Numerous interdependent players in the cybercrime ecosystem create economies of scale for criminals. Given the covert nature of cybercrime operations, greater information and transparency will help combat them. A shared map of the ecosystem will serve cybercrime defenders, prosecutors, legislators and investigators to plan, communicate and collaborate effectively. As highlighted in the Global Cybersecurity Outlook...Read More

For years, we have repeated that cybercrime knows no borders. Now, the United States has decided to use those very borders to combat it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently announced a policy that will allow visas to be denied or revoked for foreign nationals deemed responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and digitally enabled...Read More

Anthropic said Thursday that its AI model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a rogue-agent episode involving AI firm Hugging Face. Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed...Read More

BRUSSELS — The European Union rolled out a new team on Friday to rein in AI companies across the world, in one of the most aggressive regulations the high-tech sector has so far faced as fears rise over the risks the rapidly advancing technology poses to people, politics and prosperity. Brussels aims to track the...Read More

Researchers from the cybersecurity company AhnLab have found evidence that the North Korean advanced persistent threat group Lazarus may be sharing tools and access to compromised systems with the ransomware gang Gunra, which has focused its attacks on organizations in South Korea. According to the report, both groups exploited the same vulnerabilities in a widely...Read More

Aiden Westcott from Bournemouth has developed Safe2Sharp, a tamper-resistant pencil sharpener designed to reduce the risks associated with exposed blades in traditional models. The device is intended for use in schools, mental health facilities, custodial settings and homes any environment where easy access to sharp objects could pose a safeguarding concern. Safe2Sharp pencil sharpeners (Image:...Read More

By Arun Pratap SinghGarhwal Post Bureau HALDWANI, 31 Jul: A joint team comprising the Child Rights Protection Commission, Child Helpline, Child Welfare Committee, District Legal Services Authority, Anti-Human Trafficking Cell and police conducted surprise inspections at various locations in Nainital district to check arrangements at child protection institutions and ensure compliance with child safety standards....Read More

As the competition continues to heat up on Season 4 of “The Traitors,” Peacock has released a statement urging passionate fans of the show to cool off.  “We are committed to making our casts feel safe, respected, and supported – on screen and off,” reads the statement, which was posted to the “Traitors” Instagram account...Read More

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 says a Chinese-speaking hacker wired DeepSeek into the open-source Hermes Agent framework and launched autonomous attacks against roughly 460 systems after Claude and OpenAI blocked the same offensive requests. Only three attacks succeeded, but researchers say the campaign proves agentic AI hacking has moved from theory to a repeatable pipeline....Read More

OpenAI has agreed to an independent review of an incident in which some of its internal frontier AI agents allegedly hacked into Hugging Face while attempting to obtain the answer key for a cybersecurity benchmark. The investigation will be conducted by AI research organization METR with Redwood Research. METR says its findings will inform a...Read More