The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will take up a slate of kids online safety and AI bills in the first week of August. Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, told reporters Thursday that the exact agenda is “still a work in progress.” “We are negotiating with the Democrats and trying to find...Read More
Ransomware and phishing have always been linked, but the old model was blunt: a phishing email carried the payload, the recipient opened it, encryption followed within hours.Read More
An unusual security incident involving an artificial intelligence system is adding new momentum to a growing debate in Washington over how to keep increasingly powerful models under control. Just days after OpenAI disclosed that one of its systems autonomously hacked into parts of another popular AI platform during testing, House lawmakers introduced legislation that would...Read More
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company. OpenAI said Tuesday two of its most capable AI models were responsible for the cyberattack targeting AI startup Hugging Face. The incident is stirring...Read More
FedRAMP has accepted its first rotational employee from another federal agency as the cloud security program works to launch its new FedRAMP Cybersecurity Service despite hiring challenges, FedRAMP Director Pete Waterman said Thursday. Speaking on July 23 at GovForward’s Carahsoft FedRAMP Summit in Washington, D.C., Waterman said FedRAMP accepted the rotational employee last week. “We...Read More
Successful implementation demonstrates secure edge-to-cloud communication using NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography while preserving existing application architectures and software investments. ST. GALLEN, Switzerland and PALO ALTO, Calif., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Terra Quantum, a global leader in quantum technologies, and Apex.AI, a leading provider of safe and secure software for software-defined vehicles and intelligent machines, today announced...Read More
The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals involved in cybercrime and cyber-enabled criminal activities…. The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals involved in cybercrime and cyber-enabled criminal activities. Announcing the policy, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said:“President Trump has made clear that...Read More
France has decided that children under 15 should not be on social media. Australia has already passed similar restrictions for under-16s, while the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece and Denmark are moving towards tighter rules. For us too, the question is no longer whether social media affects children. The question is whether Bangladesh is ready to...Read More
Coca-Cola-owned dairy company Fairlife has become the latest high-profile organization to be targeted by a ransomware attack, drawing significant attention across the cybersecurity community. According to emerging reports, a relatively new ransomware group known as Anubis has claimed responsibility for infiltrating Fairlife’s systems and stealing approximately 1 terabyte of data from the company’s servers. The...Read More
Business The Atlanta beverage giant shut down U.S. production of its dairy brand Fairlife last week after a ransomware attack. Fairlife, which sells filtered milk and protein shakes, is a top brand in Coca-Cola’s portfolio, surpassing $1 billion in annual retail sales in 2022. (Dorothea Degen/AP) A known hacker group is claiming responsibility for a...Read More
