Posted on 28 July, 2026 “Work smarter, not harder.” We’ve all heard the saying. Maybe that’s why we’re obsessed with life hacks. Canberra loves a wellbeing trend. One week everyone is cold plunging, the next they’re comparing protein powders at the gym, then nearly everyone I know is taking creatine, we buy sourdough at the...Read More
Microsoft has a new AI cybersecurity model called MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, and when it’s combined with agentic security system MDASH and OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 model, it outscores Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 by 12 points on a key benchmark. The security product is designed for “using AI to defend against AI,” Microsoft says. The combination of MAI-Cyber-1-Flash with MDASH — which...Read More
Global ransomware activity rose by 3% in Q2 2026 compared with the previous quarter, according to NCC Group’s latest Quarterly Cyber Threat Intelligence Report. The report highlighted continued growth in supply chain attacks, with threat groups increasingly targeting trusted software development ecosystems. Rather than directly attacking organisations, threat actors are compromising trusted software and development...Read More
Democratic governor nominee Rob Sand released a plan Monday to ban social media for Iowans under age 16, require age verification at the app-store level, and force companies to stop hooking children on “infinite scroll” feeds. It’s the most detailed kids’ tech safety proposal any Iowa candidate has put to paper this cycle, landing just...Read More
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. And if you pay a cybercriminal a ransom, they’ll come back for more money. That’s according to a July Proofpoint report, based on a survey of 953 security pros from 12 countries, in which 54% of global organizations reported...Read More
WASHINGTON — The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the investigation. The agent — a program capable of making decisions and executing complex tasks with...Read More
Microsoft has introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash alongside a multi-agent harness and new agentic system designed to scan, detect and fix complex software vulnerabilities at half the operating cost. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash is optimized to handle complex codebases and perform automated vulnerability identification and remediation. By utilizing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash for up to 90% of routine security tasks, Microsoft’s unified system slashes...Read More
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said he supports banning social media for children under age 16, setting age verification and parental consent requirements on certain apps and providing more safeguards for minors online, according to a kids’ online safety policy platform released Monday. The plan, shared first with Iowa Capital Dispatch, is focused on restricting...Read More
A Montgomery County man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after a jury convicted him of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A Montgomery County man will spend the next 60 years of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, prosecutors said....Read More
Pune: A group of 30 cadets of the Maharashtra Directorate of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) concluded its first-ever cyber defender course.Conducted in partnership with the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, “The course was designed to provide cadets with hands-on exposure to the evolving cyber security landscape, enabling them to...Read More
