Teenagers looking at smart phones. (Anna Barclay.) It’s hard to come across a bipartisan issue in America these days, which is why I was surprised to see near-uniform support, across ages and political leanings, for kicking teenagers aged 15 and under off social media: Notably, no one asked the 15-year-olds what they thought. The United...Read More

As retailers, hospitality brands and other sectors across Asia-Pacific (APAC) increase their use of AI-powered shopping, booking and customer experiences, they are becoming a bigger target for bot and cybercrime. According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet (SOTI) security report bot activity targeting APAC commerce companies rose by 63 per cent in 2025, which...Read More

Proofpoint 2026 AI‑Era Ransomware Report found 54% of victims paid attackers despite warnings 37% faced repeat extortion after paying; 2% paid but never regained access to files Experts urge prevention: phishing awareness, offline backups, and AI‑powered endpoint protection Security researchers Proofpoint have seemingly proved once again that paying ransomware actors does not guarantee they’ll walk...Read More

SINGAPORE: Over three decades, a man sexually assaulted 11 young girls: his daughter, his son’s two daughters, four nieces and four other children. The victims were between the ages of five and 10 when he started preying on them, prosecutors told the High Court on July 24. The man and his wife ran an enrichment...Read More

White-Hat Hackers from 88 Countries Compete The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on July 24 that “CODEGATE,” a security event aimed at discovering white-hat hackers and disseminating the latest security technology trends, was held for two days starting July 23. Yonhap News View original image The CODEGATE International Hacking Defense Competition, now in its...Read More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other U.S. and international partners July 22 released an updated advisory on Iranian-affiliated cyber actors targeting internet-connected programmable logic controllers, which are computers used to manage and monitor equipment. PLCs can be found in climate control systems, access control systems and many other applications in healthcare. Agencies first warned...Read More

CYBERSECURITY AS someone in tech, I want to start by saying that the Government’s recent efforts to address cybercrime deserve recognition. The anger that fuels this reaction is real and justified. Our sisters and mothers are being humiliated by mindless perverts using AI to fabricate compromising images. Misinformation and impersonation spread through fake social media...Read More

Executive Summary Cloudsek telemetry confirms a sustained, high-volume wave of France-targeted data leaks, credential dumps, ransomware victim advisories, and hacktivist disruption activity across several underground forums and channels. Over the trailing 24 months, France-tagged data leaks, illicit credential sales, ransomware victim advisories, and hacktivist disruption claims across dark web, ransomware, and hacktivism modules total roughly...Read More

Selina LumThe Straits TimesJuly 24, 2026 Over three decades, a man sexually assaulted 11 young girls: his daughter, his son’s two daughters, four nieces, and four other children. The victims were between the ages of five and 10 when he started preying on them, prosecutors told the High Court on July 24. The man and...Read More

A ransomware attack against a hospital makes headlines, while attacks on the rest of the ecosystem around it tend to stay quiet despite doing damage that can be just as bad. Flare researcher Assaf Morag analyzed ransomware leak-site activity tied to healthcare organizations in the EMEA region between 2024 and 2026, and found that ransomware...Read More