New report from UK’s AI Security Institute details a series of breaches by AI agents under evaluation Security incidents include attempts at intrusion, social engineering and posting hacking instructions for other agents The testing agency says the attempts were unsuccessful and did not lead to ‘real world harm’ Following reports of an “unprecedented” incident late...Read More

The most powerful AI models keep going awry, according to the companies building them. The disclosures come as frontier AI models get more powerful and more capable of acting autonomously. They also highlight a growing challenge for the companies building them —the systems designed to test increasingly capable models can have weaknesses of their own....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

In a development that both alarms and encourages child safety experts, Israeli children are increasingly turning to authorities themselves when they face online threats, abuse, or harassment. For the first time, more than half of all reports to Israel’s National Center for Protecting Children Online came directly from young victims rather than concerned adults, even...Read More

A pandemic-era law that made mixed drinks and single servings of wine available for pickup and delivery is one of many laws set to take effect Wednesday. In addition to cocktails to-go, Illinois residents will see laws affecting drivers, schools, and the creation of new state agencies. Here’s what you should know about some of...Read More

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Khar police on Saturday (August 9, 2026) arrested one person linked to a cybercrime racket that has allegedly routed ₹7.42 crore through 22 bank accounts in connection with 42 complaints across the country. The police were alerted about this after a complainant said that he...Read More

Chennai, Aug 9 (PTI) In a major crackdown on cybercrime networks, the Tamil Nadu police arrested 837 people during a 48-hour statewide drive targeting mule bank account holders, officials said on Sunday. The special operation, conducted on August 6 and 7, targeted individuals linked to 9,804 complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal,...Read More

Almost every major AI company has announced that their systems have been involved in a sci-fi, security nightmare: that their models have gone rogue, found a way onto the internet, and hacked other companies. It sounds terrifying, an indication that our fears about artificial intelligence systems undertaking attacks on their own might be coming true....Read More

As headlines focus on AI models bypassing cyber protections at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, attention is shifting to the behind the scenes security layers that either failed or quietly held the line. That tension between vulnerability and resilience is where potential opportunity can emerge for investors watching cybersecurity stocks. This article walks through three cybersecurity...Read More

French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the Parliament voted in favor of the measure, a...Read More