A landmark federal trial against Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — got underway in California, with 29 states arguing the social media giant knowingly designed its platforms to addict children and teenagers. Attorneys general from California, New Jersey, Kentucky and Colorado are leading the multi-state coalition against the trillion-dollar company. States...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

Mumbai police’s cybercrime department has arrested two people from Bihar and Jharkhand for allegedly defrauding an accountant of ₹48.60 lakh in a ‘Boss scam’ between August 14 and August 16, in which the accused impersonated the complainant’s CEO on WhatsApp. It was also found that the accused were allegedly linked to almost seven similar cases...Read More

A South Australian supplier of farm machinery is the latest Australian organisation to fall victim to a ransomware group, making it the 109th Aussie organisation to find itself listed on a darknet leak site this year alone. The Storm ransomware group shared details of an alleged breach of Ramsey Bros, based in the town of...Read More

OpenAI told the public on Tuesday that it is deliberately slowing down. “As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow,” the company said in its own post. “We wanted to take the time necessary to meet those standards, so we temporarily slowed the pace of scaling.” That...Read More

‘If Mark makes something a priority, mountains move in months,’ says former Meta Platforms engineering director Arturo Bejar CALIFORNIA, USA – A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday, August 19, that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram. Arturo...Read More

Community organisations are encouraged to submit their applications for the Tasmanian Government’s Tell Someone: Child Safety Small Grants Program 2026-27. Premier Jeremy Rockliff said the program is an important part of the Government’s​Tell Someone initiative, helping communities turn awareness into practical action that keeps children and young people safe. “We encourage eligible organisations to take...Read More

OAKLAND, Calif. — A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors Wednesday at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms. During his second day of testimony, Arturo Béjar said Meta consistently prioritized...Read More

4 Adelaide, Australia, August 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire Independent assessment provides Australian organisations with additional evidence when evaluating application control for sensitive, government, defence and critical infrastructure environments.  Airlock Digital, a global provider of application control and allowlisting solutions, today announced that it has completed an independent Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the...Read More

Independent assessment provides Australian organisations with additional evidence when evaluating application control for sensitive, government, defence and critical infrastructure environments.  Airlock Digital, a global provider of application control and allowlisting solutions, today announced that it has completed an independent Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the PROTECTED classification level.  The assessment was conducted...Read More