Seoul plans to roll out a homegrown cybersecurity AI model by year’s end as export controls and rising digital threats sharpen calls for stronger defenses. Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon, center, speaks during a policy briefing presided over by President Lee Jae Myung at the Blue House on July 16.JOINT PRESS CORPS Korea will launch a...Read More
UK launches investigation into TikTok over child safety concerns UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, on Thursday launched an investigation into TikTok to ensure the compliance of the platform in protecting children from online harmful content. The probe will look into whether Britain’s TikTok unit “failed and is failing to protect the minors from obscene content under...Read More
The medical condition of convicted sexual predator Iain Wares has delayed sentencing proceedings against him, which were expected to be heard in the Wynberg Regional Court on Wednesday morning. The postponement comes amid a series of delays in the matter against the former Rondebosch Boys Primary teacher, who was accused and convicted in a historic...Read More
An indictment has been unsealed in the Northern District of Ohio charging three Russian nationals and two related “bulletproof hosting” companies for their roles in cybercrimes against U.S. victims, causing tens of millions of dollars in losses. The indictment, returned in December 2024, charges Alexander Alexandrovich Volosovik, 43, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin,...Read More
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Wednesday (15 July) rejected claims of a “sensitive data breach” at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), after reports emerged that a ransomware group had obtained confidential files from a contractor’s server, The Hindu reported. The corporation maintained that the leaked material relates only to “conventional...Read More
[Shenzhen, China, July 16, 2026] The Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG), a leading technology analyst firm, recently released its 2026-27 DCIG TOP 5 Cyber Resilient PBBAs report. Huawei’s OceanProtect data protection products were recognized in the report for their excellent cyber resilience, standout backup and recovery performance, industry-leading data reduction capabilities, and enterprise-grade reliability. The...Read More
As it turns out, the batch of expiring Secure Boot certificates isn’t the only Secure Boot-related concern that Microsoft and the public need to worry about this year. ESET Researchers have uncovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed and forgotten by Microsoft for a decade. The nature of these shims allows them to be flashed...Read More
(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS additional info in paras 5-6, 9) SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea will launch a sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) model specializing in cybersecurity by the year’s end to respond to growing security threats in the digital space, the science minister said Thursday. Minister Bae Kyung-hoon’s comments come amid growing concerns...Read More
July 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into TikTok on Thursday to understand whether its UK unit failed or is failing to protect children from harmful content. A month ago, the government imposed a blanket ban on social media for users under the age of 16 and placed restrictions on gaming and...Read More
The quickest way to make being online safer for children and teens would be to kick all adult men off the internet, the Canadian psychologist Candice Odgers believes. Men are the biggest perpetrators of sextortion and most likely to spread misinformation, she says. Odgers is not recommending this as a policy for governments to adopt:...Read More
