The Department of Justice called the agreement a significant step in protecting children. This case is being closed as TikTok and other social media platforms face increasing legal pressure regarding the privacy and safety of children in the United States and other countries.

The South Korean company SK Hynix is considering building a large factory for the production of memory chips in Japan. This move aims to increase production capacity and address the global shortage of memory chips, and could be one of the company's largest manufacturing investments outside of South Korea.

China’s HUAWEI launches ANTI-SPY PHONE feature that BLURS SCREEN when SOMEONE PEEKS.

HACKERS TAKE UK POWER PLANT OFFLINE for 4 DAYS.

The Chinese video platform Bilibili, a major competitor to YouTube in China, is planning to expand its operations outside of China by launching an international application.

The company aims to attract content creators and YouTubers and intends to offer both Chinese and international content on a single platform.

Bilibili also plans to establish offices in cities such as Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo. The Android version of the application is now available, and the iOS version will be released soon.

Reports indicate that a hacker known as "CyberLeek" sold an older version of the GTA 6 game, dating back to 2023, for $350,000.

Just hours after the release of this version, download links for it were posted on file-sharing networks and torrent sites; however, experts have warned about the risks of downloading these files.

The versions released on these networks may be infected with malware, steal information, or be part of a botnet. Users who download the leaked version of the game hoping to play it may find their computers.

Cisco has addressed 9 security vulnerabilities in its Crosswork and Secure Workload products, with 5 of them classified as having the highest level of risk, a score of 10 out of 10.

The complete exploit code for the CVE-2026-69414 vulnerability, known as "ShieldBreak," in Microsoft Defender has been released, even though a patch has not yet been provided.

Apple confirmed it sent a large wave of “mercenary spyware” threat notifications to iPhone users in 110 countries on Aug 13, 2026. These are high‑confidence alerts tied to ultra‑targeted, government‑linked attacks. If you get one: take it seriously, enable Lockdown Mode, and don’t click links in fake alerts.

Apple doesn’t name a specific spyware tool or operator in its threat alerts—but it has previously cited the Israeli-linked NSO Group’s Pegasus as an example of the kind of “mercenary spyware” behind these ultra-targeted, government-linked attacks.

14 npm packages drop RedC2 4.0 on Linux.

The packages work as advertised, but also launch its RedShell beacon on import. RedC2 includes an LLM-backed agent that turns natural-language instructions into beacon commands.

Android car head units are getting malware through built-in updaters.

Attackers abused DoFun’s update channel to deliver malware for ad fraud and proxy botnet activity. It can also download and run arbitrary code.

The ToxicPanda Android malware has evolved with new malicious functionality, expanding its targeting to 349 applications and adding support for 167 remote commands.

The malware now requests VPN service permissions to create a local interface that allows it to control network traffic passing through it. The feature enables ToxicPanda 2.0 to block communication from Google Play and Google Play Services.

Experts say agentic AI and machine identities create significant security risk. As AI shifts from generating content to taking actions, organizations will increasingly need to treat each agent as a privileged identity with access to sensitive systems and data. At the same time, AI-enabled phishing, impersonation, and automated reconnaissance are making traditional indicators of trust less reliable. Defenders are responding with stronger identity controls, phishing-resistant authentication, behavioral monitoring, and zero-trust principles.

The United Arab Emirates is focusing on developing AI-based defense systems in response to a surge in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. According to the country's Cybersecurity Council, attempted intrusions have reached approximately 800,000 per day, four times the level before the war.

Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows applications are encountering errors when printing or creating PDF files after installing the August 2026 updates.

Prosecutors in Taiwan have announced that nine individuals are being investigated for illegally exporting artificial intelligence servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.

At the World Humanoid Robot Competition in Beijing, the Chinese robot "Tiangong Ultra" ran the 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, surpassing Usain Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds.

China's 'Bilibili' reportedly paying creators $0.70 per 1k views — quickly rising to challenge RIVAL platform Youtube.