Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test...Read More
The cybersecurity industry has spent decades assuming that offensive capability scales with technical expertise. That assumption is starting to break. Security teams have long estimated risk by ranking attacker sophistication. Nation-state actors sat at one end. Organized criminal groups followed. Inexperienced attackers, dismissed as “script kiddies,” sat at the other end, running public tools they...Read More
Las Vegas, Nevada, August 4th, 2026, CyberNewswire The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards today announced the winners of the 2026 Community Choice Award, selected through 79,455 votes cast during the awards season. AI security ranked among the highest-voted award categories this season. The results arrive during Black Hat USA week, where AI risk is also among the...Read More
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Senate Aging Committee Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and ranking member Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) join ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss how AI is impacting the senior community, rise of AI fraud and scams targeting the elderly, details of The CLEAR LABELS Act,...Read More
37 Bossier Parish students head back to school this Thursday, August 6, and the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking everyone to help make it a safe start to the school year. As you travel this week, please remember: Slow down in active school zones and obey posted speed limits. Put your phone down. Louisiana...Read More
Mid-market organizations have struggled to bring AI to the unstructured file data that runs their business, while also managing and securing that data with limited IT resources. Panzura Express delivers all three in one software offering. Post this Panzura Express is sold through Panzura channel partners, who deliver deployment, configuration, and first-line support. Compute and...Read More
Ten people have been found guilty of cyber bullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron. The online claims were about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she is a transgender woman who was born a man. The French president’s wife told TF1 ahead of the verdict that the online attacks against her appeared endless and...Read More
President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, has faced intense harassment on social media with malicious claims she was born a man. Published On 5 Jan 20265 Jan 2026 A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of being involved in the cyber-harassment of President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte. On Monday, the defendants, including eight men and...Read More
By Naeemah Junaid The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to adopt a coordinated and proactive approach to securing Nigeria’s government digital infrastructure against the rising wave of cyber threats. The call was made at the opening of a two-day Cybersecurity Workshop for MDAs, themed “Securing Government Digital...Read More
Artificial intelligence now plays a role in 55 percent of reported cybercrime across Africa, according to the INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, which paints a picture of criminal networks using automation to expand fraud, ransomware, phishing and identity theft across the continent. The assessment, published on August 3, draws on data from 36 African...Read More
