Financial services trade groups back new authority letting mutual funds pause suspicious redemptions from vulnerable investors The U.S. House of Representatives has advanced a bipartisan measure that would give mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and their transfer agents explicit federal authority to freeze suspicious withdrawals from older and vulnerable investors before their money disappears. H.R. 2478, otherwise...Read More
Allegion plc (ISIN IE00BFRT3W74) is a global provider of security products and solutions, supplying mechanical and electronic locks, access control systems and related hardware to commercial and residential customers around the world. The company focuses on building access and safety, offering a broad range of brands and technologies that are designed to secure doors and...Read More
The core of my last post was an asymmetry. An attack can unfold in two steps or 20, but the vocabulary it draws from never grows. The same small set of primitives (executable memory, control flow, process manipulation, credential access, encryption) is all any attack has ever had to work with. Guard that set, and...Read More
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors unanimously approved a 10-year technology plan June 23 that establishes a long-range framework for cybersecurity, staff support, device planning and instructional technology. The plan, covering July 2026 through June 2036, does not add major technology purchases or new initiatives to the 2026-27 budget. Instead, it outlines work already...Read More
LONDON (AP) — Britain says it will ban people under 16 from using a range of social media apps, including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, a decision intended to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time. The U.K. joins a global movement to enforce age-based restrictions or requirements for access to social media....Read More
Phnom Penh: Nepal’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia Dhan Bahadur Oli held talks with Cambodia’s Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Eat Sophea on Monday, with the two sides agreeing to strengthen cooperation against human trafficking, online scam operations, cybercrime and other forms of transnational organized crime....Read More
Once installed, the tool can infiltrate programs used to access other computers. Malware disguised as legitimate updates sent by the IT provider can be sent to the customer. An Iran-linked hacking group has created a new framework to attack Israeli organizations in the government and IT sectors while evading traditional detection and analysis systems, Israeli...Read More
Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) has launched a dedicated cybersecurity platform as its technology ecosystem surpassed 4,000 companies, making it the largest and fastest-growing business segment within the international business district. The launch of DMCC Cyber also formalizes DMCC Tech, a new umbrella platform that brings together the district’s specialist technology centers and business communities...Read More
ABIM calls for a national agenda on child safety, urging education reform, mental health care and digital safety after a school incident. KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (ABIM) hopes that a recent school incident in Bandar Banting, Kuala Langat, will act as a catalyst for a National Agenda on Child and Adolescent Safety...Read More
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered what they describe as the first documented case of an autonomous, AI-orchestrated ransomware attack, a development that experts say could fundamentally reshape the cyber threat landscape by allowing criminals to launch sophisticated extortion campaigns at unprecedented scale and minimal cost. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Sysdig said the attack, dubbed “Jade Puffer,”...Read More
