New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a package of laws Tuesday that seek to bolster online protections for kids in the state and restrict platforms’ ability to use addictive design features targeted at young users. The Democratic governor signed the New Jersey Kids Code Act, which codifies the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code and limits how...Read More
Global internet, power plants and US computer systems will be at risk if America continues to attack Iran, an Iranian official said on Monday. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebbi was speaking with Iranian broadcaster Irib, amid stalled negotiations and threats from the US that more strikes could be imminent. “If a threat against...Read More
A high-severity bug in Microsoft SharePoint that’s been exploited since early July has been abused by ransomware, according to an Aug. 10 update to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.CISA offered no more information on the nature of the ransomware attack, but the CVSS 8.8 flaw — CVE-2026-45659 — was...Read More
ExfilSquad, a cybercrime group that emerged in mid-2026, has announced 13 new victim organizations across the U.S., UK, and Sweden, with further coverage provided by Security Affairs.The group, which extorts victims by threatening to publish stolen data rather than using ransomware, has expanded its operations, according to a recent report by Resecurity. In July, ExfilSquad...Read More
New “Secret Agent” themed campaign-in-a-box equips organisations with training module and tabletop exercises to educate employees to combat cybercrime KnowBe4, the leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today released its free resource kit in support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026. This year’s toolkit casts employees as “Secret Agents” in the...Read More
Data sources This study utilizes three publicly accessible data categories spanning 2022–2024. Platform transparency reports from Meta (n = 12 quarterly reports), Google (n = 8), and Twitter (n = 7) provide violation volumes, content taxonomies, and proactive detection rates for K-means clustering (Phase 1) and Ridge regression variables (Phase 2). Specifically, the dataset comprises quarterly transparency reports from: (1) Meta’s...Read More
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Elected officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey say they want to protect children from social media. In Pennsylvania, the Attorney General Dave Sunday is suing TikTok. He says the app is failing to protect kids. In New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed three new laws Tuesday aimed at protecting and researching the effects...Read More
Commvault has published research showing that 34% of organisations in Australia and New Zealand that suffered a ransomware attack paid the ransom. The findings suggest organisations still rely on payment despite uncertain recovery outcomes. The survey found payment often did not resolve the problem. Among organisations that paid, 36% said it failed because attackers either...Read More
Zoom Patches “Zoomsday” Zero-Click Flaw Enabling Remote Code Execution Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026 Zoom patches a zero-click flaw that could let a meeting participant execute code on another user’s computer through the annotation feature. Zoom has patched four vulnerabilities, including a critical zero-click flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53413, in its annotation feature. CVE-2026-53413 is a...Read More
While the system did not store lawyers’ bank account numbers, sort codes, card numbers, or card security details, LawCare warned that the compromised information could be used in phishing attempts. Thus, it warned those who had been in touch with the charity to be wary of unexpected phone calls, messages, emails, links, or requests for...Read More
