LONDON (AP) — The British government announced plans Wednesday to introduce a six-hour social media curfew from midnight for 16- and 17-year-olds — though they will be able to override the proposed default setting. In its latest attempt to reduce the risks of online harm for children, Britain’s Labour government also said that features that...Read More
Dutch police, working alongside Belgian authorities and Europol, have dismantled a major criminal network accused of operating a global investment fraud scheme through dozens of fraudulent call centers. Investigators estimate the organization generated more than €100 million a month by targeting victims in multiple countries. The group operated around 20 call centers staffed by more...Read More
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As LLMs become more complex and get used in a wider variety of tasks—especially in the form of agents, which can interact with computer files, websites, and third-party code as well as other agents—it’s hard for teams of people by themselves to keep up with all the types of attacks that might take place. “The...Read More
Written by Deep Pal and Sukanya Thapliyal Recently, e-rickshaws on Delhi’s streets suddenly began stalling in the middle of the road. It turned out that one could use certain Chinese apps to disable their batteries by exploiting their Battery Management Systems (BMS). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) swiftly had Google and Apple...Read More
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PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC (WMBF) – A Murrells Inlet man was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he violated his probation. Warren Spence Perry, 70, was charged with violation of probation stemming from a 2023 conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor that investigators said occurred in 2020. Perry was found to be working at Pawleys Island...Read More
The cybercriminal underworld continues to evolve in unexpected ways, and a recent development has raised fresh concerns about the ability of correctional facilities to prevent digital crime. Reports suggest that two teenagers accused of participating in high-profile cyberattacks targeting the Transport for London (TfL) have allegedly continued engaging in cybercrime while awaiting the outcome of...Read More
Suno has long acknowledged that its AI music generator relied on the scraping of millions of songs available across the internet, but a new hack reveals just how the company pulled from streaming services and websites such as YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius to power its product — all while user information remained vulnerable. A report...Read More
BERLIN – They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them. In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred to women...Read More
