Photo: Jesse Grant/Penske Media via Getty Images On Monday, Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming a group of anonymous hackers gained access to her collaborators’ devices and leaked unreleased songs and footage. Per Variety, the defendants, who are listed as “John Doe,” have allegedly been breaching various phones and computers of Grande’s...Read More
Microsoft says its MDASH platform, combining MAI-Cyber-1-Flash with GPT-5.4, achieved a 95.95% success rate on the CyberGym benchmark, outperforming GPT-5.5 Cyber, Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber in CodeMender, GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic’s Mythos 5. (Graph: Microsoft) Microsoft has introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first AI model built specifically for cybersecurity, as part of MDASH, the company’s multi-model platform...Read More
Busà Photography/ Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Ransomware may not be on the decline after all, according to new research. A single ransomware campaign’s success can distort the historical data. Ransomware remains a threat that business leaders must continue to defend against. If it looked...Read More
Most ransomware post-mortems start at the wrong moment. They start with the ransom note, because that’s the moment everyone noticed. But the note is the end of the story. By the time it appears, the attacker has usually had two or three weeks of quiet, unsupervised access to your filesystem — enough time to map...Read More
ALBANY — Social media companies will need to take extra steps to prevent children from accessing personalized feeds and getting nighttime notifications under new rules announced Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James. The rules under the 2024 SAFE Kids Act lay out which platforms are subject to the new requirements and outline standards...Read More
Police say the challenge involves teens going up to the doors of strangers and kicking them aggressively. They warn it can lead both to damaged property and to alarmed residents who have no idea whether it’s pranksters or robbers. “We get ding-dong-ditch, but for some reason, people/kids think it’s cool to kick doors and cause...Read More
Three former security officers charged in connection with an international cybercrime investigation linked to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been discharged after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) withdrew the case before the Kahawa Law Courts. Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage on Tuesday allowed an oral application by the...Read More
Anchorage Police are reminding residents to stay alert as phone and online scams continue to target the public. Police say you should never give personal or sensitive information to an unknown caller or respond to unexpected requests for payment. Officials also warn that scammers may send emails that appear to come from government agencies. Legitimate...Read More
Ariana Grande is taking legal action. The singer filed a lawsuit against unnamed hackers for leaking unreleased songs and footage from recording sessions and music videos. Full story below…Read More
One of India’s largest state-owned banks has reported a cybersecurity incident after a threat actor claimed to have stolen and published sensitive banking data. Bank of Baroda said Monday that an employee’s email account had been compromised, allowing unauthorized access to “certain data.” The bank said it detected and contained the incident immediately and that...Read More
