Cyber News
Stay informed on the latest cybersecurity threats, incidents and regulatory updates across Sweden, the Nordics, and Europe.
Chinese Actor Used DeepSeek AI to Automate Vulnerability Exploitation at Scale
A China-linked threat actor has used DeepSeek, the Chinese AI platform, to autonomously search for critical vulnerabilities, identify proof-of-concept exploit code, and launch attacks against…
Adform Ad Tracking Script Hijacked to Redirect Cryptocurrency Payments
August 3, 2026 Attackers Posing as IT Support in Microsoft Teams Are Deploying Chaos Ransomware
Cybercriminals are calling employees through Microsoft Teams, impersonating internal IT support, and deploying ransomware within hours of gaining access. Sophos has linked the campaign, which…
Signal Users Targeted in Phishing Wave Designed to Steal Account Backups
July 30, 2026 Fastjson 1.x Remote Code Execution Flaw Exploited With No Patch Available
There is no patch. That is the first thing to understand about the remote code execution vulnerability currently being exploited in Fastjson 1.x. Attackers are…
Iranian Hackers Are Deleting Control Logic Inside US Water and Energy Plants
July 27, 2026 Stadler Rail Refuses $12.3 Million Ransom Demand After Supplier Platform Breach
Stadler Rail, the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer, has refused to pay a $12.3 million ransom demand from the Everest ransomware group following a breach on…
Spain and the UK Fine 23andMe Over Genetic Data Breach Affecting 6.9 Million Users
July 22, 2026 Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent in Landmark 2026 Attack
An autonomous AI agent breached Hugging Face in 2026, exploiting the platform's data processing pipeline to execute more than 17,000 actions across ephemeral sandboxes, steal…
Finland Issues Wanted Notice for Vastaamo Hacker as Conviction Becomes Final
Finland has issued an international wanted notice for Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the man convicted of breaching Vastaamo, a Finnish psychotherapy provider, and exposing the confidential therapy…
Lidl Discloses Customer Data Breach at External IT Provider Across Three Countries
Lidl has notified online shop customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands that their personal data was stolen following a breach at an external IT…
Jscrambler NPM Package Compromised Across Five Versions, Rust Infostealer Installed on Upgrade
July 13, 2026 Latvia’s State-Owned Forestry Giant LVM Still Offline Weeks After Ransomware Attack
July 10, 2026 Estonia Plans Official Digital IDs for AI Agents in Global First
Estonia is preparing to issue official digital identity credentials to AI agents, in what would be the first state-backed identity framework designed specifically for non-human…
GCHQ Designs Autonomous AI Cyber Shield to Protect UK Infrastructure
July 8, 2026 Citrix NetScaler Memory Flaw Under Active Exploitation by Four Threat Groups
July 7, 2026 FBI Warns TeamPCP Poisoned Developer Tools to Harvest Cloud Credentials
The FBI issued a FLASH alert on 2 July 2026 warning that a threat group called TeamPCP had compromised widely used developer and security tools…