Security News Update for January 18, 2026

This week’s news includes:

• UK Online Safety Act to Mandate Scanning of Your Emails and Social Media, Even if Encrypted
• FTC’s Data Sharing Order Against GM is Final
• Apple Picks Google’s Gemini to Run AI-Powered Siri
• Kentucky Sues Character.AI, Says it Harms Kids and Violates Data Law
• Anthropic Releases Early Beta of Claude CoWork – And Points Out Security Risk
• Small Cities Left Out of AI Conversations
• Are you seeing more CMMC requirements from primes?
• CISA Releases Version 2 of Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs)
• Amazon Patches AWS CodeBuild (Hopefully) Before Hackers Found it
• Texas App Store Accountability Act Enjoined
• Kaiser Settles for $556 Million in False Claims Act Case
• Elon’s Child 13 Momma is Suing Him/X For Failing to Limit Deepfakes of Her
• Anchorage Police Hit By VENDOR Cyberattack
• COPPA changes soon go into effect but are mostly political theatre
• Ireland to push to end social media anonymity during its EU presidency
• Warning issued about threat to Industrial IoT
• Security News for the week ending January 16, 2026: Musk’s AI company working to limit CSAM and nude fakes, hackers claim to be selling Target’s data and source code, ICE agent doxxing platform crippled after DDoS attack, OpenAI says ChatGPT will show ads, but not influence answers and Trump officials might boycott RSA conference because Jen Easterly is CEO

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