Policy & Regulation
Victoria's Plan to Unmask Online Trolls Has a Cyber Safety Expert Unimpressed
The Allan government wants courts to strip anonymity from abusive social media users and make it easier for parents to sue tech firms. One expert says the tools to do this already exist.
Dead Animals on a School Doorstep Led Journalists Into a World of Illegal Bloodsports and Organised Crime
A new BBC podcast follows the trail from 20 mutilated carcasses outside a Hampshire primary school to hare-coursing gangs, the dark web, and allegations of police corruption.
A New Index Is Tracking Every Major Corporate Data Breach, and Deliberately Leaving the Dollar Totals Out
Richard Bird, a veteran cybersecurity executive, has built a public tool that logs every significant breach companies are required to report. Its unusual choice: no running loss tally.
Trump Declassifies Election Fraud Claims: What Was Actually Said
President Trump addressed the nation on election security, citing newly declassified material and pointing a finger at China. Here is what we know, and what remains unverified.
New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner Warns of a Hidden Threat Inside Your Own Organisation
A quarter of all reported privacy breaches in New Zealand now involve staff snooping on people's personal records. Organised crime is making the problem worse.
Trump Claims China Stole 220 Million Voters' Data. His Own Intelligence Community Disagrees.
A primetime White House address aired sweeping allegations about Chinese data theft, dead voters, and rigged machines. The declassified documents released alongside the speech told a quieter story.
Locksmith Scams Up 147 Percent: How Criminals Are Gaming Google Search to Trap People in Crisis
Fake locksmiths are buying their way to the top of search results, then charging thousands for simple jobs. A new regulatory gap is letting them operate freely.
Militaries Want Autonomous Weapons Fast. The Data Pipes Behind Them Are the Weak Link.
Defence ministries are pouring money into drones and robots that can think for themselves. The information systems feeding those machines have not caught up.
Brussels tells Google to open Android's mic, camera and screen to rival AI assistants
The European Commission wants Gemini's competitors to get the same hooks into your phone by Android 18, with a hard deadline of 1 August 2027.
UK Government to Warn Public How to Prepare for Cyber-Attacks and Extreme Weather
Ministers are updating Britain's classified crisis plans for the first time in two decades and launching a public awareness campaign, as officials cite AI-assisted crime and record temperatures as growing threats.
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro users have three months before security updates stop
Microsoft has set 13 October 2026 as the cut-off for monthly patches on Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro, and on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016.
Five Government Agencies Tell Software Makers: Open a Front Door for Bug Reporters
CISA and four allied agencies have published a joint guide urging tech companies to set up formal programmes so security researchers can safely report flaws before criminals find them first.
China's Military Is Quietly Banning Its Own Cybersecurity Companies
Chinese armed forces are shutting some of the country's biggest cybersecurity firms out of military contracts, and the reason has nothing to do with bad software.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep showing up across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Europe's Cyber Threat Picture Looks Nothing Like America's. The Numbers Prove It.
Business email scams hit 81% of reported incidents in Germany and the Benelux region. Europe absorbs nearly half of all global denial-of-service attacks. A new wave of ransomware gangs is arriving. The regulatory rulebook is entirely different, too.