Cyber News
Stay informed on the latest cybersecurity threats, incidents and regulatory updates across Sweden, the Nordics, and Europe.
Shadow AI Now Factors in One in Five Data Breaches
One in five data breaches last year involved AI tools that companies did not know their own staff were using. That figure comes from IBM's…
June 2, 2026 Dutch Police Dismantle 17 Million Device Botnet Tied to ASOCKS Proxy Service
Dutch authorities have dismantled a botnet that had recruited 17 million devices into criminal infrastructure without their owners' knowledge. The operation targeted ASOCKS, a residential…
June 1, 2026 Russian Intelligence Is Targeting Swedish Defense Industry to Beat Sanctions
Russia's intelligence services are running a coordinated campaign to acquire Western technology through fake companies, cyberattacks, and recruited intermediaries, and Sweden's defence industry is explicitly…
June 1, 2026 
Russia-Linked GreyVibe Built AI Malware That Exposed Its Own Operators
May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026 GCHQ Chief Warns AI Is Being Weaponised Just Below the War Threshold
Artificial intelligence is being turned into a weapon that operates just below the threshold of open war, the head of GCHQ warned on Wednesday, and…
May 29, 2026 
Fake Claude Code and Gemini Installers Drop a Fileless Infostealer
May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026 
Lithuania State Registry Breach: 600,000 Records Taken Through Authorised Logins
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026 Two 7-Zip Flaws Are Being Exploited. Both Were Patched Months Ago
Two vulnerabilities in 7-Zip are being exploited in the wild, and both were fixed before the attacks started. CVE-2025-0411 was patched in November 2024. CVE-2025-11001…
May 26, 2026 
Ransomware Groups Are Ditching Encryption for Pure Data Extortion
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026 
Europol Dismantles First VPN, the Anonymity Layer Behind Years of Cybercrime Cases
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026 
Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability Exploitation Overtakes Credentials as Top Breach Vector
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026 
Critical n8n Sandbox Escape Exposes 100,000 Automation Instances to Remote Takeover
May 20, 2026
May 20, 2026 IMF Warns AI Could Trigger Systemic Financial Crisis, Cites Anthropic Model
The International Monetary Fund has warned that AI-powered cyberattacks could trigger systemic disruption across global financial markets. In a blog published on 7 May, the…
May 19, 2026 G7 Nations Release AI SBOM Framework to Map Supply Chain Dependencies
CISA and its Group of Seven partners released guidance this week outlining minimum elements for artificial intelligence software bills of materials, a framework that could…
May 15, 2026 
Fortinet and Ivanti Close Critical Security Holes: Two Still Await AI-Driven Discovery
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot Zero-Click Flaw Let Attackers Steal Data Via Email
Microsoft 365 Copilot contained a critical zero-click vulnerability that allowed attackers to exfiltrate sensitive company data simply by sending a malicious email. The flaw, discovered…
May 13, 2026 South Staffordshire Water Fined £964,000 After Hackers Lurked Undetected for Two Years
The Information Commissioner's Office fined South Staffordshire Water £963,900 on Monday after the Cl0p ransomware group remained inside its network for nearly two years, exposing…
May 12, 2026 
DigiCert Breach Via Screensaver Enables Malware Signing, Microsoft Defender Chaos
May 11, 2026
May 11, 2026 
Polish Water Systems Hit by 20 Attacks as Russia Escalates Infrastructure War
May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026 Daemon Tools Hackers Used Valid Certificates to Hide Backdoor for Month
Chinese-speaking attackers compromised Daemon Tools software installers and went undetected for nearly a month. The supply chain attack began on April 8, 2026, with trojanized…
May 7, 2026