Flipper Zero, a multi-tool pen-testing device that has caught some heat after being used for nefarious purposes, is getting an AI-powered interface. A new project released on GitHub by notorious jailbreaker and Time 100 AI honoree Pliny the Liberator claims to give the popular, portable hacking tool an “AI brain” that lets users enter plain-language prompts...Read More
Merced police and partner agencies arrested 12 individuals in a multi-agency online child predator operation targeting people seeking sexual contact with minors, authorities said. The operation, conducted on Thursday and Friday, involved the Merced Police Department, Merced County Sheriff’s Department, Merced County District Attorney’s investigators, and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. Six of those arrested...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Reports of suspected child sex trafficking to a national tipline have increased nearly 1,000 percent following implementation of a federal law requiring online platforms to report suspected crimes, according to lawmakers and child safety advocates. The bipartisan REPORT Act requires certain online platforms to report suspected child sex trafficking and online enticement to...Read More
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A multi-agency online child predator operation in Merced led to 12 arrests on felony sex-related charges, including one registered sex offender from Merced County. The Merced Police Department said its detectives worked with the Merced County Sheriff’s Department, Merced County District Attorney’s investigators, and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department during...Read More
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Summary Microsoft Defender disrupted a human operated ransomware incident targeting a large educational institution with more than a couple of thousand devices. The attacker attempted to weaponize Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to tamper with security controls and distribute ransomware via scheduled tasks. Defender’s predictive shielding detected the attack before ransomware was deployed and proactively hardened against...Read More
Executive Summary What’s new: On March 6, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to develop an action plan to more aggressively combat transnational criminal organizations engaged in cybercrime targeting Americans. Why it matters: The order is part of a growing push to enlist the private sector in both investigation and disruption...Read More
Trio-Tech International, a California-based semiconductor services firm, disclosed that its Singapore subsidiary was struck by a ransomware attack that encrypted files across its network and ultimately led to stolen data being published online. The company filed the disclosure with the SEC after initially concluding the breach wasn’t material. That assessment changed once the threat actors...Read More
A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors said “betrayed” the United States will spend at least the next seven years behind bars, after pleading guilty to stealing and selling hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm. Peter Williams, a former executive at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris, was sentenced on Tuesday to 87 months in prison...Read More
