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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.
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.
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.
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.
CISA and NSA Publish Playbook for Working With Outside Bug Hunters
New joint guidance urges software makers and online services to set up formal channels for security researchers, with clear rules, CVE assignments, and the option to lean on national response teams.
Nigeria's Fraud Losses Keep Climbing Even as Reported Incidents Fall
Fewer fraud cases are being recorded in Nigeria, but each one costs more. A new cybersecurity framework is coming; whether enforcement will follow is the real question.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and sextortion complaints, even as reports keep climbing.
Your Vendors Are a Risk You Cannot Ignore. Here Is How Boards Should Own It.
Most companies review their suppliers and tick the boxes. Far fewer can say how much financial damage a vendor failure would actually cost them. That gap is the problem.
Your AI risk register is a list, not a plan. Here is what organisations are missing.
Documenting AI risks is the easy part. Knowing who can actually shut the system down when something goes wrong is where most programmes fall apart.
The Two-Speed SOC: Why Autonomous AI and Analyst Copilots Need Different Guardrails
A design question inside a Fortune 50 security team points to a bigger governance gap for AI in the security operations centre.
EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence Officers Over Years-Long Cyber Spying and Sabotage Campaign
Brussels has placed travel bans and asset freezes on individuals tied to a Russian-linked network accused of spying on European governments and attacking critical infrastructure.
Nine in Ten Top Adult Sites Now Check Ages in Australia, But VPN Workarounds Are Next on the Regulator's List
Australia's online safety watchdog says most major adult platforms have put age gates in place since March. Now it wants to know whether a simple privacy tool is letting users walk straight around them.
The Security Researcher Who Took On the US Legal System and Won an MBE Doing It
Jen Ellis started out running PR for a cybersecurity firm. She ended up testifying before Congress, brokering a peace deal between hackers and the Justice Department, and picking up a royal honour along the way.
Banning Kids From Social Media Sounds Simple. Actually Doing It Is Not.
Countries across four continents are passing age limits for social media. The hard part, it turns out, is proving how old anyone actually is.
EU Parliament Accidentally Extends Mass Message Scanning Until 2028
Too many MEPs skipped the vote. Now service providers on Discord, Gmail, Instagram and more can read your private messages without a warrant, until 2028.