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Island's first cybersecurity risk assessment begins this week
Search 39723c3d-2c26-454e-ab93-d2f23940aaa2 Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security (File photograph by Akil Simmons) Bermuda's inaugural National Cybersecurity Risk Assessment is to begin this week, the Ministry of National Security has…
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most…
Mythos has business worried. The rest are lulled into false cybersecurity
A few weeks ago in these pages I wrote that we had crossed the Rubicon on cyber risk: that the threshold between human-paced attack and machine-paced attack had been crossed by Anthropic's Mythos. That the model would not stay contained. That…
Africa's Digital Transformation Is Outpacing Its Cybersecurity Governance
Africa's digital transformation is no longer a future ambition, it is a present reality. Governments are digitizing public services, fintech is redefining financial inclusion, and data-driven systems are reshaping sectors from healthcare to…
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026
Thirty-three cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in April 2026. For a detailed view of the more than 420 acquisitions announced in 2025, check out SecurityWeek's annual M&A report. Here are some of the most…
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game
The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most capable general-purpose large language model, Claude Mythos Preview, had demonstrated remarkable – and unintended –…
Alum builds global career in cybersecurity
After more than 25 years in security engineering, cybersecurity leader and University College of the Cariboo (now TRU) alum Travis Standen (CADD Dip '93; CTEC Dip '97) has sound advice for anyone thinking of following a similar path. “The…
Elron veterans launch $100m cybersecurity VC fund
Yaron Elad and Elik Etzion today launched AlphaDrive Ventures, a $100 million venture capital fund, which will focus on investments in cybersecurity and AI. The fund has been operating for several months, and in this time has made five initial…
Grab's Foodpanda Acquisition May Trigger Cybersecurity Review Over China's WeRide Links
The Fair Trade Commission's (FTC) ongoing review of Grab Holdings Ltd's US$600 million acquisition of Foodpanda Taiwan's operations, announced on March 23, has taken on fresh urgency as industry experts warn that the transaction could embed…
UA Little Rock Secures $12.75 Million in Federal Funding to Advance Veterans Services, Nanotechnology, Cybersecurity, National Defense Research
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a Carnegie-classified high research activity (R2) institution, secured $12.75 million in federal funding to support veterans services, leading-edge nanotechnology research, cybersecurity innovation and…
Global rise of cyberattacks exposes limits of technical solutions
A successful hack against a small Ukrainian software company might not sound like a big deal for the rest of us, but within a year of M.E.Doc's servers being breached in 2017, the NotPetya hack had cost businesses around the world more than $10…
PM meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia: 4 May 2026
The Prime Minister met Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan this afternoon. The Prime Minister began by thanking Prime Minister Pashinyan for hosting the European Political Community summit. He commended the significant steps…
Cyber talent harder to find as AI reshapes threat landscape
SINGAPORE: Artificial intelligence is changing the game for cybersecurity professionals, speeding up cyberattacks even as defenders race to keep up, said industry players. Organisations are under pressure to respond faster while building up…
Wall Street's $1.5 billion plan to build the 'McKinsey of AI
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are betting that generative AI will kick off an Industrial Revolution-sized paradigm shift. And who do business leaders call when they need to make a change? Anthropic is teaming up with some of Wall Street's biggest…
Unified identity layer key to securing agentic AI
Abbas Kudrati, regional chief identity and security officer, Silverfort. Two main factors are shaping identity security in the era of AI: legacy systems that were never properly secured, and the rise of agentic AI and non-human identities (NHIs).
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