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Agents must be 'safer and better than humans,' James Nettesheim tells The Reg

interview  When it comes to security, AI agents are like self-driving cars, according to Block Chief Information Security Officer James Nettesheim.…

Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own

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

Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response

Ofcom is investigating X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act, Britian's comms watchdog has confirmed.…

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health

The Tories have pledged to kick under-16s off social media, betting that banning teens from TikTok and Instagram will fix what they see as a growing crisis in kids' mental health and classroom behavior.…

Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors

India’s government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code.…

PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!

Asia in Brief  The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia have suspended access to social network X, on grounds that it allows users to produce sexual imagery without users’ consent.…

PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more

infosec in brief  Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led to theft of users’ personal information.…

Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation

ANALYSIS  From May's cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.…

Remember when government agents didn't wear masks?

While watching us now seems like the least of its sins, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was once best known (and despised) for its multi-billion-dollar surveillance tech budget.…

Basketball player accused of aiding cybercrime gang extradition blocked in exchange for Swiss NGO consultant

France has released an alleged ransomware crook wanted by the US in exchange for a conflict researcher imprisoned in Russia.…

State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says

North Korean government hackers are turning QR codes into credential-stealing weapons, the FBI has warned, as Pyongyang's spies find new ways to duck enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins.…