White House details ‘Gold Eagle’ clearinghouse for AI cyber threats
The White House said the clearinghouse has already started to receive intelligence on vulnerabilities and prioritize patches. The post White House details ‘Gold Eagle’ clearinghouse for AI cyber threa
Security Hub adds AI workload protection and multicloud support for Microsoft Azure
Security Hub is our foundation for full-stack enterprise security across clouds. It centralizes your security operations and turns raw signals into prioritized insights, so your team spends its time m
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (virtually) at the Policy-Relevant Privacy Research Workshop in Calgary, Canada, on Monday, July 20, 2026. I’m speaking a
Human Risk Intelligence Is Part Of The Modern Cybersecurity Stack
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 14, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video "When high-trust individuals are compromised, the blast radius reaches we
Warning: Scammers are using FaceTime to empty bank accounts
Cybercriminals are combining social engineering through apps like FaceTime with unpatched devices to steal credentials and drain bank accounts.
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including AWS Govcloud keys --