Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Malware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with “significant enhancements,” including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint globally. Zimperium zLabs, in a Wednesday report, said the Android malware also features a PIN harvesting workflow targeting...Read More
Former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse as Meta is on trial over social media addiction in Oakland, California, on August 19, 2026. KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive...Read More
Police are investigating a private company breach that leaked a senior presidential official’s personal information, in addition to separate attacks suspected to be from North Korean hacker group Lazarus. A person holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.REUTERS/YONHAP Police have launched an...Read More
A bilateral meeting was held in Nairobi between Kenyan officials and a British High Commission delegation. (Image source: John Tanui) Kenya and the UK are advancing talks to strengthen cybersecurity governance frameworks, technical capacity, and real-time cyber-threat intelligence sharing. This is according to John Tanui, principal secretary for ICT and the digital Economy, following a...Read More
Meta is facing fresh legal pressure in the US as a major child-safety trial opens in California. Four states are seeking financial penalties and changes to the way Facebook and Instagram operate, accusing the company of putting children at risk and failing to adequately protect their data. Meta has rejected the allegations and says it...Read More
Meta Platforms Inc. has deceived the public for years by targeting children on Facebook and Instagram with technology designed to turn them into compulsive users and drive up advertising revenue, a lawyer at the California attorney general’s office told a jury. In her opening statement at a historic trial in federal court in Oakland, California,...Read More
As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media...Read More
The IPI global network calls on the authorities in Mali to release journalists imprisoned over their reporting and criticism of the military authorities and to end the use of cybercrime and criminal laws to target journalists and public-interest reporting. On August 3, Malian journalist Chahana Takiou, editor of 22 Septembre, was sentenced to 12 months...Read More
SonicWall has published research showing that professional services firms faced the highest volume of cyber intrusion activity among the industries it tracks. The sector recorded 3 billion intrusion prevention system events in the first half of 2026. The findings cover law firms, accountancies, consulting practices, engineering firms, and managed service providers. In SonicWall’s data, 460...Read More
This week’s Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks seem to be continuing with a total of four gameplay videos now appearing online. Following the apparent leak of a gameplay map and footage of Jason, one of the game’s protagonists, enjoying life at his ocean view home, the new leaks show taser gameplay and a cutscene that...Read More
