Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its most powerful artificial intelligence model to date. Designed for coding, writing, and research, the model also has advanced cybersecurity capabilities, allowing it to automatically detect, verify, and fix software vulnerabilities. Google is betting on the new model to strengthen its position against competitors in the global AI market....Read More
If you are a parent of an adolescent or teen, you may have noticed that they spend a large amount of their time on their phone. It’s not surprising. It’s by design. We spoke to digital parenting expert Dr. Jacqueline Nesi about some of the design features commonly found on social media apps that keep...Read More
Owners of the BYD Shark 6 will be able to rest slightly easier knowing that a software fix is on the way to better protect the ute, following an investigation which uncovered security flaws, allowing it to be hacked. Last month, the ABC’s Four Corners program showed the BYD Shark 6 could be accessed to...Read More
Key takeaways: A reformed ShinyHunters hacker is arrested by Dutch authorities in connection with a massive telecom breach in February. The FBI now describes 24-year-old Pepijn van der Stap as “one of the alleged leaders” of ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters denies any association, telling Cybernews it is “laughing” at the arrest. Insiders say the hacker may have...Read More
Education sector policyholders carry material cyber exposure when cover is silent on exfiltration, dwell time, and dark web monitoring costs A West Australian Anglican school is managing an active cyber security situation – with student and community data potentially at risk – against a backdrop of rising ransomware pressure across the education sector nationally. St...Read More
A recent Eurobarometer survey has highlighted the growing cybersecurity risks faced by employees across the European Union, with nearly three in four workers reporting that they have encountered cyber-attacks or digital threats in the workplace. The survey, conducted through the Eurobarometer public-opinion research system widely used by European Union institutions, also identified phishing as one...Read More
New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing fines of up to 10% of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance. The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users’ ages,...Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents attempted to hack government websites in the United States and Canada, according to a report released Wednesday by San Francisco-based nonprofit research lab Transluce. Researchers identified “two rudimentary and failed hacking attempts,” targeting the US Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection and Library and Archives Canada, a Canadian federal agency,...Read More
BYD Australia will make upgrades to the software in its Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute following its own internal investigation into the hacking of one of its dual-cabs for ABC current affairs program Four Corners. The report made headlines after a BYD Shark 6 ute was accessed by Canberra-based Fortify Labs, which accessed the vehicle’s...Read More
