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TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement With US Justice Department Over Children’s Privacy
TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300...
Iran-Linked Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant for Four Days
Iran-linked hackers reportedly managed to shut down a British power plant for four days in July 2026. The story was broken by the Telegraph newspaper on August 22, 2026. That it took so long to become public knowledge...
Rethinking Application Security for the AI Era
In my previous column, I discussed the topic of Frontier AI and how enterprises can separate genuine AI capabilities from marketing hype when it comes to their vendors. In that piece I also noted that, regarding their...
Venezuelan Gets Record Federal Prison Term for ATM Jackpotting
A Venezuelan national has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in an ATM jackpotting scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. According to the DOJ,...
Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts
Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes....
Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO’s Real Problem
Industry surveys have long put CISO tenure below that of other C-suite roles, and part of the reason is a double standard. During recruitment, the focus is technical depth, security experience, and leadership. But when...
Microsoft Teams now lets admins block external bots from meetings
Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy that allows administrators to automatically block all identified external bots from joining Teams meetings. This new feature builds on another Teams policy...
ReliaQuest confirms failed data-theft attack after ShinyHunters breach
Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. In a statement over the weekend, ReliaQuest...
TikTok reaches $400M settlement with US over COPPA violations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated companies over allegations that they violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The TikTok...
Connecting the Dots: Securing the Overlooked Corners of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Supply Chain
While supply chain threats have been quietly compounding over the past decade, the last 12–18 months have triggered a drastic shift in the scale and velocity of these attacks. Rather than just hunting for bugs in...
Russian network monitoring firm confirms cyberattack claimed by pro-Ukraine hackers
Image: Unsplash+/Getty Russian network monitoring firm confirms cyberattack claimed by pro-Ukraine hackers Russian software developer Microolap confirmed that hackers had compromised some of its systems but denied...
Lawmakers call for investigation into impact of CISA staffing cuts
Image: Getty via Unsplash+/CISA Lawmakers call for investigation into impact of CISA staffing cuts Members of Congress have asked a government watchdog to examine the effect staffing cuts at the Cybersecurity and...