In brief George Hotz, the hacker behind the first iPhone jailbreak and PlayStation 3 crack, published a blog post Sunday calling AI coding agent adoption “one of the most costly mistakes in the field’s history.” His core argument: high performers can spot bad agent output, but weaker engineers can’t—and it’s the weaker engineers producing ten...Read More
Traditional ransomware disrupts organizations by encrypting data and demanding payment for decryption keys. However, a newly disclosed technique called GhostLock demonstrates a fundamentally different availability attack that achieves the same business disruption without writing a single encrypted byte to disk. Discovered by Kim Dvash, an Offensive Security Team Leader, GhostLock exploits standard Windows file-sharing behavior...Read More
This slide deck from Industrial Cyber Days Manufacturing 2026 features Peter Jackson, Principal Industrial Consultant, Dragos, and examines why manufacturing organizations remain operationally exposed to ransomware, remote access compromise, and IT/OT convergence risk despite increasing cybersecurity investment. The presentation outlines practical guidance for improving resilience through defensible architecture, incident response preparation, network segmentation, visibility, risk-based...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 4 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. Social media, AI chatbots and excessive screen time pose more significant risks to the health of children and youth than alcohol...Read More
CrowdStrike has warned that artificial intelligence is accelerating cyber threats against the global financial sector, as nation-state hackers and cyber criminal groups increasingly turn to AI-powered deception, stolen identities, and cloud-based attack techniques to evade traditional defences. The company said in its 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report that hands-on-keyboard intrusions targeting financial institutions increased...Read More
A senior Reform UK figure has refused to call on the party’s leader, Nigel Farage, to hand evidence to the UK’s security services to support his claim he was hacked by Russian agents. Farage has come under mounting pressure to substantiate the claim that a state-sponsored Russian hack was behind the disclosure published by the...Read More
This slide deck from Industrial Cyber Days Manufacturing 2026 features insights from Symonsen Acorroni, OT Cyber Security Specialist, Ero Mining, examining how manufacturers can integrate cybersecurity into maintenance, reliability, and engineering practices to improve operational continuity and reduce physical operational risk. The presentation outlines a unified operational model focused on governance, asset management, safety, reliability,...Read More
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A recent undercover operation in Florida has resulted in the arrest of 19 people, including a suspect dubbed “Bad Santa,” for attempting to engage in sexual activities with minors. Officials said that the Polk County Sheriff’s Office led the multi-day undercover operation called “Operation Child Protector VIII.” The operation aimed...Read More
The Conway Police Department announced the return of its annual Child Safety Fair set for Saturday, June 6, 2026, at the Conway Expo Center in Conway Arkansas. The free community event will run from 10 AM until 2 PM and will feature hands-on activities, live demonstrations, emergency vehicles, fitness demonstrations, rescue dogs, K9 presentations, bounce...Read More
The event brought together representatives from 58 countries, formed into 16 international teams. The tournament focused on combating cybercrime, digital forensics, cyber incident response, and cybersecurity. After a fiercely contested intellectual battle, a team comprising three representatives of the Kazakh Interior Ministry’s Cybercrime Combat Department secured a decisive victory by a significant margin. The participants...Read More
