When Anthropic launched Mythos Preview, the company said the AI system had already discovered thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some affecting every major operating system and web browser. Later, Mozilla also revealed that Mythos Preview helped identify 271 bugs in the Firefox browser. But it now appears that Mythos may be capable of doing more...Read More
Yonhap reports that South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT held a working-level workshop with OpenAI on May 18, 2026, where Sasha Baker, head of national security policy for ChatGPT, introduced Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) and related cybersecurity functions of the company’s latest models. Aju Press reports that on May 27 Vice Minister Ryu...Read More
New Mexico state prosecutors are seeking fundamental changes to Meta’s social media apps and algorithms to safeguard children in the second phase of a landmark trial on allegations that platforms such as Instagram have created a public safety hazard. Opening statements are scheduled Monday in the three-week bench trial to decide whether the platforms of...Read More
Parents are demanding answers after they say students at a school division powwow celebration in southwestern Manitoba received condoms and sexually explicit materials. Malina McCann’s two sons, aged 10 and 12, attended the Mountain View School Division event at Selo Ukraina south of Dauphin on Thursday. Her boys didn’t come home with inappropriate material, she...Read More
Canvas, Mercer’s digital classroom and course manager, worked on Friday morning just a day after it displayed a “currently undergoing scheduled maintenance” message after its parent company, Instructure, suffered a ransomware attack by ShinyHunters, a cybercrime group. Newsweek reported it found only school districts in Georgia were impacted by the outage and that no universities...Read More
At first glance, it looks like a regular USB cable. But a new Kickstarter project called Hacknect is trying to turn something as ordinary as a charging cable into a surprisingly powerful hacking and automation device. The product is being pitched toward ethical hackers, cybersecurity researchers, developers, and automation enthusiasts. Hidden inside the cable is...Read More
Chris Inglis, who served as the first U.S. national cyber director in 2021-23, emphasized on Tuesday the need for Japan to foster public-private cooperation to address vulnerabilities in the nation’s aged information technology systems. There are “many weaknesses” in systems that have been deployed in Japan for 20-30 years, Inglis, who held the post under...Read More
By Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg Two advocacy groups focused on child safety are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Roblox’s game mechanics, which they claim coerce kids into spending unreasonable amounts of money on the platform. Roblox, a gaming platform that’s particularly popular with younger players, is violating rules designed to protect consumers by unfairly...Read More
Updated April 26, 2017, 5:53 p.m. MT DENVER – A teen-sexting law that has befuddled Colorado lawmakers for years appeared Wednesday to be moving closer to reality after lawmakers in the legislature’s lower house passed it unanimously, sending it to the Senate. The measure to create several new crimes for juvenile sexting passed 65-0 and...Read More
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Law enforcement in Florida apprehended 19 suspects as part of an undercover child predator operation. The suspects are collectively charged with more than 90 crimes. Many of the men believed they were communicating with children or their guardians. Law enforcement in Florida apprehended 19 suspects as part of an...Read More
