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Army Soldier Gets 70 Months for AT&T Hack, Then Tried to Hack the Prison
Cameron Wagenius pleaded guilty to stealing call records for more than 100 million AT&T customers. Behind bars, he used other inmates' email accounts to prompt AI tools for exploit code.
North Korea's Fake-Employee Scheme Now Recruits Workers From Iran and Lebanon
What began as a North Korean operation to sneak remote workers into U.S. tech companies has grown into a multinational scheme, with recruits now drawn from Iran and Lebanon.
Your Security Team Is Split in Two. Criminals Are Not.
Deepfakes and AI-powered scams now cross physical and digital boundaries at the same time. Most company security programs aren't built to follow.
Ransomware Gangs Are Now Paying Insiders to Unlock the Front Door
Criminal groups are bribing employees to hand over company access rather than hacking their way in. It is cheaper, faster, and harder to detect, and the insider threat problem is getting worse.
North Korea's Fake Worker Scheme Now Reaches Into Hospitals and Sales Teams
The DPRK-linked hiring fraud that dogged tech firms is turning up in healthcare and sales roles, widening the insider risk for employers who thought they weren't a target.
AI Security Tools Are Only as Good as the Data You Feed Them
Security teams are pouring money into AI-powered defences while quietly starving those systems of the data they need. The result is a blind spot that criminals are already walking through.
North Korean Spies Are Getting Hired as IT Workers. Here Is How to Spot Them.
Security firm Huntress investigated three separate cases in 2026 where North Korean government operatives had successfully applied for, and been hired into, real jobs at Western companies. The red flags they left behind are now a playbook for anyone doing the hiring.
Attackers Are Skipping the Login and Going After the Hiring Desk
Criminals have figured out that faking a new hire or a password reset is easier than cracking a password. Identity verification is now the soft spot.
Taiwan Charges Nine People Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Staff From Nvidia and Super Micro
A smuggling case in Taiwan shows how the race for AI hardware has created a black market for restricted chips, with employees at two major American tech companies among those accused.
Nearly a Million Australians' Data Stolen in Origin Energy Breach Traced to Manila Call Centre
A former employee at a Manila-based Accenture office allegedly took customer records belonging to roughly 900,000 Origin Energy customers and tried to extort the company for money to return them.
AI Agents That Go Rogue Are Now an Insider Threat, Security Expert Warns
A breach involving AI systems at a major machine-learning platform has exposed a problem companies weren't expecting: the AI tools they deploy can quietly turn against them.
North Korean IT Worker Infiltrated a Federal Agency, Boeing 737 Security Flaws Explored, and Refrigeration Systems Found Vulnerable
A North Korean operative got hired at a US government agency, researchers found exploitable weaknesses in Boeing 737 onboard systems, and serious flaws turned up in industrial refrigeration controllers. Here's what each finding means in practice.
Contractor Jailed Two Years After $2.5M Extortion Attempt Against Brightly Software
Cameron Curry stole payroll data on his way out the door, then threatened to report his ex-employer to the SEC unless it paid up.
The fake new hire problem: how criminals slip in through remote onboarding
Gaps between background checks, laptop delivery and account setup are letting impostors join companies as staff. Here's how the trick works, and what stops it.
Researchers Set Up a Fake Crypto Company and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers
The sting recorded every keystroke on the laptops the fake employer issued, exposing the paper trail of a scheme US officials say funnels wages back to Pyongyang.