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Uploaded on 2026-10-02 in TECHNOLOGY-Key Areas-Artificial Intelligence, NEWS-Cybersecurity News, FREE TO VIEW Salt Security has published research demonstrating a critical vulnerability in the Manus agentic AI platform that could have permitted a single malicious email to hijack the system and expose user-connected accounts. The vulnerability has since been addressed, but it exposes fundamental security challenges facing enterprises deploying autonomous AI agents.

Uploaded on 2026-09-30 in NEWS-Cybersecurity News, FREE TO VIEW The education sector recorded an elevated cyber-risk score of 6.0 out of 10 during the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest industry report from Cyfirma. Drawing on 90 days of telemetry, the report examines ransomware, advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns, vulnerabilities, underground activity and publicly reported incidents affecting education organisations worldwide.

Uploaded on 2026-10-09 in NEWS-Cybersecurity News, FREE TO VIEW, BUSINESS-Production-Energy European energy leaders have gathered for the 9th Cybersecurity Forum in Brussels  to address the growing discrepancy between rapidly evolving cyber threats and the practical response capabilities of the energy sector.

Uploaded on 2026-10-09 in TECHNOLOGY--Resilience, FREE TO VIEW End-to-end encryption (E2EE) has become a valued feature in consumer messaging, with WhatsApp’s three billion-plus monthly users a major example. However, end-to-end encryption has only found widespread adoption inside single-provider networks, and there are good reasons why. Applying the same model to email is not straightforward.

Uploaded on 2026-10-08 in TECHNOLOGY--Hackers, NEWS-Cybersecurity News, FREE TO VIEW Leading British online fashion and cosmetics retailer ASOS, with 17 million customers worlwide, has become a victim of hackers. Customers experienced a deeply disturbing incident after receiving unexpected and alarming push alerts on their mobile devices.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has prosecuted a US and Israeli national for fraud after he had told clients he could decrypt files locked up by ransomware, but actually he paid ransoms, took the rest of the money and he had done this crime for years. The DoJ says that Zohar Pinhasi, also known as Zack Silver and Zack Green, ran a Florida company called MonsterCloud that advised ransomware victims not to pay because it had a way to recover encrypted data.

The US Department of Justice has prosecuted a US and Israeli national for fraud after he had told clients he could decrypt files locked up by ransomware, but actually he paid ransoms, took the rest of the money and he had done this crime for years. The Feds say that Zohar Pinhasi, also known as Zack Silver and Zack Green, ran a Florida company called MonsterCloud that advised ransomware victims not to pay because it had a way to recover encrypted data.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is the first major politician who has applied to trademark her voice in a move to protect herself against Artificial Intelligence (AI) deepfakes. The application to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has been made and is on their website. The prime minister's office has confirmed the application. Meloni recorded a four-second audio where in Italian she says "Io sono Giorgia”, I am Giorgia Meloni twice.

Uploaded on 2026-10-07 in TECHNOLOGY-Key Areas-Artificial Intelligence, TECHNOLOGY--Resilience, FREE TO VIEW As AI continues to develop and more businesses embed it into operations, AI agents are quickly becoming the most significant insider threat. In fact, research suggests that machine identities now outnumber human workers by 109 to one. Its rapid evolution has resulted in rules and regulations being rewritten across every industry as teams look to adapt.