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Nonprofit fined after defector data found in balloon launched toward North Korea

A South Korean nonprofit organization has been fined over $5,000 for failing to protect the personal information of Nort...

Australia to sue Facebook, TikTok for alleged breaches of ban: Minister

Companies are required to take reasonable steps to stop underage users from holding social media accounts.

Hackers Use New ROMULUS ClickFix Platform to Deliver LegionLoader and Other Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a ClickFix delivery platform called ROMULUS that's being used to dis...

How the UAE and MEK weaponize AI to spread propaganda

Somewhere inside Iran, a network of activists exchanged messages about politics and news with an activist — nicknamed “P...

Chinese AI idol’s ‘pregnancy’ stunt sparks backlash, debate over digital boundaries

A Chinese AI girl group has sparked intense online backlash after announcing that one of its virtual members was “pregna...

BREAKING NEWS: China-linked AI agent may be behind Japan cyberattacks: security firm

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How smart will Hong Kong’s ‘AI city brain’ be?

When Severe Typhoon Dolphin approached eastern China in August, more than 110,000 delivery riders across Hangzhou receiv...

Trump appointees asked a federal cybersecurity agency to secretly hack a voting machine

The request shocked staffers, who feared they were being asked to take part in political interference.

2026 Elections: Academics discuss tools to fight disinformation

Nikkei discloses third data breach in a month, 1.8M records exposed

Nikkei Inc. disclosed a new data breach, the third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million personal information reco...

US orders DeepSeek removed from federal systems, citing national security risks

Citing national security concerns, the US government has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products a...

US orders DeepSeek removed from federal systems, citing national security risks

Citing national security concerns, the US government has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products a...

California to recieve $6m settlement after 23andMe data breach

The 2023 breach exposed millions of customers’ genetic and personal information, including more than 855,000 Californian...

US-China AI talks must ensure safety of both tech and business

In New York last month, US-China talks on artificial intelligence opened up a path of cooperation. This was affirmed by ...

WordPress SEO plugin Rank Math compromised to backdoor websites

Some downloads of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin from the vendor's official website carried malware that planted hid...

Researchers Infiltrate Microsoft Tech Support Scam Operation

A large-scale scam operation impersonating Microsoft uses a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) run by a Russian...

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing

The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.

France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple ‘stripped and robbed’

AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show an elderly couple being “stripped and robbed” during unrest in France have ...

'AdFection' Turns Ad Impressions Into Zero-Click Spyware Delivery

Spyware vendors are exploiting targeted ad bidding in the digital ecosystem to identify and track individuals and organi...

Judge denies WhatsApp’s bid to hold spyware maker in contempt for allegedly targeting users

WhatsApp argued that NSO Group violated a 2025 injunction against using the messaging app to spread spyware. A federal j...

ConnectWise suspends Cloud Backup service after supply chain attack

ConnectWise initially said on Friday that it was investigating “attempts of unauthorized access associated with the Conn...

Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backu...

ConnectWise Disables Cloud Backups Amid Concerns for Downstream MSPs

Researchers say attackers authenticated into Microsoft 365 tenants using ConnectWise credentials; ConnectWise says custo...

Bullhorn takes staffing platform offline to contain cyberattack

Staffing software company Bullhorn has disabled access to its platform to contain a cyberattack that caused a system-wid...

Two more Serbian opposition figures targeted with spyware, researchers say

A phone belonging to the rector of the University of Belgrade was discovered to have been infected with Pegasus spyware,...

Bulgaria seeks suspects in Germany after Starlink sabotage

A Bulgarian court has issued arrest warrants for two young German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antenn...

Wyden seeks adoption of encryption tech at hundreds of federal agencies to protect visitors’ sensitive traffic

At risk, the Oregon Democrat warned, are online crime tipsters, whistleblowers and others. The post Wyden seeks adoption...

Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device has Saudi backing: Prosecutor

US federal prosecutors allege the defendant was in frequent contact with unnamed member of royal family.

Chuck Schumer urges FCC to block AI robocalls before elections

Chuck Schumer urges FCC to reject petition allowing AI robocalls ahead of key November midterm elections.

Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor

Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and ...

OpenCode hack exposes API keys amid AI distillation attacks

The open-source AI coding project OpenCode has notified a small number of users that API keys they used with external pr...

Why Russia's war on Ukraine's data centers could backfire on Moscow

Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers could backfire, experts have told the Kyiv Independent, as Kyiv's retaliatory ...

AI Is Supercharging Cyber Scams and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

Cyber-enabled scams are spreading globally with the aid of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). ...

Ahold Delhaize confirms 'malicious actions' behind cyber outages affecting grocery brands

Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch multinational grocery retailer, said Monday that a cyberattack forced it to take systems offli...

Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor

Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath....

Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support says court filing

The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.

US prosecutors allege Saudi royal links in OpenAI bugging case

Prosecutors argue Abdulrahman Alfozan should continue to be detained in the US due to his ‘considerable support from a f...

Russian social media giant VK faces disruptions after data center drone strike

The disruptions began Sunday, when users complained of difficulties loading news feeds, playing music and accessing othe...

Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows

U.S. prosecutors allege that the defendant, Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was in ​frequent communication ‌with an unnamed mem...

DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

The order cites national security concerns, including sending data to servers in China, the potential malware and the ov...