Chennai city Cyber Crime Wing arrested YouTuber Maridhas in Madurai on Monday in connection with a case for making objectionable remarks about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and a few state ministers in a YouTube interview. Police also investigated allegations that he uploaded an AI-generated image of a woman minister in an offensive...Read More
A bug in Meta’s AI support chatbot reportedly enabled hackers to hijack more than 20,000 Instagram accounts, including several high-profile profiles, before the flaw was patched A few days back, hackers reportedly took over close to 20,255 Instagram accounts by persuading their way through Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot. Meta confirmed the incident in a notice...Read More
Apple unveiled a new suite of child safety tools and family experiences at this year’s WWDC, spending significant time highlighting the new features as the tech industry grapples with age verification and online safety. The company’s new Child Accounts features, which are available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, include parental monitoring tools like Ask to...Read More
Quick Read CIBR surged 22% year-to-date versus SPY’s 8%, but nearly all the gain was compressed into a single month of AI-security earnings momentum. Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks drove the move, rising 82% and 48% YTD on earnings beats tied to accelerating AI-driven enterprise security demand. Palo Alto trades at roughly 196 times trailing...Read More
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE), which is responsible for sites in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is to contact an unspecified number of its patients whose personal data was stolen in the 2024 Qilin ransomware attack on NHS lab services partner Synnovis. The incident caused chaos across parts of the NHS, with...Read More
An Upper Southampton Township man was sentenced to the maximum possible county prison term on Friday, June 6, 2026, after using the popular online gaming platform Roblox to target, manipulate, and exploit young girls. President Judge Raymond F. McHugh sentenced Alec James Magill, 32, to one year less a day to two years less a day at the Bucks...Read More
HYDERABAD: The ministry of home affairs is set to ease cybercrime reporting with the launch of a new Money Restoration Module (MRM) under the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Developed through the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), the initiative will allow victims of cyber fraud to file refund requests online and track restoration of...Read More
Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity researchers and a statement given to 404 Media by Microsoft. Hackers planted malware that would harvest peoples’ credentials when they opened it in...Read More
AIAC West Africa 2026, the leading regional conference and exhibition focused on Asset Integrity, Automation & Cybersecurity in the oil & gas industry, will take place from 09–10 June 2026 at The Civic Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. AIAC West Africa 2026 will bring together industry leaders, technical experts, operators, EPCs, solution providers, and technology innovators to...Read More
