3WW REPORTS: GLOBAL ESCALATION MONITORING

Prasan Nepal ran the nihilistic violent extremist network for almost four years and played a crucial role facilitating the grooming, manipulation and extortion of minors. The post Leader of 764 pleads guilty, faces up to 30 years in prison appeared…

The critical infrastructure defense program will seek to pair Claude models, Anthropic engineers and threat research with the expertise of cybersecurity companies. The post Anthropic rolls out program for ‘long-term commitment’ to secure critical infrastructure, open source software appeared first…

The seizures of the tools, allegedly operated by the Chinese firm Integrity Tech, accompanied a warning from the FBI, CISA and NSA. The post DOJ, FBI seize Flax Typhoon-linked hacking tools Microscan, FishHub appeared first on CyberScoop.

Zohar Pinhasi allegedly deceived ransomware recovery clients into a payment scheme disguised as a specialized service that helped victims avoid paying cybercriminals. The post Ransomware recovery CEO indicted after allegedly paying hackers and pocketing millions appeared first on CyberScoop.

The two campaigns were rated 4 and 5 out of 6 for severity, the first time OpenAI has reported what it considers a high-impact influence campaigns. The post OpenAI says Iran, Russia used AI journalists, think tanks to influence Western…

As advances lower the barrier to breaking current encryption, Washington must move with equal urgency on post-quantum defenses. The post Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now. appeared first on CyberScoop.

The regulations on “controlled unclassified information” include security rules and requirements for reporting when they’re breached, including by cyberattacks. The post Major rules for federal contractors handling sensitive data are nearing the finish line appeared first on CyberScoop.

Some of the material appeared to be recorded or stolen video of girls through interactions on social media sites like Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. The post FBI, French authorities seize deepfake CSAM-for-sale websites  appeared first on CyberScoop.

More than 3,400 servers have been compromised by malware that hides its infrastructure coordinates in a poem. The post PoeLLM malware has assembled a sweeping botnet, taking technical cues from a poem appeared first on CyberScoop.

The FBI and Secret Service warned Fortinet users that FortiBleed, uncovered this summer, is a continuing threat. The post Alert: FortiBleed remains active campaign, can lock out users or lead to ransomware attacks appeared first on CyberScoop.