Global threats and high-impact digital events.
In 2024, deepfakes became a major threat, causing market disruptions and privacy concerns. The rapid growth of AI technology has made digital deception easier, stressing the urgent need for enhanced verification systems to protect against misinformation and cyberattacks.
2024 saw hackers unleashing AI-powered phishing and deepfake scams, leaving agencies scrambling. From deepfake fraud to open-source malware, cybercrime surged. But as we head into 2025, there’s hope—smarter defenses and a chance to outsmart evolving threats. Stay cautious and prepared!
China’s "Salt Typhoon" hackers have breached U.S. telecoms, raising cyber tensions. Experts warn of the threat to international stability, emphasizing the need for collaborative strategies to prevent escalation amid ongoing economic competition.
Chinese hackers allegedly breached U.S. telecoms tied to Harris and Trump campaigns, highlighting election security gaps. AI-driven deepfakes and disinformation also surge on social media, raising risks to democracy as voters near Election Day.
CrowdStrike's disastrous July 19 software update crippled Jetstar and exposed vulnerabilities, causing a global IT outage. Competitors like SentinelOne exploited the chaos, shaking customer trust and eroding CrowdStrike's market value by 25%.
This week, the cybersecurity world is in turmoil following a massive data breach at National Public Data. The breach, involving 2.9 billion records, has exposed sensitive information spanning decades.
A major cyberattack that led to a significant Microsoft Azure outage, a high-stakes prisoner swap involving Russian cybercriminals and U.S. journalists, and Google's urgent patching of an Android zero-day vulnerability.
We cover the extensive supply chain disruptions affecting logistics, airlines, and transport worldwide. Additionally, we examine the financial impact on CrowdStrike’s stock price and the ensuing reactions from financial markets and analysts.
his week, we delve into an unprecedented IT catastrophe that has sent shockwaves through global business systems. The CrowdStrike outage, triggered by a routine software update gone awry, has cascaded into a crisis of historic proportions.
Welcome back to the July Cyber Scan Headlines CrowdStrike Outage Special Edition. This week, we dive into the historical IT outage that has shaken global IT dependency systems and brought down networks worldwide, affecting airlines, retailers, and financial services across the globe.
Another development this week underlines the ongoing, evolving impact of digital threats. Australia’s healthcare system is of course dearly held and the fresh information around the scale of the MediSecure breach shines a light on its fragility.
Australia, backed by allies like the US, UK, and Japan, has accused a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, APT40, of breaching government and private sector networks.
