Cybersecurity researchers have identified a multi-stage malware campaign aimed at hospitality organisations during the busy holiday season. The operation, tracked as PHALT#BLYX by Securonix, uses advanced social engineering techniques such as fake CAPTCHA prompts and simulated Blue Screen of Death errors to trick victims into manually executing malicious code. The attack begins with phishing emails impersonating Booking.com , claiming urgent reservation cancellations and highlighting inflated...

The UK government has announced a major new Cyber Action Plan aimed at strengthening the resilience of public sector services against cyber-attacks. Central to the plan is the creation of a Government Cyber Unit, which will coordinate responses to cyber threats across departments, and the launch of a Software Security Ambassador Scheme to promote secure software development practices. The measures come in the wake of a series of high-profile cyber incidents in 2025 affecting major UK...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has raised concerns that the rapid development of deepfake technology is threatening trust in online identity systems. Deepfakes are highly convincing fake images or videos created using artificial intelligence. Criminals are now using these tools to impersonate real people and bypass identity checks, which poses serious risks to financial institutions, cryptocurrency platforms, and any organization that relies on digital trust. Identity checks, often called...