1 The UK official National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has brought out a guidance document for preparing in case of ‘a highly disruptive cyber attack’ – setting out the ‘immediate activities’ to undertake in the first few hours to contain and assess damage; how then to go about recovering; and thirdly, beyond ‘crisis response mode’,...Read More

SSOP NPC have teamed up with local security company Bhekani Abantu Security Group (BAS) to launch a unique community patrol initiative to help combat crime. According to SSOP chairperson Leon Marinus, they work closely with local security companies in their efforts to ensure the safety of residents within neighbourhoods. “This is an initiative that I’ve...Read More

A financial institution’s AI-assisted application contained a critical security flaw that could have exposed sensitive customer information, according to a new penetration test by Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia. The application, developed largely using Anthropic’s Claude, processed highly sensitive data, including government-issued identification, identity verification records and payment details. Sygnia found that users with limited access...Read More

2026-08-02T13:16:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Saladin Iraqi anti-corruption investigators on Sunday raided locations linked to the suspected financial network of suspended former Oil Ministry Undersecretary Adnan Al-Jumaili in northern Saladin province, a security source told Shafaq News. Joint teams from the Federal Commission of Integrity and the Anti-Corruption Committee searched...Read More

MS Copilot (Photo: Shutterstock) Following an incident in which an OpenAI AI agent hacked Hugging Face during testing, more cases have emerged showing vulnerabilities in leading companies’ AI tools. A recent report by The Information put Microsoft’s Copilot AI features for Office 365 under scrutiny. Satya Nadella (사티아 나델라), Microsoft’s CEO, has promoted Copilot as...Read More

Israeli startups raised $1.4 billion in July 2026, according to reports and press releases seen by “Globes.” The figure may be more as some companies prefer to remain in stealth and sometimes do not publicize the investments they have received. In the first six months of 2026, Israeli startups raised $7.6 billion, according...Read More

Asylon Robotics, a robotics security company, deploys autonomous drones and robot dogs to patrol the perimeters of large properties. Think stadiums, manufacturing plants, and warehouses. The robots make scheduled rounds, stream video to a remote operations center, and investigate alarms. If they detect unusual activity, a human checks the alert and decides whether to notify...Read More

Anthropic has revealed that three Claude AI models accessed real-world systems during cybersecurity evaluations after a testing environment was mistakenly left connected to the internet. The company said it identified three incidents in a review of over 141 thousand evaluation runs, launched after concerns that AI models could potentially break out of controlled testing environments. In...Read More

The question of how to control autonomous AI systems is moving from theory to reality. Recent security tests involving advanced AI models have highlighted the challenge of governing systems that can take increasingly complex actions with limited human intervention. Against that backdrop, Onyx Security, an Israeli-American cybersecurity company focused on AI governance, has raised $113...Read More

The question of how to control autonomous AI systems is moving from theory to reality. Recent security tests involving advanced AI models have highlighted the challenge of governing systems that can take increasingly complex actions with limited human intervention. Against that backdrop, Onyx Security, an Israeli-American cybersecurity company focused on AI governance, has raised $113...Read More