Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point has released security updates to patch a critical flaw affecting Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments, which was exploited in zero-day attacks. Tracked as CVE-2026-50751, this vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass authentication on targeted Mobile Access / SSL VPNs, Remote Access VPNs, or Spark...Read More
Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive. The goal of House Bill 5511, the Children’s Online Social Media Safety Act, is to prevent children under the age of 18 from being exposed to harmful...Read More
Koror, Palau, June 8 (CNA) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said Monday during her visit to Palau that Taiwan is preparing to assign Investigation Bureau personnel to the Pacific ally to help it combat transnational crime, including fraud and cybercrime. “As our societies become increasingly interconnected, new security challenges also emerge,” Hsiao said Monday morning...Read More
The mystery of the Greenland shark’s incredible longevity may finally be unraveling, as a team of international researchers has completed the first comprehensive genome map of the creature. Native to the cold waters between Greenland, Iceland, and Canada, Greenland sharks boast one of the longest vertebrate lifespans on Earth, approaching 400 years. In a recent...Read More
Cybersecurity problems remain alive and well in the manufacturing sector, according to a report from Verizon Business. (Provided by Just_Super/iStockPhotos) Cybersecurity invasions remain alive and well in the manufacturing sector, according to a study from Verizon Business. In the company’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), manufacturing was the second-most attacked business sector with 3,627...Read More
Kuehn-Haven Middle School and the Montrose Police Department are investigating after a fourth grader was threatened online by a stranger who made inappropriate sexual requests.
MONTROSE, Mich. (WJRT) – Kuehn-Haven Middle School and the Montrose Township Police Department are investigating after a fourth-grader was threatened online by a stranger who made inappropriate...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — Do you know what your teen is doing online? Teen mental health experts say it’s a question every parents should be asking. With summer right around the bend, teens are likely to rack up more screen time than they do when they’re in school. Teens spend an average of five hours a...Read More
Parliamentary committee okays bill on cybercrime and digital evidence in 1st reading AKIPRESS.COM – The parliamentary committee on science, education, innovation, information technologies, culture, sports, and youth affairs on June 8 approved in the first reading a draft law introducing amendments to several legislative acts, including the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, and Code of...Read More
Hackers managed to trick Meta’s AI-powered support bot into allowing them to take over a number of Instagram accounts, including some high-profile ones. This included accounts belonging to the White House, US Space Force, and security researcher Jane Wong. Update: Meta has now revealed that around 20,000 accounts were compromised and has explained the steps...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJun 08, 2026Cyber Espionage / Malware A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux systems. The activity has been attributed by Volexity to a threat cluster it tracks...Read More
