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Major banks plan bigger cybersecurity budgets for 2027
Major Korean banks are preparing to raise their information security spending next year following a wave of suspected artificial intelligence (AI) agent-driven cyberattacks and data breaches across the financial sector, industry officials said…
Cyber startup Mave steps out of the shadows with $34 million fundraising
Israeli cyber startup Mave was revealed on Thursday after completing a fundraising round of about $34 million within roughly a year since its founding, announcing that it intends to double its workforce. The fundraising includes a $28 million…
Fake Social Security statement email hides a scam
There's something about an email from Social Security that makes you pay attention. After all, we're talking about your retirement benefits and years of earnings. So when a message lands in your inbox saying your statement is ready, clicking to…
Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot
Sweden's Government Offices—the administrative body supporting the prime minister and cabinet—will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from Monday, directing civil servants to Microsoft's Copilot as the only approved AI tool…
Two days before election, Golan, Winter receive Shin Bet protection
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) informed the office of Democrats party chairman Yair Golan that, as of Sunday morning, two days before the election, his security will be provided under the responsibility of the Shin Bet and funded by the…
DOJ orders some California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, according to the…
Week in review: PHP vulnerabilities patched, exploited Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN flaw
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The PHP security team has announced an urgent security release for Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC. The release fixes two vulnerabilities…
China urges US Treasury to stop proposed restrictions on tech investments
Chinese officials called on the U.S. Saturday to reconsider its proposed rule seeking to further restrict American investments into its tech industry, saying the move would disrupt trade relations between the two countries. On Thursday, the…
Suspect in St. Louis teen's fatal freeway shooting investigated in another roadway attack
The suspect in the fatal freeway shooting of a high school girl just outside St. Louis is being investigated in connection with a second roadway shooting, federal court documents show. Willie Herndon, a 42-year-old from Arlington, Texas, is accused…
China's export controls around PV cells could slow India's upstream solar push
China's bid to restrict exports of critical solar technologies could dent the Indian industry's ambition of building a vertically integrated domestic supply chain for solar manufacturing. Industry players speaking to businessline suggest that while…
Giant robotic claws will grab dead satellites in space
Space is getting crowded, and I'm not talking about astronauts. Thousands of pieces of junk are circling Earth at incredible speeds. Some are dead satellites. Others are leftover rocket parts or fragments from past collisions. Any one of them could…
Cybersecurity Awareness Week: How to remove your personal data from the internet, and why Apple's tools alone aren't enough
It actually seems like an episode of Black Mirror that it's legal for a company to buy and sell our personal data without our consent, but that's the reality in the US. Apple has built some really useful tools to limit future tracking, including…
California registrars told to verify ballots | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, according to the Los…
PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet
On Wednesday, a decades-old open-source web technology called PHP almost broke the internet, thanks to two vulnerabilities that had sat dormant for years until researchers recently figured out a way to exploit them. The bugs are dubbed PHP2Shell…
Department of Justice Tells Multiple California Counties to Verify 'Noncitizen' Ballots
Across California, county registrars are receiving letters from federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice demanding they set aside and provide verification for ballots allegedly submitted by noncitizens. The DOJ is giving registrars 48…
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