Vitalik Buterin has rejected the claim that increasingly capable AI hackers will make cybersecurity effectively unwinnable, arguing on Sept. 17 that advanced verification tools could eventually give defenders a structural advantage. Summary 90% of Buterin’s net worth remains in crypto, according to his own September 17 statement. AI-assisted formal verification could help prove software satisfies...Read More
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the commission plans social media restriction for children under 13. Under the proposed rules, children aged 13 and 14 would only be allowed to use supervised accounts created and managed by their parents or guardians. Ms Von der Leyen said the supervised accounts...Read More
The European Union is preparing to unveil a regulatory framework restricting access to social media platforms, video-sharing services, AI chatbots, and online games for minors under the age of 15. Drafted as part of the upcoming EU Kids Act—to be presented by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen—the...Read More
Most ransomware operators don’t bother trying to break into a backup system. They go after whoever already has the keys. That’s not a new problem. In the 1870s, bank robbers found the same shortcut. You didn’t necessarily have to defeat a vault. You needed the person who knew how to open it. The answer was...Read More
Sep 17, 2026 14:36:00 Internal documents have revealed that a cybersecurity company based in China called ‘ZRON’ is providing confidential data stolen from foreign governments to Chinese security agencies. Furthermore, ZRON is developing dashboards that use AI and other technologies to integrate, classify, and analyze the data to make it easier to understand. How a...Read More
By Staff Writer Cyber resilience is increasingly linked to national and economic security, and cybersecurity depends on collective defence, Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, said at a key conference at the GISEC Global 2026. “Cybersecurity culture is the responsibility of everybody. Our first line of defence is still the community,”...Read More
Cheri Hotman, Managing Partner of Hotman Group, works as a vCISO and vGRC leader. In this Help Net Security video, she talks about holding coverage steady when the CFO asks for a flat budget or a 12% cut. Her advice is to stop trimming every line by the same percentage. Instead, sort each security expense...Read More
A settlement between Meta and US state attorneys general over alleged harms to children and adolescents has brought platform design under greater scrutiny, drawing recognition from UN experts who also warned that agreements reached behind closed doors cannot replace transparent regulation rooted in human rights. Their concern reaches beyond the terms of one deal: decisions...Read More
In today’s Tech Bytes, a wide-ranging plan to protect children online. The European Union will reportedly propose banning kids under 15 from social media, In today’s Tech Bytes, a wide-ranging plan to protect children online. The European Union is reportedly proposing a ban that would prevent children under 15 from accessing social media, video-sharing platforms,...Read More
In recent weeks, Jacaranda Newswatch reported on tech leaders’ concerns over the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence. Photo by MARTIN LELIEVRE / AFP This comes after hundreds of AI agents from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, escaped an isolated testing environment known as a sandbox. Concern over the safety of AI increased after a researcher...Read More
