Logos of SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus. [Photo: each company] South Korea’s three telecom carriers are stepping up investment in information security. Hacking incidents and AI-based cyber threats are combining to make security spending a key task for the telecom industry. Data disclosed by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Thursday showed...Read More

Managed service providers are outpacing in-house security teams in adopting and trusting artificial intelligence for cybersecurity, according to a new Cynet report covered by Channel Insider. Both groups, however, identify AI-powered phishing and social engineering as their most significant threats, indicating a growing reliance on MSPs for security solutions as cyberattacks become more automated.The Cynet...Read More

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – The global movement to protect children online has entered a new phase, with more countries announcing social media bans for some teenagers. In the U.S., however, lawmakers have not yet reached a consensus on basic safety regulations. Last year, Australia became the first country to implement a nationwide social media ban...Read More

Mount Royal University in Calgary has confirmed that hackers stole and subsequently deleted data from its file storage systems after breaching the university’s network on June 17. The incident disrupted a wide range of university systems, including online services and internet access, according to a recent report by Bleeping Computer.The cyberattack, claimed by the threat...Read More

A US county reportedly paid $1 million to Kairos, an extortion gang that claimed to have stolen more than 2 TB of data, but the county never received independently verifiable proof that the stolen files had been deleted – just the criminals’ promise. This means the county’s stolen files may turn up for sale on...Read More