A 14-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 17 alleged members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company, with participating in a years-long cyber-intrusion campaign targeting 144 U.S. universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S. private-sector companies, at least 11 foreign companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two...Read More
At a time when municipal water systems in seven states have suffered cyberattacks, the need to guard against malicious hacking has taken on greater urgency. Mississippi’s hospitals and other institutions have meanwhile been subjected to their own run of attacks, yet for years the state has not required the facilities to defend against them. Against...Read More
A small group of vetted experts suddenly faced identity checks and fresh applications, raising questions about how regional access controls work. Several cybersecurity professionals have complained about the sudden revocation of access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program. It allows vetted researchers to use artificial intelligence models with fewer restrictions for cybersecurity-related tasks....Read More
A former Meta safety engineer has accused CEO Mark Zuckerberg of creating a misleading impression about the company’s commitment to protecting children on Facebook and Instagram. Arturo Bejar told a federal jury in Oakland, California, on Tuesday that Meta knew its platforms were exposing young users to harmful content but failed to adequately address the...Read More
A Crystal Springs man was sentenced to serve more than 40 years in prison after child pornography was found on his cellphone during a 2025 traffic stop in Madison. The man, David Yonathan Orozco, 30, was sentenced to serve 43 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for possession of child pornography,...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — The FBI is warning the public that scammers are impersonating employees of its Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3, to target victims a second time. IC3 is where people who have been scammed online can report the crime. Paul Keener, a cybersecurity strategist at GuidePoint Security, said the scheme is particularly harmful...Read More
It started in high school with him taking classes in a criminal justice and forensics academy at Colerain High School in Cincinnati. He was interested in digital forensics and had a chance meeting with a ransomware negotiator. These professionals use their technical IT knowledge along with good insight to protect organizations from cybercriminals by minimizing...Read More
Black Kite has published research finding that mid-market companies accounted for 73% of ransomware victims in North America and Europe. The study covered organisations with annual revenue from USD $10 million to USD $1 billion. The findings were based on an analysis of 13,336 ransomware incidents with verifiable revenue data between January 2023 and June...Read More
U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. PLCs are industrial computers used to automate and control machinery and physical processes in factories and other critical infrastructure. The NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency issued...Read More
Rideshare Published August 19, 2026 at 1:15PM “Dear PoPville, Wondering if this has happened to other people in DC, and if so, how you managed to solve it. My Uber account got hacked a few days ago. Uber doesn’t have a number you can call in these cases; instead, they ask you to file a...Read More
