ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – They don’t have badges. They’re not authorities. But a volunteer group says it’s doing what overworked police departments often can’t: pose as child decoys online and build evidence against predators. “The interaction between our adults that are posing as children — we record everything,” Aaron Snidle, head of Predator Poachers...Read More
Retired airline ad executive Barbara Hawkins says she and her friends are always being targeted by scammers. “I got an email that I opened up that was from a classmate of mine about a party, or some get-together,” said Hawkins. But that link turned out to be a way for scammers to get into her...Read More
AI shopping agent developer ORO has revealed that it lost $630,000 worth of crypto when a suspected North Korean state hacker, posing as a conference contact, tricked a staff member into installing a malicious Microsoft Teams extension. According to a post-mortem released by ORO, one of its team members met a contact at an industry...Read More
The White House has launched an artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity clearinghouse designed to accelerate the discovery and remediation of software vulnerabilities. Although not aimed specifically at financial institutions, the initiative could eventually influence how federal banking regulators assess institutions’ cyber risk management practices. Known as “Gold Eagle,” the voluntary initiative will use frontier AI capabilities to...Read More
A State of Michigan school safety hotline reports receiving its second-highest number of messages and calls in the program’s 11-year history. OK2SAY is a confidential student safety reporting system that launched in 2014. Created as part of the 2012 Student Safety Act, it is overseen by Michigan State Police and allows students to report possible...Read More
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You opened an alert from Google, your bank, McAfee, or a credit bureau. It said your email address was found on the dark web. Your stomach dropped. Before you panic, take a breath. This is more common than you think, and it is not a death sentence for your digital life. But it is a...Read More
Author: Michael Danie | Published: 8 hours ago Edmond Yakani, the Executive Director of the Community Empowerment Progress Organization [CEPO] – Credit: Eye Radio/Lou Nelson | The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) says it has established a platform to monitor the implementation and enforcement of South Sudan’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act, warning that...Read More
TULSA, Okla. — A 14-year-old Broken Arrow girl is safe after spending a week with a suspected child predator she met online. Her disappearance prompted a warning from her father for parents to monitor their children’s online activity. Tulsa police arrested Matthew Puza, 43, on complaints of making lewd proposals to a child and harboring...Read More
Black Kite’s 2026 Ransomware Report describes a ransomware market that is no longer defined by one dominant gang, one headline-grabbing takedown, or one attack method. Between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, the company identified 7,551 publicly disclosed victims, up from 6,046 in the previous reporting period. More important than the overall increase, however,...Read More
