Lost access to your Instagram account? Scammers know panic makes people rush. Instagram account recovery scams exploit hacked profiles, fake Meta support pages and stolen login codes to turn a stressful moment into account takeover. Key Takeaways Instagram account recovery scams often pose as Meta, Instagram support, cybersecurity experts or “ethical hackers” who claim they...Read More
Aubrey Cottle, a Canadian hacker known online as “Kirtaner,” faces as much as two and a half years in prison in Ontario — and perhaps more time in the U.S. — for a cyberattack on the Republican Party of Texas. Cottle, 39, who has long claimed affiliation with the hacktivist group “Anonymous,” pleaded guilty on...Read More
When Donald Trump returned to the White House 18 months ago, his second administration made it clear that it would take a hands-off approach to artificial intelligence and allow tech companies to develop these technologies with minimal government interference. To go along with this light-touch approach to AI development, Trump issued an order that rescinded...Read More
Following a similar announcement from the U.K. earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates has set a minimum age requirement of 15 for access to all social media platforms operating in the region, while requiring the platforms to verify users’ ages. Based on a decision approved by the UAE cabinet on Thursday, children under the...Read More
State officials say the platform ignored age verification and data safeguards, prompting urgent questions about enforcement and the protection of children online. Thank you for the details. I’m ready to translate, but I need the actual HTML fragment (the Ukrainian article with its tags) to preserve the structure exactly. Right now I only have a...Read More
Cybercrime is a global challenge that demands a global response. Threat actors operate across borders, infrastructure, and jurisdictions, requiring defenders to work together with equal speed, visibility, and determination. That is why I am pleased to announce that Proofpoint has officially been accepted as a member of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) Advisory Group on...Read More
EL DORADO COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A convicted El Dorado County child predator who faked his own death after being allowed to leave court had previously tried to flee the country while wanted on child sex crime charges, according to a federal affidavit. An FBI affidavit says an arrest warrant was issued for Carl Cacconie...Read More
The following is a guest article by Chris Skipworth, CEO at Passpack When a hospital gets locked out of its own systems mid-shift, staff reach for paper. Charts get hand-written. Medication orders get verified in hallways. Procedures get delayed. The public got a vivid look at this reality through HBO’s The Pitt, which dramatized the chaos...Read More
INC has matured from an emerging RaaS operation into one of 2026’s most active ransomware families, claiming more than 800 victims since 2023 and capitalizing on disruption among competitors to expand its affiliate base. The group’s recent campaigns demonstrate both incremental tooling refinement and novel pressure tactics: double extortion of stolen data combined with automated...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJun 19, 2026Threat Intelligence / Firewall Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday urged Fortinet customers with FortiGate appliances to take steps to secure against ongoing malicious activity aimed at thousands of internet-accessible devices. The sweeping campaign, believed to be the work of Russian-speaking threat actors, has been codenamed FortiBleed....Read More
