If your Facebook account was hacked, don’t wait for it to get fixed. The longer someone controls your profile, the harder it becomes to recover. That danger is amplified if both your email and phone number have been changed. The hacking business model aims to monetize your identity, impersonate you to scam others, and sometimes...Read More

In the latest cyberattack related to the war in Iran, the Iranian-linked hacker group Handala has leaked what it claims are the private communications of a top Israeli political analyst. On Monday, the hackers released messages from WhatsApp and X purportedly belonging to Raz Zimmt, director of the Iran and the Shiite Axis research program...Read More

Across the world, governments are increasingly debating whether teenagers should have unrestricted access to social media. Concerns about anxiety, cyberbullying, addictive design, and declining attention spans have pushed policymakers to consider stronger regulation for young users. Discussions in India, including proposals to limit social media access for children under 16, reflect a growing recognition that...Read More

The Kill Chain models how an attack succeeds. The Attack Helix models how the offensive baseline improves. Tipping Points One person. Two AI subscriptions. Ten government agencies. 150 gigabytes of sovereign data. In December 2025, a single unidentified operator used Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT to breach ten Mexican government agencies and a financial institution....Read More

A hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts, said a cybersecurity incident is affecting some systems, with ambulance traffic diverted and some services disrupted. Signature Healthcare and Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital said they were responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting certain information systems. The facility said emergency and inpatient services remain open, but ambulance traffic was being diverted....Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down. The landmark decision comes after a nearly...Read More

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › As lawmakers consider new limits on kids’ social media and screen time, experts warn of the complex effects on young, developing minds.Boston Today As Massachusetts lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that would ban social media use for children under 14 and implement statewide restrictions on...Read More

Cyber-enabled fraud accounted for the overwhelming majority of all losses reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2025, with a staggering $17.6 billion stolen. The center’s annual report, released on Monday, offers a snapshot of the law enforcement agency’s myriad efforts to combat digital threats, especially ransomware, which increasingly harm individuals, businesses...Read More

When journalist Nick Davies began investigating phone hacking at the UK tabloid the News of the World, he couldn’t have known what the fallout would be. Revelations that journalists had intercepted the voicemails of celebrities, politicians, and even victims of crime, exposed a tangled web of illegality, unethical practices, collusion and corruption. Decades on, the...Read More

REXBURG — After a deputy’s email account was reportedly hacked, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office is asking any email recipients to be careful what they click on. According to Madison County Sheriff Ron Ball, at least one deputy’s email was recently hacked, leading to his email address being leaked and to emails being sent from...Read More