Security Newswire

President Trump has signed an executive order requesting AI companies to show models to the federal government. Security experts discuss. 

Hackers deceived Instagram’s AI chatbot, prompting it to provide access to user accounts.

This year, the World Cup is facing a cyber threat that, historically, it hasn’t seen as often: malicious AI agents.

Foreign adversaries are exploiting commercial location data to track U.S. servicemembers in active war zones. 

Mapping the United Kingdom’s surveillance, including cameras, facial recognition technology and automatic number plate recognition. 

Robinhood is enabling AI agents to trade and make credit card purchases on behalf of users. 

In the last 12 months, 92% of agencies experienced some form of cyber threat. Yet, only 20% plan to establish an incident response plan. 

Security magazine speaks to a researcher about an observed cyberattack driven entirely by AI. 

The incident was caused by a social engineering attack targeting an employee device. 

Cybercriminals are targeting law firms with social engineering tactics. 

Allied Universal announced the acquisition of Investigative Risk Management (IRM), a provider of workplace investigations, insurance claims investigations, and risk management services based in Ontario, Canada.

In this episode of Lock It Down with Security Magazine, we discuss the state of the security industry for women.

Windows users are the primary target of a new phishing threat.

An expert breaks down the Trump Administration’s plan to invest $2 billion into quantum computing innovation and leadership. 

The university has started construction to expand its institute devoted to examining U.S. critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. 

Lithuanian officials believe this was the result of foreign activity. 

CISA announced that it will be accepting nominations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. 

Images on school websites and social media accounts are being leveraged by cybercriminals to create sexually explicit deepfakes of students. 

It’s likely that cybercriminals will increase scam activity leading up to and during this event. 

The overarching theme of this year’s report is “keeping a strong foundation in the face of change.”

In this episode of Lock It Down with Security Magazine, Editor-in-Chief Rachelle Blair-Frasier speaks with Frank Rojas, Business Development Manager for Hospitality and Gaming at Traka, and Dre Perkins, VP of US Strategic Key Accounts for Vingcard.

GitHub experienced a cyber incident.

Is the average 7-Eleven customer at risk from the recent data breach? 

The American Lending Center notified consumers of a data breach nearly a year after it occured. 

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, also referred to as Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), managed a first-of-its-kind cybercrime operation between October 2025 and February 2026.

Security leaders share their thoughts on the attack, Iran’s potential involvement and the broader implications.

Foxconn confirmed a cyberattack has disrupted some of its North American facilities

West Pharmaceutical Services experienced a ransomware incident. 

Security leaders discuss the first AI-created zero-day exploit. 

Security magazine offers a roundup of security conferences taking place in 2026.