It’s time to buy Okta as a boom in the artificial intelligence industry fuels demand for identity-based security solutions, according to Barclays. The bank upgraded the cybersecurity software stock to overweight from equal weight. It also raised its price target to $90 from $85, implying 24.6% upside from Friday’s close. The rating change come as...Read More
Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the U.S. lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico, a...Read More
In November 2025, a coordinated law enforcement operation in Colombia led to the arrest of two individuals accused of orchestrating a transnational digital extortion scheme that prosecutors reported induced more than a quarter of hundreds of millions of dollars. What distinguishes the case is the origin of much of the evidence: internal forensic data compiled...Read More
Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security breach incident involving unauthorised access to its internal systems. For those unaware, Vercel is a premier cloud platform for frontend developers, specializing in hosting websites and web applications. The billion-dollar company has published a Security Bulletin, confirming the incident. “We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized...Read More
CONSIDER a person who dedicates decades to working and serving the nation and family, saving every rupee carefully, retiring with pride, owning a modest home, only to have his hard-earned lifelong savings wiped out by a single phone call. This is a lived reality across India for thousands of senior citizens who are targeted by...Read More
Anthropic’s “superhacker” Mythos might not be in public hands, but a new study from Forescout has revealed that widely available, off-the-shelf LLMs could be just as dangerous. Despite everyone from UK bankers to the White House sounding the alarm over Anthropic’s latest model following the AI firm’s splashy announcement of its capabilities, Forescout’s testing revealed...Read More
In a Los Angeles courtroom, a 20-year-old woman known as KGM is the plaintiff in a case alleging that Instagram and YouTube are intentionally designed to be addictive to minors and cause foreseeable harm to them. The case will test the boundaries of when and how social media companies may be liable for allegedly harming minors....Read More
London, United Kingdom – Twelve British universities paid a private firm run by former military intelligence officials to “spy” on student protesters and academics, including those who have expressed solidarity with Palestine, it can be revealed. A joint investigation by Al Jazeera English and Liberty Investigates has uncovered evidence that Horus Security Consultancy Limited trawled...Read More
DUBAI , DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, April 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced upcoming AI protection capabilities designed to safeguard how employees interact with AI tools. Demonstrated at RSAC 2026 and set to launch later this year, the new features will expand visibility in the ESET PROTECT Platform to...Read More
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that Palo Alto Networks will join the university’s Invention to Innovation Center (I²C) as a Corporate Innovation Partner, expanding collaboration in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and mission-focused technology development. For UAH and the I²C, the partnership expands funded research collaborations and adds opportunities for experiential learning. Students...Read More
