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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…
AI giants are one big mistake away from catastrophe. They could learn a lot from the nuclear industry.
The largest artificial intelligence (AI) firms increasingly understand that they are hostages of one another. If one firm pushes ahead recklessly, others may feel compelled to follow. If one deploys a dangerous model without adequate safeguards…
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…
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…
Iran has 'substantially increased' efforts to target Americans abroad, US intelligence memo warns
Iran has 'substantially increased' efforts to target U.S. personnel abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching 'advanced stages' in the Middle East and other countries, according to an intelligence memo obtained by Fox News. The memo, sent…
Duped by a fake bank call? Know your rights after an unauthorised debit
In Remadevi T.L. v. State Bank of India, a phishing scam allegedly cost the customer Rs 3.73 lakh. The fraudsters exploited a banking announcement about the proposed blocking of non-chip debit cards to make their message appear credible. In July…
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…
Iran's Plot Against Americans Have Reached Advanced Stages': US Spy Chief
Trump suggested on Friday that the US might launch renewed military operations against Iran. Iran has 'substantially increased' its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond, US national intelligence chief Jay Clayton warned on…
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…
Why India's Cyber Agency Is Worried About AI Agents
Most of the companies AI models and AI agents targeted had no idea their networks had been breached. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team's (Cert-In's) advisory cautioning about undetected cyber intrusions made by some frontier artificial…
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…
California election officials frustrated, rattled by DOJ demand to sequester 'noncitizen' ballots
Los Angeles (AP) — Local election officials across California are confused and frustrated after receiving letters from President Donald Trump's Justice Department demanding that county registrars sequester ballots that the federal government…
DOJ orders some California counties to verify ballots in 48 hours
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday…
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