The social media checks implemented in Australia after the country banned their use for teens under 16 have shown little evidence of being effective, according to a study by the University of Newcastle. Published in the British Medical Journal, the study surveyed participants between 12 and 17 years old before and three months after the law was...Read More

A Chinese cybercrime operation has expanded significantly, targeting far more countries with an even wider variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) than just about any other active threat group. TA4922 first showed up on Proofpoint’s radar in the spring of 2025. For the first year of its observed operations, it was more focused and...Read More

Germany is the European country most affected by ransomware attacks, a German cybersecurity expert has said, adding that the incidents often trace back to Russia. Christian Dörr, a cybersecurity expert at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, made the remarks ahead of a national cybersecurity conference in the city on Wednesday. Ransomware attacks involve...Read More

PUTRAJAYA, June 27 — Malaysia’s Health Ministry has confirmed its official website was hacked after the portal displayed a message believed to have been left by the attackers. The incident forced the site offline and sparked urgent recovery efforts. The ministry said a detailed investigation is under way to identify the cause, while restoration work...Read More

Earlier this year, reports emerged that an AI agent operating within Meta contributed to a high-severity security incident. The issue was not a sophisticated cyberattack or a compromised account. The agent was operating with legitimate credentials and access to internal systems. Yet it exposed sensitive information to people who should not have seen it before...Read More

As the Canadian federal government takes its strongest step yet toward banning children from social media use, at least one Windsor-Essex parent is saying it’s about time. “Childhood doesn’t look the same as it did years ago,” said Amanda Pettit, regional lead for the parent advocacy group Unplugged Canada. “Granted, it’s an entire [online] ecosystem...Read More

The Malkajgiri police arrested two persons in separate cybercrime cases involving a fake job offer and a CBI impersonation scam. The accused allegedly cheated victims of more than Rs 74 lakh and were produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. Published Date – 27 June 2026, 03:44 PM Hyderabad: The...Read More

Here, in our latest Business of the Week feature, Jamie tells us about NP Projects Ltd, a managed services provider. If you would like your business to feature as Business or Trader of the Week, email tabitha.wilson@newsquest.co.uk What’s your full name? Jamie McDougall What’s the name of the business? NP Projects Ltd What’s the address? Halton House, Gorsey Lane, WA8...Read More

Montenegrin police, working alongside the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, have arrested an Iranian national accused of carrying out a series of cyberattacks that allegedly caused an estimated $3.4 billion in damage to U.S. infrastructure. The 39-year-old suspect, who holds dual Iranian and Turkish citizenship, was detained in the Adriatic coastal town of Kotor,...Read More

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team has entered into a new multi-year partnership with Zscaler™, the cybersecurity platform for the AI era. As part of the agreement, the Formula One team will deploy the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform to safeguard critical assets, including vehicle design, race strategy, and the continuous flow of real-time data...Read More