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South Korea considers cybersecurity czar amid rising hacking threats
Nov. 4 (Asia Today) -- South Korea is considering creating a government-wide cybersecurity coordinating authority, potentially led by a cybersecurity czar, as hacking incidents spread across public institutions and private companies. The proposal…
Cybersecurity Name Offers An Encore As Earnings Loom
Several leading stocks triggered sell signals amid recent volatility as investors awaited the U.S. midterm elections. But with electoral results now clear, stocks setting up in bases could be the first ones to shoot out of the gate once the stock…
Central cyber security agency warns banks, fintech firms of AI agent-led frauds
The move comes after agencies noticed a trend of AI use in cyber frauds on banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and FinTech companies. “The attacks are financially motivated and are being carried out with the help of Artificial…
Sharp China: Parsing the Fifth Plenum; US-China After the Midterms; Nvidia may be in Capitol Hill's Crosshairs; Cybersecurity and Espionage
Sharp China: Parsing the Fifth Plenum; US-China After the Midterms; New Scrutiny for Nvidia; Cybersecurity and Espionage Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:00:23 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. This episode of…
Spain approves methodologies to strengthen electricity system cybersecurity
Spain's National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved two European methodologies for assessing cybersecurity risks and classifying cyberattacks in the electricity system, under the European network code on cybersecurity for…
Tokenmaxxing crackdowns and AI cybersecurity risks
Companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Accenture are cutting down on ‘tokenmaxxing' in a bid to slash costs. The tech giants aren't the only ones cracking down on the practice. Many firms are realising the issues caused by tokenmaxxing as…
Cyber Insight: Before you sign off the 2027 security budget, ask what this year's spend actually changed
Look to Cyber Insight for a security report review. As South African businesses finalise their 2027 budgets, many security conversations will start with the same document: a monthly report full of blocked threats, closed tickets and response times.
Communication channels: The new hunting grounds for attackers
What if your next cybersecurity breach happened during a conversation? Since the dawn of cybersecurity itself, companies have focused their efforts on fortifying and defending servers, workstations, and networks. However, with hyper-connectivity…
Russian hacktivists say they were behind freezer hacks, but speculation remains
Two Russian hacktivist groups have claimed they worked together on the waves of freezer hacks which have affected European supermarkets. Noname057(16) and Z-Pentest Alliance posted on Telegram that they were responsible, bragging that they had…
French blood supplies impacted by freezer hacks as theories swirl about culprits
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service French authorities say that fridges used in medical facilities to store blood for donations were impacted by recent cyber-attacks by unknown hackers. The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said cold…
Carrefour Reports 15 Stores Affected as Dutch Agency Probes Cooling Attacks
European reports of supermarket refrigeration cyberattacks have prompted scrutiny of remote access safeguards, with Carrefour Belgium reporting minor effects at 15 stores and the Dutch agency investigating incidents across the region. Carrefour…
ASI boosts A/NZ managed security services with Insicon Cyber acquisition
ASI Solutions has acquired Insicon Cyber to bolster its security solutions across Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ), adding a North Sydney security operations centre (SOC) and a range of other services to its armoury. In addition to its 24/7 SOC…
Datacentrix wins SolarWinds Growth Partner of the Year for South Africa title
From left: Dylan Lloyd, Sales Executive: Enterprise Africa at SolarWinds; Brett Skinner, Business Unit Manager: Cyber Resilience at Datacentrix; Lucky Qwabe, Senior Security Solutions Specialist at Datacentrix; Dan Hauenstein, Global…
I4C Warns Financial Firms Of AI-Driven Cyber Fraud Risks
India's financial sector is on high alert as the I4C and CERT-In warn banks, NBFCs, and fintech firms about sophisticated, machine-speed cyberattacks powered by artificial intelligence agents, necessitating urgent security upgrades and incident…
Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day
A recently patched vulnerability in Zyxel GS1900 series switches was exploited in the wild as a zero-day to hack almost 1,000 devices, cybersecurity firm Binarly reports. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-107441 (CVSS score of 8.8) and is described…
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