Ravie LakshmananAug 05, 2026Vulnerability / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on August 5, 2026, added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-9198 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability in...Read More
UNESCO stepped in to support a campaign led by Eswatini Communications Commission under the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology working together with the Ministry of Education, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Child Protection Unit and the Royal Eswatini Police Cyber Unit. The campaign, which runs under the tagline ’Asphepheni secure our world!’ (which translates in...Read More
The reported death of a 26-year-old Japanese fan of K-pop boy group ENHYPEN has sparked renewed debate over online harassment and the darker side of fandom culture. The fan, known online as “Mina,” was a supporter of member Nishimura Riki, also known as NI-KI. She was a frequent attendee of fan signing events and had...Read More
The report warns that as Africa”s digital transformation accelerates—with more than 1.1 billion mobile subscribers recorded in 2025—cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting AI while law enforcement agencies continue to face fragmented cybercrime legislation and limited AI readiness. Artificial intelligence is now enabling 55% of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more scalable and increasingly difficult...Read More
Obsidian Security, a platform securing non-human identities and AI agents across third-party applications, has closed an $85m Series D funding round. The round was led by Crescent Cove Advisors, with participation from existing backers Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures. It follows a period of accelerating customer growth for Obsidian, with more than 100 customers now...Read More
OLIGO Security, the runtime security company, has raised $60m in fresh funding as it races to help organisations keep pace with attacks that are now being planned and executed by AI at machine speed. The round takes OLIGO’s total funding to $140m and drew backing from Ballistic Ventures, Canon Capital, Greenfield Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners,...Read More
The Defense Department approved Salesforce’s enterprise agentic AI platform — Agentforce 360 — to securely store and process high-sensitivity workloads with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and unclassified National Security Systems (NSS) data. The company revealed on Wednesday that its signature product offering is officially authorized to operate at DOD Impact Level 5. Ahead of that...Read More
Looking closely at those recently heralded AI escapes from supposedly secure sandboxes. getty In today’s column, I examine the rising tide of hyped stories about how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) have “miraculously” escaped from a computer-based sandbox and done cyber-hacking, thus spurring blaring headlines and tons of public attention. It is ample...Read More
Go invests in AI cybersecurity company Jericho Security Go Ventures, the venture capital arm of Maltese operator Go, has invested in Jericho Security, a New York-based cybersecurity company that develops AI tools to help organisations protect against social engineering attacks. No financial details related to this investment have been disclosed. ——————————————————- Click Here For The...Read More
As outlined in our March edition, all early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff and volunteers must complete child safety training. Some ECEC staff and volunteers must also complete child protection training. All training must be done by Thursday 27 August 2026. The training will help create safer environments for children. It also supports consistent...Read More
