Vulns in Dutch football club's systems didn't just expose data – they let outsiders play with accounts, and even lift stadium bans Dutch football giant AFC Ajax has admitted to a data breach after an attacker gained access to its internal systems, in an incident that looks less like a stray pass and more like the gates left wide open.…
Global bank's devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code Computer security boffins have conducted an analysis of 10 million websites and found almost 2,000 API credentials strewn across 10,000 webpages.…
Appearing before Parliament, Meta, Google and X struggle to explain how fake political video circulated for so long A member of the UK Parliament's lower house who was the victim of a deepfake AI campaign this week had a rare chance to confront the Big Tech executives who helped spread it. Their answers disappointed.…
300 families undergo 6-week trial to test impact on sleep, school, and home life The UK government will trial different levels of restrictions on social media for under-16s with the help of 300 families, alongside a public consultation that has already gathered nearly 30,000 responses.…
Commission preliminarily finds Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the Digital Services Act for allowing minors to access their services Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/26/2026 - 09:39 The European Commission preliminarily found Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to protect minors from being exposed to pornographic content on their services. In exercising their right of defence, XVideos, XNXX, Pornhub and Stripchat now have the possibility to examine the documents in the Commission's investigation files and reply in writing to the Commission's preliminary findings. Read the full press release and find further information about the: Digital Services Act - main aspects of the regulation User rights under the Digital Services Act - an overview Protecting and empowering young people online Supervision of the designated very large online platforms and search engines under DSA Related topics Better Internet for Children Strengthening trust and security Online platforms and e-commerce DSA - Digital Services Act {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
Commission investigates Snapchat's compliance with child protection rules under the Digital Services Act Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/26/2026 - 09:39 The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to investigate if Snapchat is ensuring a high level of safety, privacy and security for children online, in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Snapchat may have breached the DSA by exposing minors to grooming attempts and recruitment for criminal purposes, as well as to information about the sale of illegal goods, like drugs, or age-restricted products, such as vapes and alcohol. The investigation will focus on five areas. Read the full press release and more information about the Commission services and Dutch Digital Services Coordinator joint investigation. Find further information about the: Digital Services Act- main aspects of the regulation User rights under the Digital Services Act- an overview Protecting and empowering young people online Supervision of the designated very large online platforms and search engines under DSA Related topics Better Internet for Children Strengthening trust and security Online platforms and e-commerce DSA - Digital Services Act {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
They cleverly mimic most traits of a real phone Smartphones have fast become the basis of our digital identities, securing payment systems and bank accounts. Now virtual devices that pretend to be real handsets have become a key tool for financial scammers, according to one company. …
Cyber rights org retools for the days of AI and unrestrained government interview The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday appointed Nicole Ozer to succeed Cindy Cohn as the cyber rights group's executive director when Cohn departs this summer.…
Nearly 300 employees caught up in intrusion at benefits provider Navia Almost 300 HackerOne employees are caught up in a data breach, with the bug bounty biz slamming a third-party benefits provider for a weeks-long delay in notification.…
Here's where you ought to spend your security billable hours budget this year Strengthen your MFA policies, double-down on anti-phishing training, and for Jobs' sake, patch all your vulns right away. The past year of intelligence collected by Cisco's Talos threat hunters suggests that attackers are moving faster to exploit vulns, and fooling more staff than ever into giving up their credentials. …
Rust security maintainers contend Nadim Kobeissi's vulnerability claims are too much Updated Since February, cryptographer Nadim Kobeissi has been trying to get code fixes applied to Rust cryptography libraries to address what he says are critical bugs. For his efforts, he's been dismissed, ignored, and banned from Rust security channels.…
Cams statistically more likely to ID Black people, says new research A UK police force has suspended its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study revealed it was statistically more likely to identify Black people on a watchlist database.…
Millions of hijacked devices powered traffic floods targeting defense systems and beyond The US government has moved to disrupt a cluster of IoT botnets behind some of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded, including traffic bursts topping 30 terabits per second.…
Audit trails aplenty, but no price tag – and no clue how long your data sticks around Opinion Last week's UK government consultation on its plans for digital identity had quite a few things missing. It did not include a price estimate - something it said was due to decisions yet to be taken on the scheme's scope - or how long the government would keep "audit trail" records of ID checks.…
Last time: Beijing-backed snoops and ransomware crims. Who's next? Unknown baddies are abusing yet another critical Microsoft SharePoint bug to compromise victims' SharePoint servers, the US government warned.…
Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety It turns out you won't be limited to Google-verified apps and developers on Android after all. In the face of sustained community dissatisfaction with its developer verification requirement, Google has given Android users an out.…
The European Union – the media freedom hub marsrgi Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:58 Opening: 16 April 2026 Closing: 28 May 2026 The overall goal of this preparatory action is to continue the activities of the ongoing Free Media Hub EAST project, i.e. to sustain and improve existing financial and other kinds of support to exiled independent media from Russia, Belarus, as well as media from Ukraine that has relocated in the EU, and to foster the coordination and consolidation of a pan-European platform or network of media hubs to promote the preservation of a pluralistic media environment. GettyImages © Mihajlo Maricic Main link https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportuni… Related topics Media and democracy Media freedom and pluralism International relations Funding for Digital Actions to Support Ukraine Democracy in the digital age {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
Where are you? What are you working on? Why are you doing that? Identity access and management platform Okta announced the general availability of its Okta for AI Agents, which will give customers the ability to do three things: locate agents, see what they’re doing, and shut them down if need be.…
Darksword is the second iOS exploit chain in a month A new exploit kit targeting iPhone users and stealing their sensitive data is being abused by "multiple" spyware vendors and suspected nation-state goons, security researchers said on Wednesday.…
Interlock's post-exploit toolkit exposed Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as a zero-day vulnerability more than a month before Cisco patched the hole, according to Amazon security boss CJ Moses.…