The man behind one of California’s most destructive wildfires was convicted Friday nearly two years after the blaze burned more than 400,000 acres. Ronnie Stout, of Chico, was found guilty of malicious arson charges in connection with the 2024 Park Fire, the state’s fourth-largest on record. The conviction also includes enhancements for causing multiple structures...Read More
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech What happens when you deploy hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras against a student population known for their hacking skills? We’re about to find out. This week, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s student newspaper the Tech reported that the...Read More
When Damarion Spann, 18, saw an Instagram flier calling for a massive gathering on a beach near downtown Chicago, he immediately wanted to go. Thousands of others joined him that night on the sand, blasting music and dancing. The cultural trend of so-called teen takeovers has popped up across the U.S. in recent years, influencing...Read More
Arctic Wolf has been named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape assessment of worldwide managed detection and response (MDR) services for midmarket organisations. The assessment examined providers serving organisations with fewer than 2,000 full-time employees and evaluated their current capabilities alongside their long-term strategies. The recognition covers Arctic Wolf’s managed detection and response offering,...Read More
Meccha Chameleon, the biggest Steam indie hit of 2026 by quite a large margin, has reportedly already sold over 15 million copies. Unfortunately, some of those 15 million players may want to run a virus scan at some point in the immediate future, as the developers behind the game have confirmed an independent report that...Read More
Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like Phineas Fisher. A decade after their most famous hack, Phineas remains, by most accounts, the most prolific and public hacker never to have been caught. As part of our series on the biggest cybersecurity mysteries of all time, we’re delving...Read More
Speakers at a discussion urged the government and policymakers to treat cybersecurity as an integral part of the country’s economic infrastructure rather than merely as a law enforcement issue. They said trust in digital platforms was essential for the growth of the creative and platform economies, and called for a broader “politics of care” encompassing...Read More
July 25, 2026, 4:00 a.m. ET Adolescents who frequently used social media also showed faster information processing speeds, though this benefit may be limited to screens. Researchers suggest that time spent on social media displaces time that could be spent reading, causing literacy skills to lag. Experts recommend limiting screen time and delaying smartphone purchases...Read More
“As part of his duties, the defendant was provided with details regarding the attack and information regarding the ransom demand and typically the victim’s applicable insurance coverage and negotiating strategy,” the factual proffer said. Martino used BlackCat’s live chat system to negotiate ransom payments. Starting in April 2023, he “began communicating with BlackCat actors through...Read More
A new remote access trojan (RAT) has been discovered by the cybersecurity research team at Cisco Talos, and experts are sounding the alarm since it enables the installation of ransomware on the victim’s system. The attack is dubbed msaRAT and attributed to the Chaos ransomware group, built with Rust to utilize existing Chrome or Edge...Read More
