CHT Security Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Taiwan Company of the Year Recognition for Excellence in Cybersecurity Services This recognition highlights CHT Security's leadership in AI-enabled security operations, cyber resilience, and customer-centric cybersecurity services that support secure digital transformation. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that CHT Security has received the 2026 Taiwan Company of the Year Recognition in the cybersecurity services industry for its outstanding achievements in innovation, strategy execution, and customer impact. The recognition highlights CHT Security's leadership in delivering AI-enabled security operations, managed security services, and cloud security capabilities that help organizations strengthen cyber resilience while accelerating digital transformation. Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. CHT Security excelled in both, demonstrating its ability to anticipate evolving cybersecurity challenges, align its innovation strategy with emerging market requirements, and consistently execute at scale through integrated managed and professional security services. "CHT Security has demonstrated a strong ability to anticipate the cybersecurity implications of AI adoption and transform emerging technologies into practical services that help organizations strengthen cyber resilience," said Vivien Pua, Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan. "Its continued investments in AI-enabled security operations, AI governance, cloud security, and proprietary research, combined with disciplined execution and a customer-first approach, position the company as a leader in Taiwan's cybersecurity services industry." Guided by a long-term growth strategy centered on AI innovation, cloud security, and digital transformation, CHT Security continues to strengthen its market position by addressing the evolving security needs of modern enterprises. Through sustained investments in AI-enabled security operations, proprietary technologies, and integrated cybersecurity services, the company has built a comprehensive portfolio spanning security operations, AI security assessments, offensive security services, cloud security, and governance capabilities that
Aug 25, 2026 · via prnewswire.com
Alabama’s attorney general announced Monday that it sent a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged “complete lack of oversight and adequate safeguards” in the Hugging Face incident. The investigation comes weeks after OpenAI admitted that one of its unreleased and guardrail-free cybersecurity models had escaped an isolated environment, connected to the internet, and hacked AI dataset platform Hugging Face. As Reuters first reported, Hugging Face was only one of four victims of what was supposed to be “an internal evaluation” of a model with “maximal cyber capabilities,” as OpenAI put it. The press release announcing the subpoena sent by the state’s attorney general Steve Marshall said that the state was seeking to understand if OpenAI’s “inability or unwillingness to ensure the safety of its products” violated the state’s consumer protection laws. When reached by TechCrunch for comment, OpenAI spokesperson Nate Evans provided the statement: “The Hugging Face incident marked an important moment for AI safety and we are conducting a thorough review along with external advisors. Once the review is complete, we will share a technical report with relevant government authorities and publish our findings publicly.” Earlier this month, Marshall, along with the attorneys general of 14 other states, including Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas, sent a letter to OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, requesting that he and his company preserve all records related to the Hugging Face incident. The letter also asked OpenAI to “immediately cease and desist” from any internal cybersecurity evaluations. In the wake of the Hugging Face incident, and several other incidents disclosed by Anthropic, the U.K.’s AI Security Institute, Meta, and workers at AI companies — including executives and technical leaders — signed an open letter called “Pacing the Frontier,” which called for developing AI capabilities slowly and more responsibly.
Aug 24, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
The Vulnerability Gap: Why Discovery Is Outrunning Repair AI is discovering more vulnerabilities, faster, and under a tightening regulatory environment, making this an all-hands-on-deck moment for the cybersecurity community. COMMENTARY For decades, finding a serious vulnerability in widely used open source software was specialized work. It took a skilled researcher weeks, sometimes months, to trace a flaw and responsibly bring it to a maintainer. That timeline has effectively collapsed. Advanced AI models can now produce vulnerability reports in hours, demolishing what a seasoned professional would have taken weeks to develop. That's not hypothetical: it's what the open source security community has watched happen since the fall of last year, as tools built on frontier models and strong open-weight models alike started turning out findings that are, frankly, good. The trouble is that discovery was never the bottleneck. Fixing was. Patching, disclosure coordination, the upstream maintainer who has to understand a report, validate it, and ship a release — none of that has sped up at anywhere near the same rate. Some projects are using AI to combat the problem, like Valkey's provenance guard or AIxCC winner Trail of Bits' Buttercup finding vulns at DEF CON 2025. Discovery in Hours, Remediation in Weeks However, the structural mismatch remains: discovery measured in hours, remediation still measured in weeks and months. IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 puts a number on that gap. One in four malicious breaches last year were AI-enabled, up 56% over the prior year, and those breaches cost companies $6 million on average, roughly a million more than the overall breach average. The same research found only 18% of organizations are applying AI agents to vulnerability management, even as more than half already use agents for threat detection. Models are finding problems at maximum velocity while the
Aug 24, 2026 · via darkreading.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced Marshall’s appointment as CISO, which will see Marshall housed within the California Department of Technology (CDT). Marshall's career as a public-sector cybersecurity professional began in 2008 with an information security architect position at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, according to his LinkedIn. Marshall most recently served as acting information officer at the California Environmental Protection Agency, a position he held dating back to 2022, the governor’s office said. He previously served as the agency’s information security officer from 2017 to 2022. During his time at that agency, he worked with CDT on projects such as Cal-Secure, Marshall told Industry Insider – California* in 2021. Marshall takes over the CISO position as California begins implementing Cal-Secure 2.0, the state’s new cybersecurity road map, first announced on July 31. The road map succeeds the original Cal-Secure strategy issued in 2021 and is intended to help agencies address emerging risks while operating under a common statewide framework aligned with national cybersecurity standards. The strategy centers on three pillars: developing and retaining the state’s cybersecurity workforce; improving coordination and information sharing across government; and modernizing security technology. It also gives individual agencies flexibility to concentrate on the risks most relevant to their operations. Marshall’s experience at the California Environmental Protection Agency touches at least two of those priorities. In addition to leading information security at the agency, he participated in the Information Security Leadership Academy, an 11-week CDT program intended to prepare public-sector technology professionals for information security leadership positions. The curriculum combines state security and compliance requirements with technical training, incident-response exercises and management skills. Marshall succeeds Vitaliy Panych, who stepped down in late July after seven years of serving as state CISO. Panych helped develop Cal-Secure 2.0 and said when it was released that the
Aug 24, 2026 · via govtech.com
The water system in Rapid City, which is part of Pennington County, was among the first of dozens of utilities targeted in a nationwide wave of cyberattacks this summer. The attackers did not access its network in Rapid City, city officials said. Mitchell, meanwhile, is recovering from its own breach, which left city staff without computer access. The three incidents — all hitting South Dakota local governments within weeks of each other — underscore a vulnerability that state officials have spent years and millions of dollars trying to address. Local governments hold sensitive taxpayer data, but often lack the staff, budget or expertise to protect it from cyberattacks. A 2025 report by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center found that 68% of state, local, tribal and territorial governments lack the budget to address major cybersecurity priorities, and that small and rural communities are especially vulnerable. A state-funded program in South Dakota is working to close that gap — but time and money are running short. State Funding in Place of Declined Federal Funding SecureSD is a $7 million program run by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office and Dakota State University that delivers cybersecurity tools, training and technical support to local governments. Lawmakers launched the program with funds in 2024 in response to Gov. Kristi Noem rejecting a piece of $1 billion in cybersecurity grants to states. Noem spokesman Ian Fury told South Dakota Searchlight at the time that the grants were “wasteful spending,” adding the administrative burden of the grant “would have far exceeded the allowable administrative cost.” That 2022 four-year federal grant program, part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, faces an uncertain future. Congress extended the program through next month, but did not provide new funding. Efforts to reauthorize the program haven’t cleared both
Aug 24, 2026 · via governing.com
Cyber criminals are finding new ways to access your personal data - whether it be stealing your identity or hacking your accounts - but cybersecurity expert Jasmine Wong is offering 10 crucial tips to stay protected online. "If people can see your entry points, what type of lock do you have, do you keep your windows open...sometimes that information might be there, and you might not even realize it," says Wong. Wong says it's relatively easy to do. "Google came out with this feature about last year...The main way to go is to go into your Google account, and there should be an option where you can opt into that," says Wong. Wong says this can stop thieves from locking you out of your Apple ID. "You would go to Have I Been Pwned...and you can actually search your email and your passwords to see if they're floating around on the dark web as part of previous data breaches," says Wong. Wong says you can do this by turning off data sharing in your settings, especially for sensitive information. Wong says this can stop identity thieves from opening new accounts. "This allows you to see transactions that happen in real time so you can better catch if someone is using your credit card or your debit card," says Wong. "The browser extensions can monitor what you’re doing on the browser and steal your data, maybe your passwords that you’re putting in," says Wong.
Aug 24, 2026 · via newjersey.news12.com
As I glanced around a room of 25 C-suite leaders ahead of delivering a briefing on antisemitism, I thought, “What am I doing here?!” In my head, I was still the cybersecurity professional, the IT guy. I had no business speaking about Jewish lived experience in the workplace. And yet, in that moment, I realized I was standing in a gap that needed to be filled. Looking back over the past three years, the story sounds almost like a movie: A successful cybersecurity professional leaves his career in search of greater meaning, building a global Jewish workplace community. In fact, if you’d told me as I lay in bed on Oct. 7, 2023, awoken by the sound of distant interceptions by the Iron Dome missile-defense system, that I’d be writing about my career pivot, I imagine I would have laughed so hard that I’d be admitted for hysteria. Yet here I am. No longer solving tech problems but helping Jews around the world navigate something far more personal: how to show up at work as proud Jews. My story, however, begins before Oct. 7. In 2019, with a colleague in London, I started what was essentially a small Jewish social group at Amazon. We met for drinks once or twice before COVID-19 paused everything. We stayed in touch, even hosting a virtual gathering during lockdown. Then came the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 and mandatory 2.5-hour diversity training. Jews weren’t mentioned once. That omission was a turning point. I realized that if we were not included, we had to organize ourselves. I set out to build a formal Employee Resource Group (ERG). The resistance was immediate. I was told that Jews were just a religion, too small a minority, not an ethnicity. Even jokingly pointing to
Aug 24, 2026 · via jns.org
On August 19, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking public comment on a proposed enforcement policy statement regarding personalized pricing—the practice of using personal data to set prices based on what a company believes an individual consumer is willing to pay. The proposed policy statement outlines the FTC’s legal concerns with the practice and signals the agency’s intent to pursue enforcement actions against businesses that fail to make adequate disclosures to consumers. Background The proposed policy statement arrives amid a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape in which multiple states have enacted or introduced legislation targeting surveillance pricing. Maryland became the first state to enact a law directly prohibiting certain personalized pricing practices in the grocery sector, and New Jersey recently followed. Connecticut has amended its data privacy law to impose both disclosure requirements and substantive bans on surveillance pricing by retailers and third-party delivery services. New York also recently passed a bill prohibiting surveillance pricing. California’s Office of the Attorney General has launched an investigative sweep targeting businesses that use personal data for algorithmic pricing in potential violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act. Additional states, including Colorado and Illinois, also recently have considered legislation that would impose similar restrictions. The FTC’s proposed policy statement represents the federal government’s most direct articulation to date of how existing consumer protection law applies to personalized pricing. Key Provisions of the Proposed Policy Statement The proposed policy statement emphasizes that consumers generally expect the prices they see to be the same prices offered to other consumers for the same product or service. According to the FTC, retailers who represent or imply that a price is static when it in fact varies by individual consumer are at risk of engaging in deceptive practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC
Aug 24, 2026 · via hunton.com
Hunterdon County advances technology infrastructure, cybersecurity Aug 23, 2026 Aug 23, 2026 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Hunterdon County Commissioner Susan Solowayhighlighted several recently completed and ongoing projects aimed at strengthening the county’s technology infrastructure, cybersecurity, emergency communications and digital services for residents. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the Tuesday, Aug. 18 meeting of the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Susan Soloway, liaison to the Department of Information Technology, highlighted several recently completed and ongoing projects aimed at strengthening the county’s technology infrastructure, cybersecurity, emergency communications and digital services for residents.“I am pleased to see the progress being made across the Department of Information Technology,” said Soloway. “These projects represent important investments in the systems and infrastructure that support county operations every day, while also improving the way residents access information and services. I also want to recognize our dedicated IT staff, whose technical expertise, professionalism, and commitment have been essential to moving these important projects forward.” × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmp>@?8 E96 C646?E=J 4@>A=6E65 :?:E:2E:G6D :D E96 4@F?EJ’D h`` 7:C6H2== C67C6D9[ AC@G:5:?8 :>A@CE2?E FA8C256D E@ E96 D64FC:EJ 2?5 C6=:23:=:EJ @7 E96 4@F?EJ’D 6>6C86?4J 4@>>F?:42E:@?D :?7C2DECF4EFC6] r@F?EJH:56 4J36CD64FC:EJ EC2:?:?8 :D 2=D@ F?56CH2J[ 96=A:?8 6?DFC6 6>A=@J66D 92G6 E96 <?@H=6586 2?5 E@@=D ?66565 E@ AC@E64E 4@F?EJ DJDE6>D[ :?7@C>2E:@? 2?5 5:8:E2= C6D@FC46D]k^AmkAm%96 x?7@C>2E:@? %649?@=@8J E62> 92D 2=D@ 4@>A=6E65 56G6=@A>6?E @7 E96 $6CG:46}@H 2AA=:42E:@?[ 2=@?8 H:E9 E96 #@FE6 `a r@?5F:E 2?5 u:36C !C@;64E] %96 #@FE6 `a AC@;64E C6AC6D6?ED 2 D:8?:7:42?E :?G6DE>6?E :? E96 4@F?EJ’D 4@>>F?:42E:@?D :?7C2DECF4EFC6[ AC@G:5:?8 8C62E6C C6=:23:=:EJ 2?5 4@??64E:G:EJ 36EH66? 4@F?EJ 724:=:E:6D]k^AmkAm“%649?@=@8J 4@?E:?F6D E@ A=2J 2? :>A@CE2?E C@=6 :? 9@H 4@F?EJ 8@G6C?>6?E D6CG6D @FC C6D:56?ED[” $@=@H2J D2:5] “uC@> 6>6C86?4J 4@>>F?:42E:@?D 2?5 4J36CD64FC:EJ E@ C6=:23=6 4@??64E:G:EJ
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Abstract The rapid adoption of digital technologies has transformed access to financial services, yet it has also increased cybersecurity risks, which may hinder inclusive financial participation. This study examines the role of national cybersecurity capacity in promoting both formal and informal financial inclusion in GCC countries from 2014 to 2021. It investigates how overall cybersecurity readiness and its key components, organizational measures and capacity building, affect access to and usage of financial services. Using panel data regressions with OLS, fixed effects, and system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), the analysis finds that improvements in cybersecurity, particularly in organizational and capacity building dimensions, significantly enhance formal financial inclusion while reducing reliance on informal financial practices. The novelty of this study lies in its comprehensive assessment of multiple cybersecurity dimensions and their distinct effects on both formal and informal financial inclusion. The findings offer clear policy implications, emphasizing that strengthening national cybersecurity frameworks and institutional capacities can foster safer and more inclusive financial systems across the GCC region. Acknowledgements The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research and Libraries in Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University for funding this research work through the Supporting Publication in Top-Impact Journals Initiative (SPTIF-2026). Funding The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research and Libraries in Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University for funding this research work through the Supporting Publication in Top-Impact Journals Initiative(SPTIF-2026). Ethics declarations Ethical approval This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors. Informed consent This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Additional information Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Appendix Appendix
Aug 24, 2026 · via nature.com
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Demand for cyber security continues to grow. Dicker Data is set to expand is its cyber security portfolio and providing partners across Australia and New Zealand with Sophos solutions. The agreement will see Dicker Data distribute the vendor’s cyber security portfolio across endpoint, network, email and security operation products. The distributor will also support the continued growth of Sophos’ MSP business and services portfolio. This includes managed detection and response (MDR), advisory services and incident response. Through the partnership, Dicker Data will provide local sales, technical, enablement and go-to-market support to help partners build their Sophos capability, as well as help them to develop cyber security opportunities and grow sustainable security practices. Dicker Data general manager — software A/NZ Pennie Stevens said the addition of Sophos reflects the distributor’s continued investment in cyber security as a strategic growth area for partners. “Cyber security continues to be one of the most important priorities for our partners and their customers, and Sophos brings a comprehensive and highly relevant portfolio to help address that need,” she said. “For our partners, this creates new opportunities to grow their security practice, expand managed services offerings and support customers.” The appointment of Dicker Data brings additional reach support Sophos’ next phase of growth across A/NZ, said Sophos director channel and commercial sales A/NZ Marina Brook. “As our business continues to evolve, so does the opportunity for our partners,” she said. “Together with Dicker Data, we want to expand the Sophos partner ecosystem, create new opportunities across the market and help our partners.”
Aug 24, 2026 · via arnnet.com.au
In this week’s Briefcase, Detmold Group opens a new manufacturing facility while an Adelaide hotel unveils its new events space. The National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) has launched a new cybersecurity program aimed at South Australia’s parliamentarians. Securing Our Future: Cyber Essentials for Parliamentarians in South Australia is designed to help participants better understand cyber risks, strengthen cyber hygiene and adopt safer everyday security practices to support parliamentary offices. The program is being delivered in partnership with Cisco, Flinders University, Adelaide University and ArchiTech, bringing together cybersecurity experts, industry leaders and academic partners to examine the evolving cybersecurity threat. “Cyber security is increasingly important across every part of society and government and initiatives such as Cyber Essentials provide practical tools to help strengthen cyber awareness and resilience,” Artificial Intelligence Minister Chris Picton said. A $22 million Crisis Stabilisation Centre has officially opened, providing Northern suburbs residents access to additional mental health support services. The 16-bed crisis support centre has opened next to the Lyell McEwin Hospital and will start providing services from this week as part of a staged opening. It follows a 12 per cent increase in mental health presentations to emergency departments in the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network facilities, with the new centre allowing patients to stay up to three nights. “This new service will provide more options for people to get the help they need closer to home, while ensuring emergency departments can focus on those requiring acute medical care,” Health Minister Blair Boyer said. Crystalbrook Collection Hotels and Resorts has unveiled its events space ahead of the opening of its first Adelaide CBD-based hotel Crystalbrook Sam in December. Crystalbrook Sam will be a 196-room luxury hotel on Halifax Street with dining experiences and a rooftop bar. The three new event spaces will cater for corporate
Aug 24, 2026 · via indailysa.com.au
SYDNEY, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspira Enterprise, a global leader in cybersecurity, AI and digital transformation services, today announced its strategic expansion into Australia, reinforcing its commitment to helping organizations strengthen cyber resilience, secure AI adoption, and modernize enterprise security operations across the Asia-Pacific region. With a growing demand for cyber resilience, identity security, AI governance, cloud security, and managed detection and response (MDR), Australia represents a significant milestone in Inspira's global growth journey. The expansion will enable Australian enterprises and government organizations to leverage Inspira's deep expertise in delivering outcome-driven cybersecurity services backed by AI-powered innovation. "Australia is one of the world's most digitally advanced economies, with organizations accelerating AI adoption while navigating an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat landscape," said Josef Figueroa, President – ASEAN, Inspira Enterprise. "Our expansion reflects our long-term commitment to the region. We are bringing together global expertise, local talent, strategic technology partnerships, and AI-powered security capabilities to help Australian organizations build resilient, secure, and future-ready digital enterprises." "Our vision has always been to help organizations stay ahead of evolving cyber risks through innovation, intelligence, and trusted partnerships," said Chetan Jain, Co-founder & Managing Director, Inspira Enterprise. "Australia is a strategic market for us, and this expansion strengthens our ability to serve customers with local expertise backed by our global delivery capabilities and 24x7 Cyber Fusion Centers." The Australian expansion further strengthens Inspira's presence across North America, Middle East & Africa, ASEAN and India, enabling customers to access globally consistent cybersecurity services while benefiting from local engagement and regional expertise. Inspira will be formally launching their operations via a hosted client event at the University of Technology in Sydney on the 26th of August, 2026. If you would like an invite, please email : [email protected] About Inspira Enterprise Inspira Enterprise is a global
Aug 23, 2026 · via prnewswire.com
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Pennington County residents haven’t been able to access some services since a cyberattack knocked out county computer systems in July. The water system in Rapid City, which is part of Pennington County, was among the first of dozens of utilities targeted in a nationwide wave of cyberattacks this summer. The attackers did not access its network in Rapid City, city officials said. Mitchell, meanwhile, is recovering from its own breach, which left city staff without computer access. The three incidents — all hitting South Dakota local governments within weeks of each other — underscore a vulnerability that state officials have spent years and millions of dollars trying to address. Local governments hold sensitive taxpayer data, but often lack the staff, budget or expertise to protect it from cyberattacks. A 2025 report by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center found that 68% of state, local, tribal and territorial governments lack the budget to address major cybersecurity priorities, and that small and rural communities are especially vulnerable. A state-funded program in South Dakota is working to close that gap — but time and money are running short. STATE FUNDING IN PLACE OF DECLINED FEDERAL FUNDING SecureSD is a $7 million program run by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office and Dakota State University that delivers cybersecurity tools, training and technical support to local governments. Lawmakers launched the program with funds in 2024 in response to Gov. Kristi Noem rejecting a piece of $1 billion in cybersecurity grants to states. Noem spokesman Ian Fury told South Dakota Searchlight at the time that the grants were “wasteful spending,” adding the administrative burden of the grant “would have far exceeded the allowable administrative cost.” That 2022 four-year federal grant program, part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, faces an uncertain future. Congress
Aug 23, 2026 · via yankton.net
Inspections of all 2,936 government-issued cellphones used by the military have been completed, with no high-risk Chinese-made apps found installed, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said, as the ministry works to implement five cybersecurity measures across the armed forces. When China’s navigation app Amap (高德地圖) was deemed to pose a high cybersecurity risk several months ago, lawmakers asked the ministry to ban servicemembers from downloading the app, to prevent tactical planning and defensive strategies from leaking. In a report, the defense ministry said yesterday that the Ministry of Digital Affairs on May 27 announced its cybersecurity assessment results on four apps made in China, including Amap. The MND had already on April 24 and May 29 notified servicemembers that installing Chinese-made apps including Amap is strictly prohibited, and on June 4, ordered all units to inspect all government cellphones, it said. None of the 2,936 phones were found to have the app installed, it said. The ministry said that in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Subsidies for Mobile Phone Numbers and Call Expenses of the Armed Forces (國軍行動通訊門號及通話費補助作業規定) and the Operational Requirements for Civilian Smartphone Control (民用智慧型手機管控作業要求), it protects military information and communication security through five main measures. The measures include setting clear requirements, promoting policy awareness, auditing and inspection, annual checks and clearly defined penalties, it said. The MND said Chinese-made apps such as Amap, TikTok, WeChat, Sina Weibo, Tencent QQ, bilibili, Xiaohongshu (小紅書, known as RedNote in English) and Baidu Netdisk were prohibited to prevent information leaks. The ministry said it raises awareness reminding servicemembers not to install the banned apps. Servicemembers are strictly prohibited from using the phones to record or transmit military information to prevent data leaks or malicious access, it said. The ministry said unit commanders and supervisors and cyberwarfare specialists would conduct
Aug 23, 2026 · via taipeitimes.com
AS FILIPINOS increasingly rely on apps to move, save, borrow, and manage money, cybersecurity is becoming a more visible part of the financial experience — from the controls customers can use themselves to the systems and policies that keep services running when threats emerge. At the recent BusinessWorld Cybersecurity Summit, Maya executives said this shift is changing how financial institutions approach security, what customers should expect and how regulators need to respond. Maya has put more security controls directly in customers’ hands. Through its in-app features, users can immediately freeze or unfreeze their cards and manage how they are used. Biometric authentication, fraud monitoring, and other safeguards work in the background. Maya credit cards also use dynamic CVVs, adding another layer of protection for online transactions. Maya also works with regulators and law enforcement agencies, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)’s Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Philippine National Police (PNP). For Kristoffer Rada, Maya’s head of corporate affairs, these measures reflect a broader shift in the relationship between cybersecurity and consumer trust. “For us in Maya, cybersecurity is not some back-office product, it’s really part of the product,” Rada said. “As more people depend on digital financial services every day, maintaining trust becomes a responsibility shared by financial institutions, regulators, government and the broader ecosystem. Rada said cybersecurity policy must balance strong safeguards and institutional accountability with the need to respond to rapidly changing technologies and risks. The focus, he said, should go beyond compliance with individual rules. It should also protect customers, keep services running, strengthen accountability and ensure institutions can respond to and recover from cyber incidents. “Technology evolves so fast. The rules that apply this year may no longer be
Aug 23, 2026 · via sunstar.com.ph
By Angelis Pseftis A cyberattack does not have to knock out 911 to put officers and the public at risk. Phones and radios may still work while computer-aided dispatch (CAD), records, warrant checks, jail systems or digital evidence disappear. At that point, the question for command staff is no longer, “Is this really a cyber incident?” It is, “What must keep working right now, and who has the authority to make that happen?” That is why a serious network disruption belongs in the incident command conversation from the first hour. The chief or sheriff may have to activate manual procedures, move personnel, isolate systems, preserve evidence, request help and brief the public before anyone can say whether the cause is ransomware, equipment failure or a vendor outage. The central mistake is treating the event only as an information technology (IT) recovery job. For a police agency, it is also a problem of keeping essential services running, preserving evidence, supporting a criminal investigation and maintaining public trust. The radio can work while the rest of policing goes dark The FBI received more than 3,600 ransomware complaints in 2025 and identified government facilities among the sectors most affected by the 10 most frequently reported types of ransomware. Those figures are reports, not a census. The FBI also cautions that its loss total generally excludes downtime, lost files and equipment, recovery work by outside vendors and incidents reported only to field offices. For police leaders, those uncounted operational costs are often the part that matters most. Curry County, Oregon, shows the difference. An official account from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says that during the county’s 2023 ransomware attack, the 911 center could still take calls and communicate by radio, but CAD, warrant and license-plate queries, jail records, juvenile records and
Aug 23, 2026 · via police1.com
South Dakota’s cybersecurity program is running out of time, money as local governments face attacks (Getty Images) Pennington County residents haven’t been able to access some services since a cyberattack knocked out county computer systems in July. The water system in Rapid City, which is part of Pennington County, was among the first of dozens of utilities targeted in a nationwide wave of cyberattacks this summer. The attackers did not access its network in Rapid City, city officials said. Mitchell, meanwhile, is recovering from its own breach, which left city staff without computer access. The three incidents — all hitting South Dakota local governments within weeks of each other — underscore a vulnerability that state officials have spent years and millions of dollars trying to address. Local governments hold sensitive taxpayer data, but often lack the staff, budget or expertise to protect it from cyberattacks. A 2025 report by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center found that 68% of state, local, tribal and territorial governments lack the budget to address major cybersecurity priorities, and that small and rural communities are especially vulnerable. A state-funded program in South Dakota is working to close that gap — but time and money are running short. State funding in place of declined federal funding SecureSD is a $7 million program run by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office and Dakota State University that delivers cybersecurity tools, training and technical support to local governments. Lawmakers launched the program with funds in 2024 in response to Gov. Kristi Noem rejecting a piece of $1 billion in cybersecurity grants to states. Noem spokesman Ian Fury told South Dakota Searchlight at the time that the grants were “wasteful spending,” adding the administrative burden of the grant “would have far exceeded the allowable administrative cost.” That 2022 four-year
Aug 23, 2026 · via southdakotasearchlight.com