Security researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to weaponize a libheif image-processing bug into a full exploit chain, breaching an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account and reaching OpenAI’s internal GitHub environment in under 72 hours. The Wall Street Journal independently confirmed the breach, and both Discourse and OpenAI have since patched the underlying...Read More

CHICAGO (WLS) — Former Homeland Security officials and federal cybersecurity agencies are warning that artificial intelligence is increasingly being exploited by terrorists, criminals and foreign adversaries, raising concerns about potential threats to national security. Former Homeland Security Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence and ABC News contributor John Cohen told the ABC7 I-Team that terrorist groups and...Read More

Children aged 13 to14 will not be able to create independent social media accounts but only ‘mini accounts’ through their parents Proposal seeks gradual transition from supervised, restricted online access to independent social media use The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at limiting children’s access to social media and requiring online services to...Read More

Children under 13 in Czechia could be barred from social media under sweeping new EU rules unveiled Thursday, while teenagers would face parental controls until they turn 15. The European Commission’s proposed EU KIDS Act would establish common age restrictions across all 27 member states as part of a broader attempt to protect children from...Read More

(Bloomberg) — Open-source artificial intelligence is making it easier for hackers to hide malicious code on blockchains, opening a new front in a crypto industry already grappling with rising cybercrime. Most Read from Bloomberg Instances of malware instructions written into on-chain transactions and smart contracts are up 440% in less than a year, averaging 11...Read More

Mumbai, September 17, 2026: Cybercrime patterns are rapidly evolving, with so-called ‘digital arrest’ scams declining by 67 per cent following sustained awareness campaigns, while investment fraud has emerged as a growing area of concern, said Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra. Speaking at a panel discussion titled “Agentic...Read More

Spain has seen its first official data breach due to an AI agent. The Spanish Data Protection Agency said in a blog post that it had received the first notification of a data breach that was apparently carried out by an AI agent using a known large language model (LLM). The revelation comes amid a...Read More

Former Homeland Security officials and federal cybersecurity agencies are warning that artificial intelligence is increasingly being exploited by terrorists, criminals and foreign adversaries, raising concerns about potential threats to national security. Former Homeland Security Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence and ABC News contributor John Cohen told the ABC7 I-Team that terrorist groups and criminal organizations are...Read More

Hiring new people and onboarding them is a part of life for growing businesses. Unfortunately, too often a new employee’s first password is also a security incident waiting to happen.  New joiners, especially those in their first job, haven’t yet developed an instinct for what looks suspicious. They might struggle to identify phishing emails, fake...Read More

EU to ban social media for kids The European Union (EU) has announced plans to ban social media for under-13s – a move welcomed by child safety campaigners. The proposals were unveiled on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.  “Many perceive the power of big tech as overwhelming and impossible...Read More