On 6 August 2026, Broadcom announced major updates to VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer, adding AI-powered automation, multi-layer cyber defenses, and higher-throughput security for VMware Cloud Foundation private clouds. By combining on-prem, air-gapped threat prevention with AI-assisted operations and migration tools, Broadcom is aiming to deepen VMware’s role at the core of AI-ready, cyber-resilient...Read More
Damascus, Aug. 9 (SANA) The National Authority for Information Technology Services (NAITS) met on Sunday with a delegation from Türkiye’s HAVELSAN to discuss ways to develop digital document software and mechanisms for activating digital signatures to enhance the governance and protection of electronic transactions. The discussions included the launch of a joint specialized training program...Read More
Meta says one of its AI models accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and exploited a vulnerability in another company’s service, adding another case to a fast-growing list of AI evaluations spilling outside their intended boundaries. The incident happened after Irregular, an independent company Meta uses for cybersecurity evaluations, misconfigured the test environment and inadvertently...Read More
Meta says one of its AI models accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and exploited a vulnerability in another company’s service, adding another case to a fast-growing list of AI evaluations spilling outside their intended boundaries. The incident happened after Irregular, an independent company Meta uses for cybersecurity evaluations, misconfigured the test environment and inadvertently...Read More
Senior citizens in Hyderabad lost ₹102.02 crore to cyber fraudsters in 403 cases registered between January 2025 and July 2026, with trading frauds and digital arrest scams accounting for the bulk of the losses, according to Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police. The data showed that 113 trading fraud cases resulted in losses of ₹55.88 crore, while...Read More
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Ponchatoula teenager for threatening school violence on the first day of classes. Bryanna Kaufman, 17, was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on one count of Terrorizing. She has since bonded out of jail. Bryanna Kaufman Late Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, a tip came into...Read More
A Paris court found Monday 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations she was born a man. One defendant was sentenced to six months in prison, while eight were handed suspended sentences between two and eight months. All 10 were...Read More
WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Donald Trump’s conservative supporters both blame the president’s ties to the tech industry for his administration’s limited response to recent hacks carried out by OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI agents. Two weeks have passed since OpenAI shocked the tech community with the disclosure that one of its...Read More
By Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending...Read More
