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School safety remains a “non-negotiable priority” for the government, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, responding to the Audit Office’s findings on fire safety and health shortcomings in public schools. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Michaelidou said the issues identified in the auditor-general’s latest report, including gaps in fire safety certification, were already known...Read More

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – South Korea’s media watchdog is reviewing regulations on social media restrictions against children under 14 amid growing concerns about excessive use of digital platforms. South Korea’s Communications and Media Commission Chair Kim Jong-cheol said excessive social media use among teenagers has become a global problem. “We are reviewing, in phases, a plan to restrict...Read More

Federal authorities charge suspects linked to international cybercrime operations causing losses. Federal authorities have charged three Russian nationals and two companies accused of providing online services that supported cyberattacks against victims across the United States and other countries. The indictment, which was recently made public in the Northern District of Ohio, claims the defendants operated...Read More

Russian hacker “bandcampro” used Google’s Gemini CLI to control an eight‑device botnet at a dental clinic The attacker tricked the AI by posing as a pen tester, directing it to migrate C2 infrastructure, troubleshoot connectivity, and prepare payload bundles The AI assisted with daily operations like password guessing and WordPress access, highlighting risks of misuse...Read More

Threat actors linked to Iran are using artificial intelligence to enhance their cyber and information warfare capabilities, putting the U.S. and its allies at higher risk of asymmetric attack, according to a report released Thursday by Recorded Future.  Iran-nexus actors have used generative AI and large language models in a range of activities, including the...Read More

Thursday 16 July 2026 3:51 pm Ofcom is looking into Tiktok’s age verifictions Tiktok has insisted it is “confident” it complies with the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) after Ofcom launched an investigation into whether the platform is doing enough to stop children accessing harmful content. The watchdog is looking into whether Tiktok’s age verifictions...Read More

YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction – myMotherLode.com Skip to main content ...Read More

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced that Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating...Read More

A new ransomware actor called Spirals completed a corporate intrusion, from initial access to data theft and encryption, in less than 24 hours. The attack occurred in June and breached an IT services firm in South Asia after compromising an Internet Information Services (IIS) server exposed on the public web. Researchers at Symantec’s Threat Hunter...Read More