The EU Kids Act would require app stores to age-rate every app and game with a published methodology. Online video games are expected to be impacted, as are AI companions and social media platforms. Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Sign Up Today The European Union has proposed a plan to improve online...Read More
Settra ransomware is emerging as a serious threat to Windows networks after investigators linked it to two recent intrusions involving remote-management software and recovery-blocking actions. The operation encrypts files, leaves victims with ransom notes, and tries to make both investigation and restoration more difficult. Public reporting indicates that the people behind Settra have gained entry...Read More
Former Israeli army chief of staff Herzi Halevi is seen in photos published by the Handala hacker group in April 2026. (Photo via social media)
The Handala hacker group says it infiltrated the mobile phones of hundreds of people affiliated with Israel’s so-called security structures and obtained images from their front-facing cameras. In a...Read More
Ravie LakshmananSep 19, 2026Vulnerability / Linux The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-39682 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions...Read More
Social media now sit inside the daily lives of minors. Children under ten are already in the scroll, some of them for as much as eight hours a day. That is the picture the European Commission used to launch the KIDS Act: an age-graded protection system, a ban on social media for under-13s, and tighter...Read More
The UAE cybercrime law is Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 on Countering Rumours and Cybercrimes, which came into force on 2 January 2022 and replaced Federal Law No. 5 of 2012. It is much broader than a computer misuse statute: it covers content, speech, privacy and reputation as well as hacking and fraud, and...Read More
Summary: Huawei has upgraded its Xinghe Stellar Network based on the concept of intelligent connectivity and security. This network covers three major parts: AI Fabric, AI WAN, and AI Campus. It provides comprehensive upgrades in terms of efficient computing power production, lossless transport, and ultra-fast applications, and safeguards service security in the AI era with...Read More
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the role of artificial intelligence in national security, the GOP’s path forward on data centers, and key focuses ahead of the midterms on ‘Kudlow.’ Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence accessed the protected systems of three real companies while undergoing a cybersecurity test, including one instance in which the model repeatedly...Read More
Google’s AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities, the company has said, in what is thought to be the first known case of it carrying out such an act. Gemini found “public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test”,...Read More
Google has confirmed that its Gemini artificial intelligence model accessed protected systems belonging to three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation after a testing error exposed the agent to the public internet. The incident shows how an autonomous AI system can move beyond a sandbox when controls, target definitions, and network isolation fail even without instructions...Read More
