14 Jan

Is it time for internet services to adopt identity verification?

Social Media Should verified identities become the standard online? Australia’s social media ban for under-16s shows why the question matters. Tony Anscombe 14 Jan 2026

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14 Jan

Anthropic finds $1.5 million to help Python Foundation improve security

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has an extra $1.5 million heading its way, after AI upstart Anthropic entered into a partnership aimed at improving security

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14 Jan

Windows info-disclosure 0-day bug gets a fix as CISA sounds alarm

Microsoft and Uncle Sam have warned that a Windows bug disclosed today is already under attack. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20805 and discovered by Microsoft’s

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13 Jan

Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack

Vulnerabilities in popular AI and ML Python libraries used in Hugging Face models with tens of millions of downloads allow remote attackers to hide malicious

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13 Jan

AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030

AI-pocalypse AI and automation could wipe out 6.1 percent of jobs in the US by 2030 – equating to 10.4 million fewer positions that are

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13 Jan

Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam

Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform – a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.

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13 Jan

Federal agencies told to fix or ditch Gogs as exploited zero-day lands on CISA hit list

CISA has ordered federal agencies to stop using Gogs or lock it down immediately after a high-severity vulnerability in the self-hosted Git service was added

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13 Jan

Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs

Mandiant has released an open source tool to help Salesforce admins detect misconfigurations that could expose sensitive data. Launched on Monday, AuraInspector targets access control

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13 Jan

Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware

A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to

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13 Jan

Britain goes shopping for a rapid-fire missile to help Ukraine hit back

The British government is asking defense firms to rapidly produce a new ground-launched ballistic missile to aid Ukraine’s fight against Russia – hardware that might

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13 Jan

Your personal information is on the dark web. What happens next?

If your data is on the dark web, it’s probably only a matter of time before it’s abused for fraud or account hijacking. Here’s what

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13 Jan

India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real

India’s government has updated the regulations it imposes on cryptocurrency services providers, as part of its efforts to combat fraud, money laundering, and terrorism. The

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12 Jan

No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher

PCs and datacenters aren’t the only devices that need DRAM. The global memory shortage is roiling the cybersecurity market, with the cost of firewalls expected

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12 Jan

‘Violence-as-a-service’ suspect arrested in Iraq, extradition underway

A 21-year-old Swedish man accused of being a key organizer of violence-as-a-service linked to the Foxtrot criminal network, which police say has recruited and exploited

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12 Jan

Businesses in 2026: Maybe we should finally look into that AI security stuff

The number of organizations that have implemented methods for identifying security risks in the AI tools they use has almost doubled in the space of

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12 Jan

Block CISO: We red-teamed our own AI agent to run an infostealer on an employee laptop

interview When it comes to security, AI agents are like self-driving cars, according to Block Chief Information Security Officer James Nettesheim. “It’s not enough for

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12 Jan

Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users

BreachForums, the serially resurrected cybercrime marketplace, has tripped over itself after a data breach spilled details tied to about 324,000 user accounts. The latest incarnation

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12 Jan

Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok’s nudify button stays switched on

Ofcom is investigating X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act, Britian’s comms watchdog has confirmed. The probe follows heavy pressure from politicians for

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