A landmark trial over allegations that Meta knowingly designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children and teens begins Tuesday, with New Jersey among four states presenting their case against the social media giant. The trial in federal court in Oakland, California, could have sweeping consequences for Meta. The states are seeking substantial financial damages from...Read More
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is reportedly working with state lawmakers to draft two new bills strengthening consumer protections and child safety online, the day before 29 state attorneys general are set to face off against Meta in a separate federal trial in Oakland, California. The legislation, which is expected to be announced in...Read More
A lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in Newark last week claims that Montclair Public Schools permitted an online predator to coerce a 14-year-old girl into engaging in a “provocative, sexual and pornographic” online chat while she was using a district-provided laptop. “Plaintiff is alleging, among other things, that the school district is responsible because...Read More
Cybersecurity Ventures launched a Platinum Media Program for VC funded startups, emerging players, and the largest brands in the cybersecurity industry. “If your target market is CISOs at Fortune 500, Global 2000, and midmarket companies, then our new program is for you,” says Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures and Editor-in-Chief at Cybercrime Magazine. Platinum clients are...Read More
Humble City Council members approved a three-year, roughly $158,000 agreement with Blue Iron Technologies for the continued usage of the company’s cybersecurity platform. The details Council members approved the agreement during the council’s Aug. 13 regularly scheduled meeting. City Manager Jason Stuebe said the agreement will serve as a three-year renewal of the city’s existing...Read More
A threat actor is selling employee databases allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Azure infrastructure of multiple Fortune 500 companies after gaining access using compromised credentials. Starting July 31st, multiple posts from someone using the alias “TheHatman” advertised data dumps from major organizations, including McDonald’s, Gap Inc., Vodafone, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, InterContinental Hotels (IHG),...Read More
SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. — Saratoga County District Attorney Brett Eby recently announced the formation of the Saratoga County Child Safety Review Commission. Eby said the review commission is “a multidisciplinary effort bringing together 53 professionals and community leaders committed to identifying gaps in the systems designed to protect children and developing solutions to address them.”...Read More
The federal government is likely to face a constitutional challenge to its proposed ban on social media for kids under 16, some experts say. On Friday, France’s top court struck down that country’s social media ban for kids under 15, saying the ban was too broad and infringed on freedom of expression. Dalhousie University associate law professor Michael Karanicolas said a Charter challenge to Canada’s law...Read More
A cybercrime group responsible for a string of recent attacks against private equity firms, law firms and financial rating agencies remains active and continued to target new victims as of late last week, according to researchers. BlackFile, which Google Threat Intelligence Group tracks as UNC6671 and associates more broadly with The Com, has been active...Read More
Akira ransomware tried Safe Mode boot to disable defenses but broke its own encryptor Defender later flagged and quarantined payload, leaving attackers with only stolen data Huntress advises VPN brute‑force alerts, MFA, SIEM logging, and Safe Mode monitoring A recent ransomware attack saw the operators Akira (figuratively) shoot themselves in the foot – and they...Read More
