TradingKey – What was originally just an internal security capability test ultimately evolved into a cyberattack against a real internet platform. On July 21 local time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly stated that the company had encountered a major security incident during its latest round of model security assessments, and confirmed that it is jointly...Read More

This story was originally published on Cybersecurity Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Cybersecurity Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Many ransomware victims remain vulnerable to follow-up cyberattacks, even after they complete their incident response processes, highlighting gaps in mitigation activities that increase their odds of becoming repeat targets, the security...Read More

Image: Meta  Meta is rolling out Threads parental supervision tools through Family Center, starting next week in the United States. Parents and guardians will get time insights, daily limits, sleep mode controls, and tagging rules. They can also manage selected privacy or content preferences for teen accounts. That move puts Threads closer to the...Read More

OpenAI said Tuesday that two of its AI models autonomously hacked their way out of a controlled environment where they were supposed to be walled off from internet access and then hacked their way into the systems of Hugging Face, a company that hosts open source AI models and testing resources, in order to cheat...Read More

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI’s upcoming AI models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to hack into Hugging Face servers and cheat on a benchmark, the company said. The models even figured out a way to gain internet access in a sandboxed environment. The hack was discovered and stopped by Hugging Face and OpenAI, and the...Read More

On 15 August 2026, the Dutch Cybersecurity Act (Cyberbeveiligingswet, hereafter: “Cbw”) will enter into force. For organisations that fall within scope, this is not a soft launch. From that date, the Dutch NIS2 regime will apply, including the registration obligation, the duty of care, incident reporting obligations and board-level governance obligations. The Act implements the...Read More

German and US law enforcement have dismantled the infrastructure behind Kratos, a notorious phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. Its alleged developer and administrator was arrested in Indonesia by local police. Seizure banner (Source: BKA) The takedown was led by the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), working alongside US law...Read More

In France, from September people under 15 will not be able to open accounts. Age verification will be required on all new accounts. That means you will have to prove you’re old enough to use social media. In January 2027, this rule will apply to all accounts even if they’re not new. That means everyone...Read More

A hacker group calling itself RansomHouse has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack last week that disrupted operations at Japanese frozen-food and logistics company Nichirei, affecting restaurants, supermarkets and school lunch programs. The group posted a statement on the dark web saying it had stolen internal Nichirei data, according to Nobuo Miwa, president of cybersecurity company...Read More

There is an ongoing debate in the cybersecurity industry about whether vendors should go directly to customers or instead become a part of a wider partnership network. The standard argument is that consolidation of platforms and AI-driven cost-of-service delivery makes the traditional model of a channel ecosystem redundant. However, this is largely incorrect, at least...Read More