Claude needed an email address. The artificial-intelligence model was participating in a cybersecurity evaluation. Its assignment was to break into a fictional company, retrieve hidden information called a “flag” and prove that it possessed the offensive capabilities being tested. Claude found what appeared to be a useful weakness. The fictional company’s instructions told employees to […]
RESTON, Va., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Regula , a global developer of identity verification solutions and forensic devices, has once again been named a winner in the Cybersecurity Blog category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards . This is the second consecutive year the blog has been recognized by the awards, following its […]
Save the children. And restore democracy. By banning everyone age 18 and older from social media. Yes, 18 and older. Effective immediately. We adults are having the wrong conversation about digital safety. Every week, more grave-faced politicians in more countries declare that we must ban teenagers from social media. They claim to be protecting the […]
The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned of a sharp rise in financial fraud via fake Android applications that pose as pornography apps. In its advisory dated 26 August 2026, the unit lists applications such as Night Play, Reloop, […]
A new poll found 70.7 percent support restricting teenagers’ social media use, though most teens oppose the idea. Middle school students are seen using their smartphone devices in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2024.YONHAP Seven in 10 Koreans said they support the introduction of policies restricting social media use by teenagers, a poll showed Tuesday, amid […]
Summary On August 28, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Rhysida launched a cyberattack against Valley Health Team (vht.org), a healthcare provider in the USA. Sensitive data including patient records and financial information was compromised, with the attackers demanding negotiations to prevent data leakage. Incident Report Field Details Target Valley Health Team Domain vht.org Country USA […]
A few weeks ago, the Anthropic AI model hacked into the systems of three real companies during a routine cybersecurity test. The company later admitted the incident as an accident. That Claude wasn’t trying to break free or go rogue. It was a testing mistake by the company that gave the AI access to the […]
Sep 1, 2026 Royal Wagenborg has chosen De Boer Marine to modernize connectivity, IT, and cybersecurity across its fleet of about 160 general cargo vessels. The multi-year initiative, as reported by Container News, covers both owned and managed ships and aims to enhance ship-to-shore communications, onboard digital systems, and crew internet access. De Boer Marine […]
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Security researchers at Sysdig have identified JADEPUFFER as the first ransomware campaign carried out entirely by an autonomous AI agent, with no human operator directing individual steps. After exploiting a vulnerability in Langflow, an open-source framework for building LLM applications, the agent independently harvested credentials, moved laterally across […]
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