[ad_1] After months of negotiations, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the state reached a settlement with Roblox regarding children’s online safety in a press conference on April 21. The settlement includes $12.2 million and several terms of agreement. “I am extremely proud of the work of this office in securing a settlement that ensures that...Read More
[ad_1] (TNND) — California lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that could effectively ban social media accounts for kids under 16 in the nation’s most populous state. The bill, AB-1709, is specifically designed to keep children off platforms featuring “addictive features,” such as notifications, endless scrolls and autoplay that are core parts of popular...Read More
[ad_1] A former ransomware negotiator pleaded guilty this week to conspiring with the ransomware actor BlackCat/ALPHV to commit ransomware attacks against US companies in 2023. The Department of Justice revealed the plea yesterday as part of its continuing campaign to take down BlackCat, a prolific ransomware actor that was previously responsible for attacks against hospitals...Read More
[ad_1] ServiceNow completed its acquisition of Armis, a cyber exposure management and security company, delivering a comprehensive AI-powered solution that sees, protects, and manages cyber risk across every connected asset — from OT, IoT, medical devices, physical AI to code and cloud — in real time. The acquisition extends ServiceNow’s security platform into the physical...Read More
[ad_1] Published on January 21, 2026 Governance Committee Advances District 5’s Enhancing Senior Protections Council Consideration Request SAN ANTONIO (January 21, 2026) – Today, the Governance Committee advanced the Enhancing Senior Protections Council Consideration Request (CCR) filed by District 5 Councilmember Teri Castillo to the Public Safety Subcommittee on Elder Abuse. The request contains a comprehensive list of best practices that...Read More
[ad_1] Microsoft out-of-band updates fixed critical ASP.NET Core privilege escalation flaw Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2026 Microsoft fixed critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1), that lets attackers escalate privileges. Microsoft released out-of-band updates to address a serious ASP.NET Core vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1). Microsoft fixed the...Read More
[ad_1] (TNND) — California lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that could effectively ban social media accounts for kids under 16 in the nation’s most populous state. The bill, AB-1709, is specifically designed to keep children off platforms featuring “addictive features,” such as notifications, endless scrolls and autoplay that are core parts of popular...Read More
[ad_1] Just one month after completing its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, Google is already weaving the Israeli cloud security company deeper into its core product strategy. At its Google Cloud Next ’26 conference, the company unveiled a broad set of security updates, with Wiz positioned at the center of a push to adapt to...Read More
[ad_1] Mozilla has patched a record 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox, every single one found by Mythos, an AI-powered vulnerability hunting system built by Anthropic. When a single automated tool uncovers 271 previously unknown security flaws in one of the most scrutinized browsers on the planet, the cybersecurity industry needs to reckon with what that...Read More
