“The walk signal is on, fuck Trump,” the robotic voice could be heard saying in videos that went viral online over the weekend. The voice also accused Trump of causing the deaths of children, a likely reference to possible U.S. responsibility for a strike on a school in the early days of Trump’s Iran war....Read More

We live in an era so obsessed with motivation and productivity that we try to squeeze more meaning, more status, and more identity out of every hour. And yet, paradoxically, individuals are reporting higher levels of distress and productivity anxiety than ever before. In a 2024 study, researchers found that 80 percent of employees reported...Read More

Just three months into 2026, national governments, private sector actors, and law enforcement agencies are undertaking significant efforts to step up the fight against online scams. In January, Cambodia extradited the head of Prince Group, Chen Zhi, to China to face prosecution for his criminal activities. In February, the UK rolled out a collaborative initiative...Read More

Hackers part of APT28, a state-backed threat group linked to Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU), are exploiting a Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability in attacks targeting Ukrainian government entities. This high-severity security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-66376 and patched in early November) stems from a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that unauthenticated attackers can exploit to gain...Read More

Have you heard about the hack that could infect millions of smartphones worldwide? DarkSword targets iPhones running specific versions of Apple’s software and it could be quietly stealing your data. What is DarkSword? DarkSword is a new hacking toolkit that exploits a weakness affecting iPhones in particular. Specifically, it uses a series of vulnerabilities –...Read More

Some drivers in Massachusetts are unable to start their cars due to a cybersecurity issue affecting Intoxalock, an Iowa-based company that provides in-vehicle breathalyzers. These devices require drivers to blow into them to check their breath alcohol level before starting their cars.If the user’s breath alcohol level exceeds 0.02, the car will not start. The...Read More

(TNS) — Carroll Community College is joining two other local colleges in offering a cybersecurity clinic that’s being funded by the state’s new $4 million investment to expand AI training. The cybersecurity clinic initiative was launched by Howard Community College in 2025, through a nonprofit called Cyber Ready Clinic. Now, Carroll and Frederick County’s community...Read More

An Israeli private investigator wanted by U.S. law enforcement for allegedly orchestrating an illegal “hacking-for-hire” operation on behalf of oil and gas major ExxonMobil has been denied permission to appeal against his extradition to the United States in the UK High Court of Justice. As previously reported by DeSmog, Amit Forlit, who was arrested at...Read More

Numerous reports, including Mashable’s own coverage, were published on Wednesday about a new hacker tool called DarkSword that is being used to target iPhones.  Apple has now shared with Mashable some important information regarding the threat and how the company is addressing it. According to Apple, the company last year patched the underlying iOS vulnerabilities...Read More

“DarkSword appears to be a surveillance and intelligence gathering tool, blanket pulling data including Wi-Fi passwords, text messages, call history, root location history, browser history, SIM card and cellular data as well as health, notes and calendar databases, though it does also look for crypto wallets,” iVerify said in a news release on Wednesday.  It...Read More