India takes down battery apps after stalled e-rickshaw rides
Indian officials said on July 3 they had taken down two smartphone apps following reports that some e-rickshaws could be remotely shut down, exploiting a security gap in the budget vehicles.
Greek politician investigating spyware had mobile phone hacked
The mobile phone of a Greek politician was repeatedly hacked by spyware while he was working on a European Parliament investigation into sellers of the surveillance technology, new research has found.
Americans are inundated with suspected scams. New polling shows why few victims report them
Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis – and about three in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey.
Mythos and the fight over America's most powerful AI
After a US government greenlight, global access to Anthropic's powerful AI model Fable 5 – along with restricted access to the even more powerful Mythos 5 – has been restored, following a standoff that strained ties between Washington and Silicon Valley.
US govt lifts restrictions on powerful AI models, Anthropic says
Anthropic will soon begin restoring access globally to its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government lifted a restriction on where they could be released, the company said on June 30.
Inside the US$2.5bil cyberattack that shut down Jaguar Land Rover
A new report reveals Russian hackers were behind the 2025 security breach that paralysed the British automaker for five weeks. 'They just wanted to see if they could do it,' said one official.
Takeaways from AP/'Frontline' investigation into how US tech is abused for global scams
American technology and American companies are being used to power a revolution in the cyberscam industry, playing key roles in the industrialisation and globalisation of fraud in ways that have not been clear until now, an AP/"Frontline" investigation has found.
US allows limited access to Anthropic's Mythos AI model
Anthropic announced on June 26 that it had received authorisation from the US government to allow a small group of American cybersecurity firms to access its powerful AI model Mythos 5.
Nacsa says Health Ministry, other govt agency websites hacked; urges immediate patch to fix vulnerability
The National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) says that several government websites, including those of the Health Ministry (MOH), Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission, Handicraft Development Corporation, and Women's Development Department (JPW), have been hacked.
A US$2.5bil whodunit: The hack that dented the UK economy
A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see Russian hands behind the ransomware attack.
