Cybersecurity

AI agents targeted 1,200 websites and compromised more than 100: report

2026-10-19T11:28:59.000Z
Les Mousquetaires, owner of retailer Intermarche, said that fridges at around 150 of its stores were heated up to 50 deg C for six hours overnight. A spokesperson said that all affected food had been discarded.

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food

2026-10-13T09:25:43.000Z
Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How announced the Cybersecurity Professional Accreditation Framework at the Singapore International Cyber Week on Oct 13.

Business judgement, AI proficiency key as cyber defender roles evolve; new professional standards being developed

2026-10-13T09:05:41.000Z
Athanasios Vamvakidis, deputy director in the IMF’s monetary and capital markets department, said while global risk sentiment was very strong, underpinned by solid earnings and optimism about AI, such “resilience is not necessarily safety”. 

IMF cites AI slowdown, spiking yields as looming global market risks

2026-10-13T06:17:22.000Z
CrowdStrike said it made the assessment "with moderate confidence” based on the use of the Chinese-developed tool and Chinese-language prompts.

China-based suspect in South Korea bank hacks used AI, Claude tools: CrowdStrike report

2026-10-08T04:34:02.000Z
South Korean PM Han Seong-sook speaks at a cabinet meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Oct 6, 2026. Major banks and financial institutions in the country suffered cyberattacks.

South Korea investigates possible use of AI in hacks on its banks

2026-10-06T12:04:13.000Z
In some ways it is hard to imagine the new AI agents causing widespread trouble. They look too cute for a start.

The Web isn’t ready for millions of rule-bending bots

2026-10-06T06:30:20.000Z
Banks that reported cyberattacks included Hana Bank (above), Woori Bank, Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank.

South Korean president orders probe into wave of data breaches at banks, public agencies

2026-10-04T07:54:26.000Z
The Singapore Police Force disrupted 52,200 malicious websites in the first half of 2026, which shows the scale of online impersonation.
THE BROAD VIEW

Businesses need to detect online impersonations before customers do

2026-10-02T07:51:42.000Z
OpenAI is searching through roughly 50 petabytes of data as it works to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity.

OpenAI alerts more than 100 groups about rogue AI agent activity

2026-10-01T23:16:21.000Z