Image Source: Pexels If you think privacy threats are just about hackers in dark rooms, think again. Today’s risks are smarter, more personal, and often designed specifically to target older adults. In fact, Americans over 60 lose billions each year to fraud, with identity theft and scams evolving rapidly thanks to new technology. Many of...Read More
The high-profile game studio Rockstar has recently confirmed a breach in their security system, orchestrated by a hacking group that managed to bypass standard protocols using stolen authentication tokens. This incident, which involved the software-as-a-service monitoring tool Anodot, has led to a ransom demand with a deadline set for April 14th. Despite the hackers’ threats...Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Federal authorities announced a sweeping nationwide enforcement operation that resulted in the recovery of more than 205 child victims and the arrest of more than 293 alleged child sexual abuse offenders, including two cases filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The operation, known as Operation Relentless Justice, was carried out over...Read More
Apr 13, 2026 Senior U.S. financial officials recently met with banking executives and recommended they utilize a new artificial intelligence model from Anthropic to identify security weaknesses, according to a Bloomberg report. The meeting included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. While JPMorgan Chase was named as an initial partner with...Read More
Federal agencies have long struggled to manage so-called controlled unclassified information, or CUI. Now, artificial intelligence is posing new and urgent challenges to how agencies handle, share and protect that sensitive information. But the head of the government’s lead information security policy shop also sees opportunities for AI to help fix longstanding challenges with the...Read More
The Register reports that Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has been taken offline following a ransomware attack, impacting approximately 80% of the nation’s healthcare facilities.The cyberattack, confirmed by Z-CERT, the Netherlands’ computer emergency response team for healthcare, occurred on April 7, 2026. While ChipSoft’s public-facing website is unreachable, most hospitals can still access their patient...Read More
In short: Roblox is introducing three mandatory age-gated account tiers -Kids (5-8), Select (9-15), and standard (16+) – starting mid-May, segregating content and chat access by age group. The move follows lawsuits from eight US state attorneys general over child safety failures and builds on the facial age verification system mandated in January. Developers must...Read More
Five people face charges after a sting operation targeting child sex predators in Morgan County. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says they launched Operation Spring Sting on Saturday and Sunday. Authorities say those arrested during the operation interacted with an undercover agent posing as a minor. The sheriff’s office says the suspects traveled to meet...Read More
Crooks are exploiting four Microsoft vulnerabilities – one patched 14 years ago and another tied to ransomware activity – according to America’s lead cyber-defense agency, which on Monday gave federal agencies two weeks to patch them. The four vulnerabilities added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on Monday are: CVE-2025-60710, a link-following vulnerability in...Read More
Cybercrime is a big business, driving nearly $21 billion in fraud and theft in 2026 alone. The FBI and the Indonesian National Police took a chunk out of that late last week when the pair took down infrastructure vital to the W3LL phishing kit, a piece of software that could steal someone’s account credentials and...Read More
