Italian organizations faced 148 confirmed ransomware attacks in the first half of 2026, with the manufacturing sector being the most frequently targeted.
As outlined in Cyber Insider, a malicious Steam Workshop map for the game MECCHA CHAMELEON exploited a vulnerability in the game's mod-loading system to deliver malware to players' computers.
The Hacker News disclosed that the threat actors behind the Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem have resurfaced with four new malware families, indicating that the operators are showing no signs of stopping despite extensive public disclosures into their inner workings.
An open-source AI assistant named Hermes was used in a cyberattack targeting Thailand's Ministry of Finance, compromising sensitive personnel data and internal systems.
