Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advocates, and intelligence analysts have been warning about the same thing: smartphone location data isn’t just an advertising product. It’s surveillance infrastructure that anyone with enough money can access. […]

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Americans against using foreign-developed mobile applications, particularly those created by Chinese developers. [...]

Watchdogs warn models that can generate realistic images of people must comply with data protection laws A global coalition of privacy watchdogs has fired a warning shot at the generative AI industry, saying companies churning out realistic synthetic images can't pretend that data protection rules don't apply.…

ISACA’s State of Privacy 2026 report reveals that data privacy teams remain understaffed and underfunded, despite growing regulatory demands and rising technical privacy challenges

Extortion group Lovely claims to have stolen 40 million pieces of info from publisher Conde Nast A criminal group is beating Conde Nast over the head for not responding sooner to its extortion attempt by posting stolen subscribers' email and home addresses and warning the publisher of Wired, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Teen Vogue that it has 40 million more entries.…

System prompt engineering turns benign AI assistants into 'investigator' and 'detective' roles that bypass privacy guardrails A team of boffins is warning that AI chatbots built on large language models (LLM) can be tuned into malicious agents to autonomously harvest users’ personal data, even by attackers with "minimal technical expertise”, thanks to "system prompt" customization tools from OpenAI and others.…

Use Other Than for Police Purposes Can Invoke Fine Up to 20 Million EurosThe Italian privacy regulator warned against unlawful uses of Graphite spyware following reports of mass hacking campaigns using the tool. The Italian Data Protection Authority published a warning targeting commercial spyware developed by Israeli firm Paragon Solutions.

Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays Australia’s privacy commissioner has found that government agencies down under didn’t make enough of an effort to protect data describing “digital doppelgangers” – people who share a name and date of birth and whose government records sometimes contain data describing other people.…

Feds Warn Flaws Could Lead to 'Simultaneous Exploitation' of All DevicesU.S. federal authorities are warning that cybersecurity vulnerabilities in two brands of patient monitors used in healthcare settings and in patients' homes can allow remote attackers to take over control the devices when connected to the internet, posing safety and data privacy concerns.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned that millions of Brits don’t know how to erase personal data from their old devices

A Which? report outlines serious privacy concerns with smart device products including air fryers

The UK’s ICO has identified children’s privacy concerns in 11 social media and video sharing platforms, warning of regulatory action if these issues are not addressed

A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users' private messages for detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the privacy-focused messaging service of the same name

Our collection of the most relevant reporting and industry perspectives for those guiding cybersecurity strategies and focused on SecOps. Also included: Rockwell's dire ICS warning; a red alert on biometrics; cybersecurity for the Hajj season.

On Monday, Apple and Google jointly announced a new privacy feature that warns Android and iOS users when an unknown Bluetooth tracking device travels with them. [...]

Mozilla warns of serious security and privacy concerns over romantic chatbots downloaded by 100 million users

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling attention to the privacy and security challenges that arise as a result of increased deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in recent years

UK privacy regulator, the information commissioner, says illegal use of AI will be punished with fines

Online Safety Act’s mandate for age verification to access pornography could be a security and privacy disaster, think tanks warn

ICO warns of enforcement action if they don’t give users fair choices