Today’s Reduced SOC Scope In most large enterprises, the Security Operations Center (SOC) is focused on Threat Detection, Investigation and Response (TDIR). But what happens to the other security operations functions such as Penetration Testing (Pentesting) and Vulnerability Management (VM)? Today, security operations still function as three separate teams with different clocks and incentives. Pentesting...Read More

In the first quarter of the year, cybersecurity trends have been much of the same, with some new twists. Cyber threats are always evolving, but often have much of the same foundation. The leading 2026 cybersecurity trends so far involve AI, the failure of perimeter defenses, ransomware, and nation-state attacks. Let’s talk about what’s happening...Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The 2026 Legislative Session is in its final days and several bills are running out of time to make it over the finish line, including the Paris Hilton Child Safety and Accountability Act. Supporters of the bill say this means for at least another year, kids in 24/7 childcare and youth...Read More

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a Philadelphia man — a repeat offender — for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, and for secretly filming a woman. Jason Sheasley, 40, was recently arraigned on nine felonies, and three misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy. His bail was set at $500,000....Read More

A Shine Aviation Beech 1900D, VH-EKG. (Image: Shine Aviation) The Anubis ransomware operation has listed Western Australia-based Shine Aviation on its darknet leak site in a post dated 4 April. The hackers are claiming to have exfiltrated 57 gigabytes of data, totalling more than 68,000 files. Employee credentials, records, and access cards, as well as...Read More

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah resident who recently invested in a company called APL Finance is now trying to recover more than $200,000 that police say was taken from him. The man appears to have been a victim of what is known as a “pig butchering scam.” “Investigation into APL Finance shows millions of...Read More

PENNSYLVANIA — In 2004, federal data revealed that older Americans reported $12.5 billion in losses from internet scams, a 25 percent increase from the year before. Here in Pennsylvania, more than 4,000 scam-related complaints were filed, with residents losing more than $76 million to scammers in 2025 alone., state officials said. That number is likely...Read More

Need cleaning rags on race day? Try this hack that J.D. Davis, the Duke Boatman, came up with: bungee a roll of rags to an empty rack on your trailer–after you park it, of course–and have them near to hand all regatta long. Call it the Rag Roll Hanger. “We found this roll...Read More

Greece has become the latest country to announce a social-media ban for teenagers, with restrictions on under 15s to begin next year. It comes after Australia became the first nation in the world to bar children under 16 from platforms, including Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram, last December. Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the ban...Read More

Synopsys (NasdaqGS:SNPS) has partnered with OmniTrust to integrate secure boot validation and firmware protection into virtual ECU workflows for embedded systems. The company has also participated in the UALink Consortium process that led to the ratification of an updated Ultra Accelerator Link Specification for accelerator interconnects. These moves expand Synopsys’ involvement in embedded security and...Read More