NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) – A man named Santa Claus was among 11 people arrested in an undercover sting targeting alleged child predators. The Kenner Police Department announced the arrest of 75-year-old Claus on Monday. The department said 11 suspects were arrested and 10 others remain wanted on child-exploitation accusations. A man named Santa Claus...Read More

(MoMo Productions/Getty Images) Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults support banning anyone under the age of 16 from using social media sites, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The survey comes as governments around the world weigh new restrictions on teens’ use of social media. About this research This Pew Research Center analysis looks at...Read More

Around 22% of the 171,600 cases reported to the agency were reported by women, NCCIA data reveals The Punjab National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday established a dedicated special cell to expedite the registration, investigation, and resolution of cybercrime cases involving women, children, and girls. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Punjab NCCIA Director...Read More

Anthropic is putting Claude Fable 5 back online worldwide. On June 30, the U.S. Commerce Department lifted the export controls it had imposed on Fable and its more tightly controlled sibling Mythos 5 about two and a half weeks earlier. Fable 5 returns to users on Wednesday, July 1, across Claude.ai, the Claude Platform, Claude Code,...Read More

Anthropic on Wednesday unfroze access to its advanced Fable and Mythos AI models after the Trump administration lifted an export-control ban. The return of the two models — with Fable 5 available for general use and the more powerful Mythos 5 limited to a coalition of trusted partners, as it was prior to the ban...Read More

On-site walkthroughs with school leaders and safety officials Photo provided. INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Gov. Mike Braun announced the Indiana Department of Homeland Security’s Office of School Safety (OSS) completed comprehensive school safety visits in all 92 Indiana counties. “The Office of School Safety reflects a commitment from my administration that has made meaningful progress,” said Gov....Read More

Press release from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A broken air conditioner can feel like an emergency, but scammers know that, too.  Florida’s summer heat can make air conditioning problems feel urgent, especially for older adults and individuals with medical conditions. Unfortunately, scammers and dishonest contractors may use that urgency to...Read More

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining “unrealistic browser-malware concepts with a real browser capability” to turn it into a working ransomware technique that runs entirely inside the browser on both Windows and Android devices. “This is the first documented case where a frontier...Read More

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The House passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act in a 267-117 vote on Monday evening. The proposal would require additional safeguards for children and teens online, including an update to the Children’s Online...Read More

Businesses are looking in the wrong direction. The real danger is not AI itself, but what happens when criminals use it to remove the one thing that used to slow them down: human effort. Cybercrime is a bigger threat to businesses than AI, this is according to cybersecurity expert and J2 CEO John Mc Loughlin....Read More