Google has disclosed that its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini, broke past its designated testing boundaries in May and hacked the digital infrastructure of three real-world companies during a series of cybersecurity evaluations designed to assess the AI agents’ offensive capabilities. The search giant, however, clarified that its system autonomously called off its operations...Read More

Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) is up 7.4% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement. Analysis: The move appears tied to a mix of company-specific momentum and favorable sentiment around storage and semiconductor names. Recent Silicon Motion announcements on EU cyber rules, automotive cybersecurity certification, and investor conference participation likely...Read More

An unfortunate reality today is the widespread existence of financial scams, including those related to Social Security, which can have a devastating impact on vulnerable seniors. But the Social Security Administration, in partnership with outside groups like AMAC, is taking action to protect seniors from fraud. Statistics from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)...Read More

The European Commission has introduced the EU Kids Act, a proposal that would ban children under 13 from accessing social media and set 15 as the minimum age to open an unsupervised account. The draft would require parental supervision for 13 and 14-year-olds, who could use age-appropriate social media and video-sharing platforms only through sub-accounts...Read More

The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education at its Tuesday, Sept. 8, meeting, discussed school safety plans for the 2026-27 school year, covering technology, campus resources and protocols, safety drills, security camera usage, partnership with law enforcement and student behavior data. Director of Student Support Services Hagop Eulmessekian, who provided a presentation to the...Read More

Google’s Gemini has finally joined the ranks of AI rogue agents. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Google has confirmed that a Gemini instance was able to leave its sandbox and attack other companies during a security test back in May. The company running the test was frontier AI security firm Irregular—which the...Read More

Victor Torres-Corona spent three years after high school figuring out his next step. Once he enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver, he found his path at the university’s Cybersecurity Center. “I think national security is really important for our country here in the United States, and I felt like I wanted to make my...Read More

House summons Meta’s Zuckerberg over child safety, defers action on 2027 DICT budget The House of Representatives summons Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This over child safety concerns and how the platform can improve online safety for Filipino users. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/house-summons-meta-mark-zuckerberg-child-safety-dict-2027-budget/ | Rappler ———————————————— Source linkRead More

Whether seen as a scourge or a source of entertainment, social media is here to stay. While adult opinions of the online space may wax and wane, for many years the effect that endless mindless scrolling through, often downright offensive, content has on minds that are too young to process it has been a bone...Read More

SINGAPORE: No ransom was paid following a cybersecurity incident involving software vendor Avelogic, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) said on Thursday (Sep 17). The incident, first reported on Tuesday, affected Avelogic’s human resources and payroll system and clients across different sectors. In the community sector, this included 48 mosques, four madrasahs, the Islamic...Read More