Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2•Updated 14:27 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for stronger protections for children online, saying the evidence presented by the Special Panel on Child Safety Online should help shape future European policy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Von der Leyen said the evidence increasingly supported introducing a minimum age for...Read More

Five men allegedly thought they were meeting children in the Hudson Valley, but investigators were waiting instead. The New York State Police coordinated a multiagency Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation that resulted in the arrest of five people. Five Arrested During Multiagency Internet Crimes Against Children Operation In Hudson Valley Getty ImagesHandcuffs on white...Read More

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced new ransomware sanctions against a virtual private network (VPN) provider, its administrator, and a malware service provider accused of enabling ransomware attacks targeting Americans. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the designated individuals and entity allegedly supplied infrastructure and tools used by cybercriminals to carry out attacks...Read More

Cybercrime reports in Maldives more than doubled during the first six months of the year, with online shopping scams accounting for a significant share of the increase, according to police statistics. Police said 1,053 cybercrime cases were reported during the first half of this year, compared with 512 cases during the same period last year....Read More

Executive Summary Publication Date: July 13, 2026 On July 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced unprecedented sanctions against the operators of First VPN Service (also known as 1VPNS) and a Belarusian malware cryptor seller, marking the first time a VPN provider has been formally sanctioned for facilitating...Read More

Somewhere between coordinating major event security and sharing real-time threat intelligence across hundreds of government partners, the Department of Homeland Security’s own information-sharing backbone got compromised. The intrusion into the Homeland Security Information Network — HSIN — reportedly occurred between late May and early June 2026, first reported by Nextgov and later confirmed by DHS....Read More

Evgen Kovalov GAMES July 14 2026 Views: 45 Publisher Activision, in collaboration with Iron Galaxy, has released an urgent server playlist update for the recently re-released versions of the shooter. Call of Duty Black Ops on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. This update is being positioned by the developers as the first step in...Read More

Yubico already supplies security keys to protect OpenAI employees and infrastructure. The new requirement also extends that relationship to users seeking access to OpenAI’s most advanced cybersecurity models. “This directive represents a significant strategic and commercial validation for Yubico,” says Jerrod Chong, CEO of Yubico.  “By requiring hardware-backed passkeys rather than sync passkeys or software-based...Read More

AI security agents are starting to influence real security decisions. They summarize findings, prioritize remediation, recommend next steps, and help teams move faster. But most still rely on fragmented risk signals: scanner output, severity scores, threat intelligence, configuration findings, and exposure data. That fragmentation matters because attackers do not move through environments one tool category...Read More

Today, the European Union’s (EU) Special Panel on Child Safety Online issued a report recommending that further action be taken to tackle the harmful design of social media platforms. Responding to the news, Lisa Dittmer, Researcher and Adviser on Children and Young People’s Digital Rights at Amnesty International said: The expert panel is right to emphasize the need for children to be able to participate in a safe online environment. Banning teenagers from accessing social media is not the answer. As Amnesty International has long argued, it is the responsibility of tech companies to overhaul the built-in addictive and manipulative designs of leading social media platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots...Read More