Spending more time on social media is making Canadian teenagers – especially girls – feel anxious, depressed and disconnected, according to a study co-led by University of Alberta researchers. Using a sampling of thousands of teens, the research looked at how the daily amount of time spent on social media affects their mental health over...Read More
Tuesday 15 September 2026 7:22 am | Updated: Tuesday 15 September 2026 7:23 am Revolut was founded in 2015. The group of hackers behind a major breach of Revolut managed to steal nearly 700 customers’ private data, City AM understands. Revolut has contacted the 680 people affected by what it described as a “sophisticated” impersonation scam,...Read More
A recent EY survey data of 250 corporate leaders and directors reveals that only 12% of organizations feel most prepared to detect a targeted physical attack. Bridging this gap requires an integrated approach across every step – detection, deterrence, prevention, preparation, response, mitigation, investigation and recovery — long before a situation escalates. Threats are changing...Read More
Cybersecurity company warns of WhatsApp scam ‘spreading fast’ Quick Heal Technologies Limited has issued a warning on an ongoing WhatsApp-based malware campaign targeting finance teams, senior executives, chartered accountants and individual business users. According to the cybersecurity firm, the campaign spreads through compromised WhatsApp accounts and is evolving rapidly, with attackers adopting new file formats...Read More
Meta has committed to reporting child safety-related matters directly to the Cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), a Meta spokesperson announced on September 15. The company reaffirmed its dedication to addressing online child exploitation and related offences. “Protecting children on our platforms is a priority for us, and we’re committed to...Read More
This week, the European Commission is expected to introduce new legislation to better protect children and young people from the dangers of social media — the so-called Kids Act. It is anticipated that the plans will be announced on Thursday. According to leaked plans, children up to 13 years old could open an account that...Read More
[Photo: Google Gemini] Italian cybersecurity startup Exein has raised $270 million, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sept. 15. The funding round valued Exein at $1.7 billion. That is more than double the $770 million valuation at its previous fundraising nine months earlier. Gianni Cuozzo (지안니 쿠오초), Exein’s founder and chief executive officer, said, “AI...Read More
Meta will begin reporting child safety matters on its platforms directly to India’s Cybercrime Reporting Portal managed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), changing the mechanism through which cases involving child sexual abuse material are flagged to Indian authorities. The company confirmed the development on Tuesday after multiple media reports, citing government sources,...Read More
Both state-affiliated cyberespionage group and cybercrime gangs are targeting AI-related documents, configuration files, and proprietary models during intrusions. In addition, the number and scope of distillation attacks, where the knowledge, logic, and reasoning capabilities of LLMs is being extracted with targeted prompts, is increasing. “GTIG observed adversaries with wide-ranging motivations target proprietary AI models and...Read More
Microsoft has released the first detailed “Humanist AI” Code of Conduct which will govern the company’s in-house MAI models. The code published by the software giant also lays out set of specific actions the company said that its AI will never be permitted to take. This move from Microsoft comes days after the reports that...Read More
