[ad_1] Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A tidal wave of litigation aimed at social media platforms is drawing comparisons to the tobacco and opioid cases of recent decades, with observers predicting the companies that operate sites like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok could soon be paying...Read More

[ad_1] Autovista has been the victim of a ransomware attack which is impacting certain systems in Europe and Australia. Glass’s is part of the Autovista Group in the UK. It provides vehicle identification, valuations and repair estimates. In a statement, Autovista said: “We are responding to a ransomware incident affecting certain Autovista systems in Europe...Read More

[ad_1] Educational company McGraw Hill said a limited breach of non-sensitive information was tied to a misconfiguration involving a Salesforce database that has impacted multiple organizations. A spokesperson for McGraw Hill said the company recently “identified unauthorized access to a limited set of data from a webpage hosted by Salesforce on its platform.” “This activity...Read More

[ad_1] LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) — Two people face charges after Lake City police conducted an undercover operation to catch online child predators. Police say Joseph Anderson, 25, of Chiefland, and Robert Smith, 38, of Fort White, tried to arrange to meet with underage girls. They were communicating with undercover detectives. Anderson was arrested on...Read More

[ad_1] The Swedish government said Russian government-linked hackers attempted to disrupt the operations at one of the country’s thermal power plants last year. Sweden said that, while the hackers were unsuccessful, hybrid attacks that extend beyond cyberspace are becoming more dangerous. Sweden’s minister of civil defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, said during a press conference on Wednesday...Read More

[ad_1] We built an AI agent for security teams. It analyzes configs, hunts for vulnerabilities, investigates threats. Here’s what we underestimated: security people are paid to be paranoid. They don’t trust systems they can’t audit. And honestly? They shouldn’t. So we built an explainability layer. Not just “here’s what we found” but “here’s why we...Read More

[ad_1] OpenAI said it is expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber program to “thousands of individuals and organizations,” who will use the company’s technology to root out bugs and vulnerabilities in their products. The program will also incorporate  GPT 5.4 Cyber, a new variant of ChatGPT that OpenAI says is specifically optimized for cybersecurity tasks....Read More

[ad_1] Thirty percent of boards in the UK and Ireland rank cybersecurity and data protection as a top business risk, according to the Corporate Governance Institute. That figure has remained unchanged for five years. The finding, based on a survey of 500 board directors and C-suite leaders, suggests cyber threats are recognised at senior level...Read More

[ad_1] SAN MATEO—Roblox Corporation announced on April 13 that it will introduce two new age-specific account types for younger users as part of its ongoing efforts to improve online safety on the popular gaming and creation platform. Source: Robolox Roblox has faced multiple lawsuits alleging failure to protect children from online child predators, grooming, and...Read More

[ad_1] A coalition of more than 70 civil liberties and advocacy groups has urged Meta to abandon plans to introduce facial recognition technology in its smart glasses, warning the feature could be misused by stalkers, abusers and law enforcement agencies, according to WIRED. The groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy...Read More