House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16
House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 Summary The House of Lords voted 261 to 150 to amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, requiring…
Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up Summary New figures from DLA Piper’s GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey show European data-protection…
DPRK Actors Deploy VS Code Tunnels for Remote Hacking
DPRK Actors Deploy VS Code Tunnels for Remote Hacking Summary A spear-phishing campaign attributed to DPRK actors targets South Korean recipients with government-themed lures. Malicious JSE files disguised as HWPX…
AI Agents Undermine Progress in Browser Security
AI Agents Undermine Progress in Browser Security Summary New research from Trail of Bits warns that “agentic” browsers — browsers that run AI agents which act on behalf of users…
Jordan used Cellebrite phone-hacking tools against activists critical of Gaza war, report finds
Jordan used Cellebrite phone-hacking tools against activists critical of Gaza war, report finds Summary Citizen Lab’s new report finds Jordanian authorities used Cellebrite digital-forensic tools to extract data from the…
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls Summary The Bank of England, together with the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority, published findings from…
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers Summary A critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd), tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8), was disclosed on 20 January…
Google Nabs Top Talent From AI Voice Startup Hume AI
Google Nabs Top Talent From AI Voice Startup Hume AI Summary Google DeepMind has hired Hume AI’s CEO, Alan Cowen, and roughly seven engineers as part of a confidential licensing…
Daily briefing: Trump — one year in
Daily briefing: Trump — one year in Article Date: 21 January 2026 Author: Flora Graham Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00230-7 Image: Lead image Summary This Nature Briefing reviews the effects of Donald…
Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day
Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day Article Date: 2026-01-22T10:54:36+00:00 Summary Cisco has released an emergency patch for a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045) affecting the web-management…