UK: Derbyshire police officer investigated over alleged use of AI to ‘create evidence’

A Derbyshire police officer is being investigated over claims they used artificial intelligence (AI) to create evidence in criminal cases. The investigation is the first known case of its kind in UK criminal justice and has seen the cop removed from frontline Read More …

More than 12,000 servers supported a coordinated phishing infrastructure worldwide

When a suspicious email lands in your inbox promising financial rewards or urgent payment requests, the infrastructure behind that email is rarely what it appears to be. An investigation by Comparitech revealed a coordinated spam and phishing network spanning 12,704 servers in Read More …

Criminal AI-as-a-Service in 2026: How the Underground Market Is Operationalizing Cybercrime

The underground market for criminally oriented generative AI has moved beyond the early hype surrounding ‘malicious chatbots.’ The gradual integration of AI as a productivity layer within cybercrime operations has become the dominant story, indicating that while the potential for Read More …

Free Spotify Premium hacks on social media are spreading infostealers

Short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels have become the latest way cybercriminals spread malware. We’ve already seen attackers move away from traditional phishing emails and toward tactics that trick people into installing malware themselves. Now they’re being lured with slick Read More …

Qilin NHS breach tally grows as Essex trust confirms stolen records

The patient tally from the Synnovis ransomware attack continues to grow two years later, with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust confirming it was caught up in the breach. The trust told The Register that the Synnovis breach affected about 2,380 records Read More …

CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang

A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government, prompting the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA to order all civilian agencies to remediate the vulnerability by end of day Wednesday. Cybersecurity firm Check Point Read More …

WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order

WhatsApp said that it disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a spyware maker that has been ensnared in countless cases of abuse all over the world. The messaging app maker accused NSO of violating an earlier court order that bars Read More …