THE AUSTRALIAN government plans to strengthen its under-16s social media ban, as children are continuing to access platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. “We’re working on that as a priority because this is something that other generations didn’t have to deal with, which is why it’s complex,” Mr Albanese told Parliament on Thursday. He told the Australian...Read More
In a novel maneuver for a disruption operation against cyber attackers, industry and law enforcement teamed up to conduct a court takedown of two widely-used criminal tools at once rather than individually, Microsoft said Tuesday. The takedown simultaneously went after Amadey, a botnet that can serve as a malware delivery system, and StealC, an infostealer....Read More
Bajaj Auto Limited on Friday said it remains focused on business continuity and servicing customers, dealers, vendors, and business partners even as investigations into the recent cybersecurity incident continue. The company, before the exchange, has said all key business functions—including manufacturing operations, sales, service activities, dealer support, and customer services—are operating normally following the ransomware...Read More
Montenegro has arrested an Iranian national sought by the United States in connection with one of the most significant cybercrime investigations involving alleged attacks on American institutions. Montenegrin police carried out the arrest in cooperation with the FBI after locating the suspect in the Adriatic coastal town of Kotor. U.S. authorities accuse the man of...Read More
Code-grounded GDPR compliance software recognized for replacing survey-based ROPAs and DPIAs with continuous, evidence-based privacy reporting that keeps up with development speed SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HoundDog.ai, the privacy code scanning company, today announced it has been named the winner of Best GDPR Compliance Platform in the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards presented by...Read More
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that the government will toughen enforcement of the country’s pioneering social media ban for children, after a study claimed that the six-month-old law has had almost no impact on actual teenage internet use. Citing the report, news agency Reuters said that early data indicates that tech platforms are...Read More
Microsoft says it is adopting a new strategy against cybercrime by focusing on the broader attack supply chain rather than individual services, and has targeted two widely used cybercrime tools, Amadey and StealC, after AI-assisted analysis showed they depend on shared infrastructure. This action goes after the cybercrime “assembly line,” where coordinated tools drive ransomware,...Read More
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has claimed that the identity of the presumably white hat hacker who took $18.5 million worth of ADA from exposed Cardano wallet users is unknown. In an X talk yesterday called The Bingo Hall, Hoskinson claimed that he was informed by “Jer” of what went down in a meeting between the...Read More
A coalition of technology companies, including Anthropic, AWS, IBM and Microsoft, announced a joint effort to find, disclose and remediate security flaws in open-source software. The group, called Akrites, will establish a shared security incident response team as well as a coordinated vulnerability disclosure process. The founding members, led by the Linux Foundation, will commit...Read More
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Cybersecurity experts are urging people affected by the Alamo Heights ISD data breach to change passwords, freeze credit and enable multi-factor authentication.
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