Law enforcement agencies continue to advise organizations against paying ransoms demanded by cyber-criminals following ransomware attacks. Their position is based on the belief that paying attackers not only encourages further criminal activity but also offers no guarantee that encrypted files will be restored or that stolen data will not be leaked or sold. However, cybersecurity...Read More
NEED TO CHANGE THEIR BALLOT RULES JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE MIDTERMS. AN EL DORADO COUNTY FUGITIVE WHO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH AND ELUDED CAPTURE FOR NEARLY A YEAR AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST A CHILD, IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. HIS CASE ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE ACTION OF A JUDGE...Read More
Miami has a cybercrime problem unlike any other city in the U.S. Wealth flows through it from around the world. Tourists arrive by the millions. And bad actors have taken notice. To fight back, FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Bureau, pairing...Read More
Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2026-46817) in the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial application, according to threat intelligence company Defused. This security flaw was found in the File Transmission component of EBS’s Oracle Payments product and enables unauthenticated malicious actors with HTTP network access to take over vulnerable systems through low-complexity...Read More
OpenAI is limiting the release of its powerful new GPT-5.6 AI models at the request of the Trump administration. “We are starting with a limited preview for a small group of trusted partners whose participation has been shared with the government, before releasing more broadly,” OpenAI said in a blog post on Friday. After OpenAI...Read More
Australia will double the maximum penalty for social media companies that fail to comply with its under-16 ban to 99 million AUD, as the Albanese government moves to tighten enforcement against platforms it says are not doing enough to keep children off their services. The government will also introduce legislation to expand the powers of...Read More
Social media giants have for years touted their growing slate of safety tools and protections as proof that they prioritize young users’ wellbeing. But more than half of those protections don’t work as advertised, new research finds. Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center tested 86 youth safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snap and YouTube and...Read More
Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda on Monday convened a meeting to discuss measures aimed at strengthening security in schools amid recent incidents of school-based violence in the country. The meeting, held at the Provincial Government Executive House on June 29, brought together representatives from the Philippine National Police, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and...Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – A new Iowa law that will take effect on July 1 aims to help protect senior citizens from financial fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division says that the bill allows insurance companies to temporarily halt any suspicious transactions where elder exploitation is suspected. They cited 42 instances of suspicious securities transactions...Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Australia introduced new legislation in Parliament on Monday to strengthen enforcement of its under-16 social media ban and give its internet...Read More
