Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Turns out decades-old email tricks still work against some LLM-powered email filters

A New York man faces cyberstalking charges after allegedly sharing AI-generated nude images and fabricated racist messages using fake social media profiles to harass a Georgia college student. [...]

Program Focuses on AI Governance, Safety, Privacy, Bias and TransparencyAccreditation organization Joint Commission is rolling out a voluntary program for certifying the "responsible" deployment and use of artificial intelligence technologies by U.S. healthcare provider organizations, including governance, safeguards, monitoring processes and education.

OWASP’s new Agentic Research Council will aim to connect academic work to operational realities on agentic AI security

PLUS: Toyota wheels out basketball bot; Arm scores AI server win with SK Telecom; India ponders payment pauses to foil fraudsters; And more! Asia In Brief China’s National Data Administration last Friday published its action plan for AI in education which calls for upskilling of the nation’s citizens to ensure they can put the technology to work.…

Also, Medusa Ransomware, Grafana Flaw, German Political Party BreachThis week, German police unmasked a REvil leader, a critical Docker flaw, Medusa ransomware surged, DPRK hackers abused GitHub, Grafana AI bugs enabled data theft, scams hit $20B in the United States, Ivanti exploited and attacks hit Northern Ireland schools and a German political party.

EC-Council, creator of the world-renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential and a global leader in applied cybersecurity education, today launched its Enterprise AI Credential Suite, with four new role-based AI certifications debuting alongside Certified CISO v4, an overhauled executive cyber leadership program. [...]

With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce readiness

MIT CSAIL's 2025 AI Agent Index puts opaque automated systems under the microscope AI agents are becoming more common and more capable, without consensus or standards on how they should behave, say academic researchers.…

Colonel Georgeo Xavier Pulikkathara, CISO at iMerit discusses the importance of fundamentals, continuous learning, and human ingenuity in the face of AI-driven cybersecurity evolution.

Southern Connecticut State University CIO Tom Armstrong on Modernization PrioritiesLike other schools, Southern Connecticut State University is under pressure to modernize legacy systems, strengthen security and adopt AI. CIO Tom Armstrong must balance expanding research ambitions, student expectations and operational efficiency in an increasingly complex risk environment.

Southern Connecticut State University CIO Tom Armstrong on Modernization PrioritiesLike other schools, Southern Connecticut State University is under pressure to modernize legacy systems, strengthen security and adopt AI. CIO Tom Armstrong must balance expanding research ambitions, student expectations and operational efficiency in an increasingly complex risk environment.

A high school student is tackling the overlooked risk of AI-generated satellite imagery that could mislead governments and emergency responders.

We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it Opinion Last year, The Register reported on AI sleeper agents. A major academic study explored how to train an LLM to hide destructive behavior from its users, and how to find it before it triggered. The answers were unambiguously asymmetric — the first is easy, the second very difficult. Not what anyone wanted to hear.…

White House Kick Off School Year With AI Education Efforts, Public-Private CollabsThe Trump administration is rolling out its Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge with a series of high-profile White House events and public-private sector commitments - just as the Federal Trade Commission reportedly prepares to investigate AI systems' impact on child mental health.

AI companies could soon disrupt the education market with their new AI-based learning tools for students. [...]

The sooner we integrate cybersecurity basics into school curriculum, the stronger and more resilient our children — and their futures — will be.

Cyber Education Needs to Go Beyond the Checklist to Prepare Future ProfessionalsAI is redefining how organizations work, learn and defend themselves. But while the tech is moving fast, training strategies meant to prepare security professionals often lag far behind. That gap is persistent, pervasive and reshaping the very nature of cybersecurity careers.

Experts Say White House AI Plan May Spur Innovation But Leave School Data at RiskThe White House issued an executive order Wednesday to expand the use of new artificial intelligence tools in U.S. K–12 schools, drawing expert warnings over the lack of cybersecurity safeguards to prevent data leaks or misuse by AI firms for model training.

Academics Map Out Holistic Cyber Education for Future Defenders in the Age of AICybersecurity education can't be built on tools alone. It must prepare students to think critically, navigate complex systems and address the human dimensions of security. That's the vision behind the new textbook "Cyber Security Foundations: Fundamentals, Technology and Society."