Hong Kong WhatsApp hijacking scams surge 170% to nearly 2,000 cases
WhatsApp account hijacking scams in Hong Kong surged by nearly 170 per cent to almost 2,000 cases in the first seven months of this year,…
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In Focus | Can Beijing’s gateway plan for Tibet survive geopolitics and natural disasters?
On the windswept plains just south of Tibet’s second-largest city, the towering smart inspection systems and automated cargo gantries of a brand-new international land port…
Philippine Roblox ban call sparks wider debate over children’s online safety
Roblox has become a flashpoint in Southeast Asia’s debate over child safety online, as officials scrutinise whether young users are being exposed to harmful subcultures…
US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting Nasa, Fed and Senate
The Justice Department and the FBI said on Wednesday that they seized two Chinese state-sponsored online platforms that targeted US critical infrastructure and other critical…
Trump says China is driving anger at US data centres. These residents disagree
On the tree-lined streets of Sterling, northern Virginia, Lindsay Shaw’s home sits across from an industrial neighbour that has consumed the past several years of…
Asia faces scam ‘epidemic’ threat as gangs exploit agentic AI, cybercrime expert warns
Online scam syndicates that rely on trafficked workers, guarded compounds and vast call-centre-style operations could soon become more threatening by exploiting agentic AI to run…
More than 153,000 students, staff affected in Canvas data breach: privacy watchdog
More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have been affected by a data breach on the online learning management…
Will Washington’s tech crackdown test fragile US-China truce?
Ahead of next month’s expected summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington, a low profile US regulatory agency has…
Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety: researcher
Zhipu AI’s launch of China’s first answer to Project Glasswing signals a shift in how the country’s top artificial intelligence labs approach global cybersecurity, according…
Zhipu launches flagship model GLM-5.3 as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu, also known as Z.ai, has unveiled its flagship GLM-5.3 model, saying it beat Anthropic’s frontier Mythos 5 model in a…
Launch of DeepSeek’s Harness marks its strategic pivot towards autonomous agentic AI
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is venturing into a new battleground beyond large language models, launching a developer preview of its long-anticipated Harness – a…
DeepSeek’s updated V4 Pro AI model struggles on benchmarks, shines in cybersecurity
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has quietly released DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813, an updated version of its latest flagship model, leaving some developers underwhelmed by its overall capabilities…