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Europe’s cyber emergency is no longer defined by the sophistication of individual malware families. It is defined by concentration: a single compromised identity, cloud administrator, software supplier or recovery platform can interrupt thousands of transactions and disable services that carry legal and economic authority. Romania’s land-registry crisis exposed this new frontier with unusual clarity. The…

The convergence of aging software infrastructure, accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, and the growing dependence of every sector on interconnected digital systems creates acute risk. But the same AI systems that are compressing the offensive timeline can also be turned to defensive purposes if policymakers organize to do so.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WasabiCard, a global payment infrastructure platform for enterprises, fintechs, and internet-native businesses, today announced the expansion of its global advertising payment capabilities, enabling brands, gaming companies, e-commerce businesses, and media buyers to fund ad accounts, manage card payments, and reallocate advertising budgets across markets with greater speed and…

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability to access TeamCity On-Premises servers, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has warned.

Media reports about a cyberattack that forced a British power plant offline for four days should be taken seriously far beyond the United Kingdom. It gives us a glimpse of how the Iran conflict could develop and signals to governments and businesses around the world that they need to be ready for a new battlefield.

Power plants have become increasingly attractive targets for state-sponsored cyber attackers because disrupting electricity generation can create consequences far beyond a conventional data breach. A successful intrusion into a power-generation facility could disrupt operations, damage industrial equipment, compromise safety systems and potentially contribute to wider instability across the power grid.

Newark, N.J.-based Princeton Critical Minerals(PCM) has raised $16 million in combined equity and non-dilutive funding as the company moves from pilot projects toward commercial deployment of technology designed to increase lithium production from brine. The financing includes a $11 million Series A led by local venture firm SOSV and more than $5 million in grants.…

Ransomware crews used to break in themselves. Medusa ransomware mostly buys its way in, and it now counts more than 500 critical infrastructure victims in the United States, up from roughly 300 a year ago. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Health and Human…

Google’s Mandiant has disclosed the workings of an internal tool that uses chains of AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities in in just two days during a live investigation into stolen corporate repositories

(TNND) —Most teenagers are using artificial intelligence for schoolwork, both in ways that could be beneficial and in ways that could shortcut learning or offload critical thinking.