Iran-linked hacktivist group Handala claims attacks on Verifone in Israel and US med-tech giant Stryker, as researchers warn of pro-Iran hacker groups escalating activity.

Every year, the hype feels the same. But in this year's run-up, Cybernews looks back at the most-pirated Oscar nominees over the last 15 years. The 2010 piracy landscape provided one of the clearest ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has introduced the AI-powered HODIO system to track hate speech on social media and examine how algorithms amplify polarization.

Hackers can change a single byte to insert malware undetected, posing as an apparently corrupted ZIP file dubbed Zombie Zip. A security researcher demonstrated this by tricking Windows Defender and ...

As the UFO disclosure movement makes steady progress, Congressman Tim Burchett has revealed that he had a conversation with President Donald Trump about releasing classified UFO files.

Dutch police have launched a campaign displaying blurred photos of 100 scammers across the country. If they don’t turn themselves in, their faces will be publicly unveiled.

The Efimer malware campaign is hijacking Google SEO to drain the crypto wallets of Oscar fans hunting for free movies, Cybernews researchers found.

Hacker News, a social news site run by Y Combinator, officially updated its guidelines to ban AI-generated or AI-edited comments.

Under new rules introduced in Russia in August 2025, MAX is a mandatory state-run “super-app” that has to be preinstalled on all phones sold in the country.

AI-generated short dramas from China depicting pets living human-like lives are part of a broader microdramas trend, offering escapism akin to cheap novels or low-quality soap operas ...

Most popular AI chatbots will help users plan out violent attacks, including school shootings, political assassinations, and acts of terrorism, with only a couple of chatbots refusing to fulfill these ...

Portugal warns foreign state-backed hackers are targeting WhatsApp and Signal accounts used by officials, diplomats, and military staff in a global espionage campaign.