North Korean howitzer guns spotted close to border with South Korea
The sighting comes after a mine blast wounded three South Korean soldiers in September.
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Serbian autocrat loses election following widespread reports of digital repression
Serbian strongman leader Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday admitted defeat in his race for prime minister, a loss that follows a series of incidents of digital repression that galvanized the opposition.
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Hiding Capabilities in AI Models
Interesting research: “AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities” Abstract: Capability evaluations aim to surface dangerous model behaviors before deployment, but their reliability depends on the assumption that hidden capabilities can be…
Two men face UK national security charges following an incident near RAF Fairford, with police suspecting Iranian state involvement
British prosecutors have charged two men over an incident near RAF Fairford in September. Police suspect Iranian involvement in the case at a base used for US strikes on Iran.
UK prosecutors charge two after RAF Fairford incident
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Qatar’s path to defence autonomy
Qatar needs a strategy built on national resilience and diversified security guarantees.
Police in northern Germany search for suspects after car ramming overnight injures several
A person intentionally drove into a group of people in a northern German town, police have said. The suspects fled on foot and remain at large.
Romania says Russia-run sabotage network set fire near weapons factory
Authorities say the fire in September is part of a broader campaign against European countries that support Ukraine.
Texas sues OpenAI for deceiving consumers about safety, seeks sweeping reforms and fines
In an unusual move, the suit — brought under the state’s deceptive trade practices laws — seeks to hold founder and CEO Sam Altman personally liable for the alleged deception.
Ukraine disputes Musk's claims of Starlink misuse as military connectivity restored
Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said Saturday that Starlink and Starshield connectivity had been restored.
Dutch police extradite Chinese national accused of laundering Cambodian investment scam funds
44-year-old Zheng Zhao was allegedly a key money-launderer working with a group of scammers who called U.S.-based victims and urged them to invest in fictitious businesses.
Ukraine warns hackers are exploiting Chinese-made Dahua surveillance cameras
CERT-UA says it has identified cases in which hackers compromised Dahua internet-connected cameras and video recorders, changed their settings and created unauthorized user accounts.
Germany's Merz heads to Asia as security issues loom large
Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be meeting the leaders of Singapore, Japan and South Korea as Germany seeks to adjust its foreign policy to rising uncertainty and threats to global supply chains.
CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog and updated the PHP Alert, Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP Require Immediate Patching: CVE-2026-109618 – PHP Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2026-109619…
CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog and updated the PHP Alert, Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP Require Immediate Patching: CVE-2026-109618 – PHP Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2026-109619…
Popular AI tool LiteLLM says unrevoked key allowed hackers to target users
LiteLLM, an open-source tool widely used by artificial intelligence developers, said a key accidentally exposed in May was behind a supply-chain attack that is believed to have hit tens of thousands of users last week.
Bias in Qwen3-Coder Model
Interesting research: TL;DR: Chinese AI models now sit inside Western products, and some carry geopolitical triggers: tell the model who the code is for, and the security of what it writes changes. For the first time, we showed that this…
Saudi-led coalition says it struck Houthi missile facilities
Coalition says it destroyed ballistic missile launchers as well as tunnels and a depot used to store missiles.
German national facing trial for alleged attempt to join IS
A 21-year-old suspect is being held in pre-trial detention for allegedly trying to join the "Islamic State" terror group.
Security forces deploy as Milan braces for another day of protests
The Italian government has sent hundreds of soldiers to the country's financial hub ahead of anticipated unrest.
Keeping the world safe when no one is in charge
As AI creates new threats and power becomes fragmented, international cooperation is more vital than ever.
France to deploy 70,000 police officers ahead of protests
With new protests in France planned for this weekend, the authorities pledged to do everything in their power to prevent looting, violence and vandalism.
Friday Squid Blogging: Increasing Squid Populations
This article in Nature argues that it’s due to an overfishing of predators and warming sea temperatures. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
FCC bans two devices with surveillance chips linked to Huawei
The banned items — a wireless video transmitter and dashboard camera — are made with chips manufactured by Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon, which markets its products as “designed for the surveillance market.”
Europe faces threat of organised sabotage, terrorist attacks: Estonian FM Tsahkna
Estonia's counterintelligence service has recently warned that sabotage operations orchestrated by Russian special services have reached a new and dangerous phase in Europe, with targets no longer being purely symbolic. Talking Europe sits down…