A newly unveiled European age verification app is already under fire after a security researcher claimed he bypassed its protections in under 2 minutes. The EU on Wednesday unveiled a new age verification app designed to let users prove their age online without handing over personal data to platforms, removing the need for sites to...Read More
The man was reportedly charged with 12 hacking offences. Image: Shutterstock A 22-year-old South Australian man is being held without bail after he was charged with 12 counts of cybercrime following a “complex” investigation that led to a range of state and federal offences. The man, who was identified by ABC News as Aiden Wood,...Read More
Self-image is still just one factor in what may be making some girls feel bad getty Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Instagram made body images worse for one in three teenage girls, and the paper of record even cited Facebook’s own data. Facebook has since fired back this week stating that...Read More
Agentic AI , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development KPMG Survey Finds Organizations Must Transform Ops to Scale AI Jennifer Lawinski • April 20, 2026 Image: Shutterstock Enterprises are spending millions on artificial intelligence projects, but whether those investments will reap rewards comes down to how well they’re...Read More
The latest AI model from Anthropic, known as Mythos, is causing a frenzy within the banking sector as they seek to secure access and assess its potential cybersecurity implications. During the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, regulators voiced concerns about the significant challenges Mythos presents to existing banking systems. Access...Read More
As the use of smartphones has increased among teens, so has the prevalence of sexting. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) Guess what, people are more likely to sext or receive sexts if they have smartphones. Yes, somehow sexts aren’t quite the same with a rotary phone or semaphore flags. A study published in...Read More
Vercel customers are at risk of compromise after an attacker hopped through multiple internal systems to steal credentials and other sensitive data, the company said in a security bulletin Sunday. The attack, which didn’t originate at Vercel, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions. An attacker traversed third-party...Read More
One of Canada’s largest life and health insurers says a recent data breach has exposed the personal information of up to 70,000 customers, with the majority of accounts hacked belonging to one large corporate customer. On Monday, Canada Life told The Globe and Mail it has recently identified a cyberbreach conducted by a criminal hacking...Read More
As organizations consider agentic AI for their business and IT stacks, researchers continue to find bugs and vulnerabilities in major, commercial models that can significantly expand their attack surface. This week, researchers at Pillar Security disclosed a vulnerability in Antigravity, an AI-powered developer tool for filesystem operations made by Google. The bug, since patched, combined...Read More
(TNS) — The office established to investigate complaints against Madison police was temporarily denied access to the department’s data last year after mishandling sensitive information, including victims’ names, addresses and case details, the city’s police chief said. At the same time, the city board that manages the office ignored concerns from other city departments and officials that...Read More
