The Iranian advanced persistent threat group known as Seedworm — also tracked as MuddyWater, Temp Zagros, and Static Kitten — has been found actively operating inside the networks of multiple U.S. organizations since early February 2026, raising serious alarms across the cybersecurity community. The group’s intensified activity follows the coordinated U.S. and Israeli military strikes […]
As the fighting in the Middle East roars on, cyber experts are increasingly warning of online attacks from Iran on U.S. businesses and infrastructure. “From a timing perspective, it’s now or never,” said Pavel Gurvich, founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup Tenzai. “In that sense, the danger is meaningfully higher.” Gurvich said Iran may have stored capabilities and is waiting for a high-risk moment to launch. […]
UK businesses with a presence in the Middle East have been urged to step up vigilance against cyber threats from Iran after US-Israeli attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said there was “almost certainly” a heightened risk of an indirect cyber threat for organisations that had offices, or supply chains, in the Middle East. The UK’s cybersecurity […]
A hacker exploited Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot over a month-long campaign starting in December 2025, using it to identify vulnerabilities, generate exploit code, and exfiltrate sensitive data from Mexican government agencies. Cybersecurity firm Gambit Security uncovered the breach, revealing how persistent prompting bypassed Claude’s safety guardrails. According to a Bloomberg report, the operation spanned from December 2025 […]
Feb 23 (Reuters) – Shares of cybersecurity companies including CrowdStrike (CRWD.O), opens new tab and Datadog (DDOG.O), opens new tab slumped on Monday, as investors weighed the potential impact of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s new security tool on the industry. Anthropic’s new feature, Claude Code Security, is designed to detect high-severity vulnerabilities in open-source software […]
Have you ever asked an AI for a password? When you do, it quickly generates one, telling you confidently that the output is strong. In reality, it’s anything but, according to research shared exclusively with Sky News by AI cybersecurity firm Irregular. The research, which has been verified by Sky News, found that all three […]
Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 on February 11, 2026, patching over 40 vulnerabilities, including a critical zero-day in the dyld component actively exploited in targeted attacks. The update addresses CVE-2026-20700, a memory-corruption flaw discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which enables arbitrary code execution for attackers with memory-write access. Dyld, Apple’s Dynamic Link […]
The Afghan data breach that exposed the details of more than 18,000 people was a “wake-up call” for the way government handles data, a security minister has told MPs. Dan Jarvis, who oversees hostile threats to the UK as well as cybersecurity and crime in his job as security minister, said on Tuesday that there had been “significant change” across government to make sure […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Britain agreed Saturday to accelerate cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals, as China’s influence grows in the region. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his visit to Japan comes at a time “when geopolitical, economic and technological shocks are literally shaking the world.” Starmer’s overnight Tokyo visit comes on […]
The interim head of the country’s cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks, according to four Department of Homeland Security officials with knowledge of the incident. […]