The Afghan data breach that exposed the details of more than 18,000 people was a “wake-up call” for the way government handles data, a security minister has told MPs. Dan Jarvis, who oversees hostile threats to the UK as well as cybersecurity and crime in his job as security minister, said on Tuesday that there had been “significant change” across government to make sure […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Britain agreed Saturday to accelerate cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals, as China’s influence grows in the region. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his visit to Japan comes at a time “when geopolitical, economic and technological shocks are literally shaking the world.” Starmer’s overnight Tokyo visit comes on […]
The interim head of the country’s cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks, according to four Department of Homeland Security officials with knowledge of the incident. […]
ATHENS, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Greece will cooperate with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday after meeting his Israeli counterpart in Athens. “We agreed to exchange views and know-how to be able to deal with drones and in particular swarms of unmanned vehicles and groups of unmanned […]
We take a look at the biggest topics in cybersecurity for 2026. In 2025, Europe faced a wave of cyber attacks: from airport disruptions and allegations of election sabotage to GPS spoofing on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s flight and assaults on satellites in space. The continent was among the hardest hit, accounting for 22 percent of all global ransomware attacks, where data […]
Maduro and his wife were taken into US custody during the operation and transferred to New York, where they are expected to face federal charges. Maduro has denied wrongdoing. The White House has not released detailed information about the legal basis or mechanics of the operation. Pentagon references “layered effects” General Dan Caine, chair of […]
Cisco has alerted users to a maximum-severity zero-day flaw in Cisco AsyncOS software that has been actively exploited by a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed UAT-9686 in attacks targeting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager. The networking equipment major said it became aware of the intrusion campaign on […]
Software company ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity startup Armis, which was last valued at $6.1 billion, Bloomberg reported. The deal, which could reach $7 billion in value, would be ServiceNow’s largest acquisition, the outlet said, citing people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. […]
OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns Wednesday that upcoming models are likely to pose a “high” risk, according to a report shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The models’ growing capabilities could significantly expand the number of people able to carry out cyberattacks. Driving the news: OpenAI said it has […]
A critical persistence technique in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) stemming from its eventual consistency model, allowing attackers to retain access even after defenders delete compromised access keys. AWS IAM, like many distributed systems, employs eventual consistency to scale across regions and replicas. Updates to resources such as access keys or policies propagate with a predictable […]