Grant Thornton Northern Ireland and Belfast City Airport have announced a new partnership, with the firm becoming the official sponsor of the airport’s Fast Track Security service. The collaboration demonstrates how leading Northern Ireland companies are working together to support business growth and connectivity. One of Northern Ireland’s leading business advisory firms, Grant Thornton has...Read More
Checkmarx research found 75% of organizations knowingly ship vulnerable code The time‑to‑exploit window is expected to shrink to just one minute, raising urgent risks for some sectors Vibe‑coded apps built entirely via AI chat are compounding exposure Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made it unaffordable for organizations to ship code they already know is vulnerable, but...Read More
U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million devices worldwide. Jacob Butler, 23, of Ottawa, Canada, also known online as “Dort,” was arrested in Canada under an extradition warrant after U.S. prosecutors charged him with...Read More
CHICAGO (WLS) — Universities and schools K-12 across the country, including the University of Illinois and Illinois State University, have been impacted by a massive data breach targeting a system widely used by students and faculty. The breach involves Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, a web-based learning management system used daily by educators and...Read More
Pentagon forms task force for advanced AI hacking tools. The Pentagon’s cyber warfare division has established a special task force to expedite the integration of advanced AI tools with potent hacking capabilities, according to Politico, citing sources. The initiative will bring together representatives from Cyber Command and the NSA to explore how the Pentagon can...Read More
UK embedded systems consultancy ByteSnap Design has announced a partnership with Digi International to offer a managed security service for connected medical and industrial IoT devices. The pair will combine automated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation, continuous vulnerability monitoring and targeted patching to provide a bundled embedded Linux security service. A recent webinar titled “Long-Term Security for...Read More
An Australian federal court has upheld a financial penalty against X for failing to comply with the country’s child internet safety regulations, marking the end of a prolonged legal dispute between the platform and Australian authorities. The court ordered X to pay a fine of AU$650,000 (approximately US$465,000) after determining that the company failed to...Read More
VIDALIA, La. (KNOE) – A 63-year-old was arrested in Houston, Mississippi, on several charges out of Concordia Parish. James Timothy Sullivan(CPSO) Deputies with the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office said they started investigating James Timothy Sullivan in August, 2025 after he was communicating with a person he believed was a minor sexually online. Sullivan was arrested...Read More
International Security Journal hears exclusively from Gordon Brebner, Technical Team Lead at Orange Cyberdefense, about the company’s latest documentary, ‘Don’t Go To The Police.’ How does ‘Don’t Go to the Police’ demonstrate the impact that a single cyber-attack can have on an economic ecosystem? The Coaxis attack is an example of how the vulnerability of...Read More
Authorities in North America and Europe have participated in a law enforcement operation to disrupt First VPN, a popular cybercrime service used for ransomware and other attacks. According to the FBI, First VPN has been active since 2014, providing 32 exit nodes across 27 countries at the time of its disruption. The service, advertised on...Read More
