LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services. The decision came after more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days and more than a month since jurors heard opening statements in...Read More
At least 222 Japanese companies have paid ransomware attackers in the past, yet around 60 percent of them still failed to recover their data, said a recent survey highlighting the persistent risks of cyber extortion. The findings come from a January survey conducted by the Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community, which...Read More
The enforcement directorate (ED) has cracked down on the cyber crime and money laundering network operating in Karnataka, conducting a series of high-profile searches across the capital city in multiple locations. Now, the probe has landed on the doorsteps of a prominent Karnataka politician, N A Harris, the current MLA for the Shantinagar constituency in...Read More
Vercel, the company that created the open source Next.js web development framework, has a data leak that led to compromise of some customer credentials, and blamed an outfit called Context.ai for the mess. A Vercel security bulletin says that on April 19, the company “identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal...Read More
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded...Read More
EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Two El Paso men were arrested and charged with deceptive business practices in separate cases after investigators said they were targeting elderly victims involving home and vehicle repairs. In one case, deputies said 53-year-old Jaime Montoya took nearly $800 and a vehicle from a 70-year-old victim after promising repairs, but...Read More
(Bloomberg) — A weekend hack that saw almost $300 million drained from a little-known crypto project has triggered a crisis of confidence among decentralized-finance investors, with users pulling billions of dollars from DeFi’s biggest lending platform. The hackers deposited about $200 million of the tokens they stole on Aave as collateral for borrowing another cryptocurrency,...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Two Alberta teens and a Calgary-based online safety advocate are welcoming the news that Ottawa is considering age restrictions for social...Read More
Mark Hassoun, technical director at Anomali. Cyber security software distributor Solid8 Technologies and its partner Anomali will feature at the ITWeb Security Summit JHB 2026, helping CISOs learn how to ensure return on investment (ROI) from AI. The summit takes place on 2 and 3 June at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, with workshops scheduled for...Read More
Aikido Security today launched Aikido Endpoint, a lightweight security agent designed to protect modern developer workstations. Endpoint directly addresses the surge in software supply chain attacks targeting open-source packages, IDE extensions, and AI development tools. Developers have long faced security risks from installing unvetted packages, extensions, and plugins. The rapid enterprise adoption of AI coding...Read More
