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Ollie Holman created kits that mimicked charity and bank webpages so criminals could harvest victims’ personal detailsA 21-year-old student who designed and distributed online kits linked to £100m worth of fraud has been jailed for seven years.Ollie Ho…
Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18sA leading online safety campaigner has urged the UK government to “detoxify the dopamine loops” of addictive social med…
In today’s newsletter: From mandatory age verification to criminal liability for non-compliant executives, the legislation marks a new era of digital accountability in keeping children safe onlineGood morning. From tomorrow social media companies must…
Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm saysThe risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a sp…
Traders affiliated to Iran-backed rebel group found to have been running weapon stores on social media for yearsArms dealers affiliated with Houthi militants in Yemen are using X and Meta platforms to traffic weapons – some US-made – in apparent violat…
Johan Forssell says revelation should be ‘wake-up call’ to parents about what children are doing and seeing onlineSweden’s migration minister has said he is “shocked and horrified” after discovering his teenage son’s involvement in far-right extremist …
Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos in first half of year, mostly in worst category of abuseThe number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on development…
Hacked airline says Australian federal police have been engaged but it ‘won’t be commenting any further on the detail of the contact’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA potential cyber criminal has made contact with Qantas, the…
Deepfake technology creating media content – such as images, audio, or video – that has been generated or manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI), often to appear authentic, utilises advanced generative AI to create hyper-realistic synthetic media resulting in audio or visual content that poses significant challenges across various sectors.
Exclusive: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says lack of action leaves firms at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into problemsMore than one in four UK businesses have been the victim of a cyber-attack in the last year and many more risk “sleepwalking” in…