An investigation into a Rs 1.5 crore ‘Boss Scam’ in Ahmedabad has blown open a sprawling international cybercrime network, with police uncovering around 4,500 SIM cards procured for cybercrime operations and tracing suspected links to China and Pakistan. The case began in June, when an employee was duped into transferring Rs 1.5 crore after fraudsters...Read More
CIOs Can Strengthen Oversight Through Reporting, Records and Insurance Reviews Jennifer Lawinski • August 18, 2026 Andy Moss, partner, Reed Smith, and Carolyn H. Rosenberg, partner, Reed Smith An artificial intelligence hallucination, data breach or misleading claim about system performance can become a boardroom issue when it affects a company’s financial results, prompts...Read More
More and more I see families in my private practice who come for help with their child’s anxiety. They present with a child who is worried about life, in clinical terms a child with generalized anxiety. The child fears many things including: Being alone, what others think of them, how they will perform, and trying...Read More
Expert warns parents about dangerous ‘Benadryl Challenge’ after teen dies | What to know Parents are being warned after an Oklahoma girl was sent to a hospital and later died after participating in the viral “Benadryl Challenge” A dangerous social media trend encourages children and teenagers to take dangerous amounts of Benadryl to hallucinate. Richard...Read More
The malware was discovered in July 2026 and is likely used by a ransomware-related threat actor to gain an initial foothold, perform reconnaissance, move laterally, and deploy additional payloads. Researchers assess with low to medium confidence that C2Looper is delivered through multi-stage ClickFix infection chains. ClickFix attacks commonly trick victims into running malicious commands or...Read More
OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra, that it thinks could have “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, and the...Read More
The Justice Department has unsealed an indictment accusing 17 Iranians of cyber crime and hacking campaigns against the US, one of which was directed at streaming service HBO. According to the indictment, members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute have tried to infiltrate US businesses, institutions and agencies since 2013. The Mabna Institute “conducted a co-ordinated...Read More
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM), in partnership with the Department of Administration’s Division of Enterprise Technology (DET), is announcing the grant application period opened August 17 for government agencies at risk of a cybersecurity incident due to the age or condition of their IT cybersecurity infrastructure. The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) is...Read More
Meta faces landmark trial as 29 US States challenge Instagram and Facebook over child safety A landmark federal jury trial has begun in Oakland, California, addressing a massive, multi-state lawsuit led by a bipartisan coalition of U.S. states against Meta. A coalition of States suing Meta platforms over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed in...Read More
A multi-state court case against the parent company of Facebook and Instagram that opens Tuesday could have far-reaching effects for how kids interact with social media. In this portion of the multi-district litigation, California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey claim Meta violated the privacy of children and has developed and deployed “psychologically manipulative” features on...Read More
