Tag Archives: Cyberattack

06Aug/26

AI Automates the Industrialized Cybercrime Economy

August 6, 2026SecurityAngola, Computer security, Conti, Crimes, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Deepfake, Generative AI, Kenya, Kganyago, Lesetja Kganyago, Malware, Neal Jetton, Oludare Ogunlana, Phishing, Ransomware, Security breaches, Senegal, South Africa, Sunday, Uganda, Zambiaadmin

Coordinated Policing Battles a Surge in Sophisticated, AI-Powered Scams Across Africa

Thur , Aug 06 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Artificial intelligence has become the primary engine transforming cybercrime across Africa, driving 55 percent of all reported digital offenses and shifting the threat landscape from isolated incidents into an industrialized, borderless criminal ecosystem. This automation spans every stage of a cyberattack, from initial target reconnaissance and highly personalized phishing generation to execution, extortion, and operational evasion. Fueled by the continent’s rapid digital transformation, which reached over 1.1 billion registered mobile subscribers in 2025, cybercriminals have successfully scaled their operations to target massive audiences simultaneously. This has resulted in a devastating financial toll, with annual regional losses skyrocketing from $192 million in 2024 to $484 million in 2025, while the number of identified individual victims surged from 35,000 to 87,000. Continue reading →

30Jul/26

AI and blockchain beyond zero trust

July 30, 2026Security.google, AI boom, Archana Ramamoorthy, BeyondCorp, Blockchain, Computer network security, Computer security, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Generative AI, Heather Adkins, Information technology, Intrusion detection system, Oracle, Phishing, Vulnerability, Zero trust architectureadmin

Why Zero Trust Isn’t Enough: Tackling the Threat of “Ambient Authority” in AI Agents

Thu, July 30 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Shift from Zero Trust to “Beyond Zero” The rapid proliferation of autonomous AI agents has fundamentally broken traditional “Zero Trust” architectures, such as Google’s pioneering BeyondCorp. Because AI agents can consume and process data at machine speed, they often inherit the broad, over-provisioned privileges of their human operators—a vulnerability known as “ambient authority”. To address this, Google security researchers introduced “Beyond Zero,” a new security paradigm that shrinks the trust boundary from the broad application level down to the individual resource action. Continue reading →

20Apr/26

Claude Mythos triggers global cyber panic

April 20, 2026Security.google, Amazon, Andrew Bailey, Anthropic, Bank of Canada, Canada, Christine Lagarde, Cisco, Claude, Claude Mythos, Computer security, Concurrently, CROWDSTRIKE, Cyberattack, Dan Katz, Existential risk from artificial intelligence, Exploit, François-Philippe Champagne, Fuzzing, IBM, Iran, Jerome Powell, Machine learning, Microsoft, Mythos, Palo Alto Networks, Scott Bessent, Software testing, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Tiff Macklem, United States, Vulnerability, Vulnerability management, Washington, Zero-day vulnerabilityadmin

The Mythos Inflection: How Anthropic’s New AI is Rattling Global Finance

April 20, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Emergence of Autonomous AI Cyber Threats Anthropic’s recent announcement of Claude Mythos Preview has fundamentally disrupted the cybersecurity landscape, marking a transition from AI as a productivity tool to an autonomous offensive cyber weapon. The model has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities at machine speed, autonomously uncovering decades-old flaws in systems like OpenBSD, FFmpeg, and the Linux kernel without human intervention. Cybersecurity experts warn this creates an “AI Vulnerability Storm”, collapsing the timeline between a vulnerability’s discovery and its weaponization from months to mere hours. Continue reading →

12Oct/24

As an ethical hacker, I can’t believe the risks people routinely take when they access the internet in public

October 12, 2024SecurityAlexander Supertramp, Christopher Patrick Hawkins, Computer security, Creative Commons, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Evil twin, Internet security, Malware, Phishing, Security breaches, Social engineering, Supply chain attackadmin

Christopher Patrick Hawkins, University of Staffordshire

In the modern world we are all constantly connected, but this comes with risks. As most cybersecurity specialists will tell you, the biggest vulnerability in any system is the user – whether at home or work.

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29Aug/23

International ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies

August 29, 2023SecurityAdam Young, Alpesh Bhudia, Anna Cartwright, Beatrix Potter, British Airways, Clop, Coinbase, Computer security, Conti, Creative Commons, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Dallas, Darren Hurley-Smith, Dorchester, Edward Cartwright, Guilford, Joseph Popp, Malware, Martin, Moscow, Ransomware, Royal, Royal Mail, Russia, Ryuk, SHUTTERSTOCK, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vitalik Buterin, WannaCry ransomware attackadmin

Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of London; Anna Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway University of London, and Edward Cartwright, De Montfort University

In May 2023, the Dallas City Government was hugely disrupted by a ransomware attack. Ransomware attacks are so-called because the hackers behind them encrypt vital data and demand a ransom in order to get the information decrypted.

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22Apr/23

UK Security Minister CYBERUK speech

April 22, 2023SecurityBelfast, Computer network security, Computer security, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, National security, Security engineering, Threat, Tom Tugendhat, UK cyber security community, United Kingdomadmin

20 April 2023 /Policy/ — The Security Minister stressed the importance of businesses and individuals taking steps to protect themselves from cyber threats. He said that businesses should invest in cyber security measures, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. He also said that individuals should be careful about what information they share online and should use strong passwords. Continue reading →