Dear Savvy Senior, I keep hearing about AI in the news and how it’s being used in scams. I’m not very tech savvy and find it confusing. What should I know to protect myself? –Cautious Senior   Dear Cautious, You’re not alone. Many older adults are asking the same question. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is...Read More

The Brief Border Patrol agents in south Texas arrested Lazaro Alberto Betancourt-Osorio, a 44-year-old Cuban citizen and convicted child sex offender who has already been deported twice. Betancourt-Osorio was found hiding in a remote area near El Indio with six other individuals by agents assigned to the Carrizo Springs Station. Previously convicted in Florida and...Read More

Security University of Nottingham is first of many, Shiny tells The Reg Data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft bug as a zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, across 300 vulnerable instances. A spokesperson for the cybercrime crew on Thursday told The Register that...Read More

Child protection advocates have questioned Gauteng MEC for Social Development Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko’s proposal to create a safe place for children in every ward, arguing that existing child protection services were already struggling and in need of urgent attention. Speaking a week ago, during the Children’s Walk held as part of Child Protection Month, Nkomo-Ralehoko called...Read More

Oracle [Photo: Shutterstock] Oracle has warned customers about a serious security vulnerability in its PeopleSoft human resources and payroll management software, TechCrunch reported on June 11. The report said the warning came a day after cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed it breached more than 100 organisations using PeopleSoft servers. Google-owned threat intelligence firm Mandiant said the...Read More

Ask any retail operations manager what keeps them up at night and you’ll hear the usual suspects: shrinkage, staffing, margin pressure. Rarely will they mention the contractor who arrived unannounced at a back-of-house entry, plugged a device into a network port, and left forty minutes later without a record in sight. Yet for Australia’s enterprise...Read More

CISA has added a critical vulnerability in Check Point Security Gateway to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that threat actors are actively exploiting the flaw in ransomware campaigns. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50751, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass user authentication and establish unauthorized VPN connections, posing severe risks to enterprise networks worldwide....Read More

Alex Rosen of Predator Poachers speaking to a suspected “predator” in Longmont on June 9. Courtesy of Predator Poachers Vigilantes and police are battling in Longmont — but this isn’t a comic book. Predator Poachers, a famous social media group from Texas that completes its own “stings” on suspected child predators, traveled to Longmont on...Read More

The AFP has assisted a Europol-led investigation to disrupt an offshore money launderer that washed $542 million for cybercriminals, including a ransomware group that extorted an Australian business. AFP contributions began in November, 2025, when investigators uncovered activity by two foreign administrators who allegedly ran a money laundering service for cybercriminals from Georgia. The money...Read More

SEATTLE – If you haven’t checked your airline miles in a while, now might be the time. Several Alaska Airlines customers are sounding the alarm after discovering their frequent flyer accounts were hacked, and their miles stolen. Keep reading to learn how to protect your flight miles and what to do if they are stolen....Read More