Japanese Financial Institutions Gain Access to OpenAI Model to Strengthen Cybersecurity————————————-Japan is turning to advanced artificial intelligence to strengthen cybersecurity across its financial sector, as concerns grow over AI-enabled cyberattacks. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said some Japanese financial institutions have been given access to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model to help improve their ability to detect...Read More
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Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Rycroft/AP MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took...Read More
A retired school principal in Delhi receives a video call from a man claiming to be a police officer. He tells her that her Aadhaar number has been linked to a money laundering case and warns her not to disconnect because she is under “digital arrest”. Over the next few hours, fear slowly replaces reason....Read More
Introduction Evolving terrorist tactics reflect a pragmatic adaptation to available resources and technological advancements. The vulnerability landscape is thus continually evolving, characterised not merely by conventional power differentials but by the emergence of novel susceptibilities. The proliferation of the internet has exacerbated this trend, facilitating the recruitment and radicalisation of tech-savvy, self-radicalised individuals. The dark...Read More
Imagine stumbling upon a world of information that doesn’t appear in any usual internet search, where access isn’t open to everyone and curiosity can lead to more than one problem. This is precisely the Deep Web, a digital territory that many would like to explore but very few manage to access. A cybersecurity expert has...Read More
GOP lawmakers unveil ‘common sense’ school safety plan Minnesota House Republicans, led by Representative Brian Lawrence and Education Finance co-chair Ron Kresha, unveiled House File 3493, a multi-layered school safety proposal. The bill aims to create a safe learning environment for all students—including those in public, nonpublic, and tribal schools—by providing flexible funding and local...Read More
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society says violence in public schools has reached overwhelming levels across the province. Survey shows widespread concern among educators A new survey conducted by Probe Research between Jan. 22 and Feb. 17, 2026, of more than 3,300 educators found 70 per cent believe violence has increased over the course of their careers, while...Read More
It is a nightmare no parent wants to face. Last week, a local 15-year-old boy walked up to his mother in tears, begging her for $300 to stop an anonymous online predator from destroying his reputation. The teenager had become the latest victim of “sextortion”—a rapidly growing cybercrime where predators manipulate victims into sending explicit...Read More
With the ongoing controversy around the On-Screen Marking, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday acknowledged vulnerabilities in the digital platform used for evaluating Class 12 answer sheets, a notable departure from its earlier claims that the issues flagged were related to an incorrect URL and a testing portal, and not a security...Read More
