{"id":231740,"date":"2026-06-15T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/ai-helps-speed-cybercrime-and-other-cybersecurity-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:50:10","slug":"ai-helps-speed-cybercrime-and-other-cybersecurity-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/ai-helps-speed-cybercrime-and-other-cybersecurity-news\/","title":{"rendered":"AI helps speed cybercrime, and other cybersecurity news"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI helps speed cybercrime, and other cybersecurity news<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. This regular round-up brings you key cybersecurity stories from the past month.Top cybersecurity news: AI is accelerating cybercrime; ransomware outpaces other types of cyberattacks; Anthropic suspends new AI tools.The World Economic Forum\u2019s Centre for Cybersecurity provides an independent and impartial platform to reinforce the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic imperative and drive global public-private action to address systemic cybersecurity challenges.1. AI has become an accessary to cyber crimeAI data breaches are on the rise, with hackers increasingly using the technology to detect software vulnerabilities, according to Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report. Nearly a third of breaches start with software vulnerabilities, overtaking stolen passwords as the main way for hackers to gain access. As the focus shifts from tricking people into revealing passwords, generative AI is boosting the speed at which hackers work, from identifying new security weaknesses to writing the matching malware. 2. Ransomware attacks are on the riseCyberattacks eased in May 2026, but ransomware surged by 48%, according to Check Point Research. Education was targeted more than any other industry, averaging 4,641 weekly attacks per organization, up 7% year-on-year. Government and telecommunications were next in line. Retailers also remain prominent targets. In May, convenience store chain 7-Eleven confirmed a breach after cybercriminal ShinyHunters gained unauthorized access to systems used to manage franchisees’ documents and subsequently leaked 9.4GB of stolen records after failed ransom negotiations.While technology companies tend to be lower down the list of ransomware targets, Foxconn, a semiconductor manufacturer with clients including Apple, Google, Nvidia and Sony, fell victim to extortion in May. Foxconn makes products across the entire global technology supply chain. The hackers claimed to have stolen over 11 million files, including confidential data relating to Foxconn customers.3. News in brief: Top cybersecurity stories this monthAnthropic suspends new AI tools over security concerns: Anthropic has suspended access to its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after US authorities raised national security concerns shortly after their public release. The company said it had been ordered to restrict foreign nationals from using the tools, amid concerns about potential “jailbreaking” methods that could help identify or exploit cyber vulnerabilities. US Congress releases AI Act: A draft of the Great American AI Act aims to create a federal AI governance framework through a new Center for AI Standards and Innovation in the Department of Commerce. It proposes banning states from passing laws directly regulating AI model development, though they can regulate AI use. The bill also requires AI companies to improve transparency via risk assessments, incident reporting, and verification, with fines up to $1 million per violation.GitHub suffers data breach: The popular code-hosting platform has been under attack from hackers who used a Visual Studio Code extension to compromise an employee’s device and steal source code. While the company found no evidence of any customer-facing systems being affected, it estimates that about 3,800 internal repositories were stolen.Anthropic set for IPO: Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI platform, has completed a Series H funding round valuing it at just under $1 trillion and filed a draft S-1 registration document for review by the US Securities Exchange Commission ahead of an initial public offering (IPO). Hot on the heels of Anthropic, both Open AI and Perplexity have also announced their plans to go public. 4. More about cybersecurity on Forum StoriesEmpowering defenders: The Forum\u2019s AI and Cyber: Empowering Defenders report finds that artificial intelligence is now the biggest driver of change in cybersecurity. The report shows that most organizations already use AI in areas such as phishing detection, anomaly monitoring and incident response, and that heavy users can shorten breach lifecycles by about 80 days and cut average breach costs by up to $1.9 million.How to strengthen cyber resilience in vulnerable sectors: Cyber attackers are increasingly targeting education, healthcare and NGOs, where disruption can quickly translate into real\u2011world harm. With cyber inequity widening, closing the resilience gap requires collective action, including tailored cyber\u2011resilience strategies, capacity building, shared services and targeted support from governments and technology companies.Protecting critical infrastructure: Shielding critical infrastructure against cyber crime often falls to small, under-resourced teams at local municipalities and service providers. Using AI to fend off advanced cyber threats at the intersection of physical and IT infrastructure can address looming threats by monitoring for subtle anomalies and enabling quicker incident response.AI could make cybersecurity more accessible: Cybersecurity has been something of a dark art to date, but AI can simplify it and democratize it by allowing us to express security intent in natural language rather than through complex tools.
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