The Nova ransomware gang recently listed the state government of NSW as a victim on its darknet leak site, claiming to have exfiltrated “sensitive data from network”. The government’s top cyber security officer, however, is not having a bar of it. “Cyber Security NSW is aware of a query, which is being looked into by...Read More
El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the Sacramento FBI Field Office announced the capture of a convicted child molester who had been on the run for the past 10 months. In July of 2025, Carl W. Cacconie was convicted on six counts of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14....Read More
The Coalition Against Piracy has published research on the risks users of illegal streaming services face in Asia-Pacific, arguing that those risks go beyond copyright infringement to include cybercrime and consumer harm. The report examined major forms of digital piracy in the region, including illicit streaming devices, IPTV subscription services, playlist sellers, account-sharing schemes and...Read More
A cyberattack on Canvas, a system used across the country, affected thousands of students and teachers in the New York area during finals season. The company Instructure was hacked by a group called ShinyHunters, which said they gained access to student names, emails, ID numbers and private messages Thursday. Instructure is behind Canvas, the learning management system...Read More
An extensive international operation led by the FBI, in cooperation with Google and infrastructure company Lumen, has succeeded in disrupting a sophisticated Chinese cybercrime network known as Outsider Enterprise. The group operated a Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform that enabled even criminals with no technical background to launch fraudulent websites within minutes. To put the scale into...Read More
The steelmaker is also keeping a close eye on possible risks associated with artificial intelligence How serious is Algoma Steel about cybersecurity? Very serious, according to documents filed this month with securities regulators. So far, the Sault steelmaker has yet to experience a material cybersecurity breach, but the company disclosed in its most recent sustainability...Read More
A dangerous social media trend encourages children and teenagers to take dangerous amounts of Benadryl to hallucinate. Last week, an Oklahoma father shared the story of what happened to his own daughter, who ended up in the hospital. He had a message for parents, encouraging them to look out for their children. “Sadly, lost all...Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A 77-year-old man wanted in Georgia for violating probation was arrested on Saturday in DeFuniak Springs. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Joseph Shaner had a nationwide extradition warrant for violations involving sex crimes against children. Deputies reported that, along with the U.S. Marshals Task Force, Shaner was...Read More
The hack-and-leak group FulcrumSec has claimed responsibility for hacking the Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. The incident was disclosed late last week, when the company warned patients that hackers had accessed its internal IT systems and exfiltrated certain data associated with clinical trials. According to the pharma giant, the stolen information was pseudonymized and could...Read More
