A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced a Chinese national to 20 years in prison for leading a hacking scheme that targeted BTS member Jungkook and South Korean business executives, and stole more than 38 billion won ($27.2 million), according Yonhap News. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced the man, identified by his surname Chun,...Read More
Hoxhunt Launches Free 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Toolkit with Caitlin “Cyber Girl” Sarian “Cybersecurity is a team sport” campaign-in-a-box gives awareness leaders four weeks of ready-to-use content built for today’s threats MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hoxhunt, the human risk management platform, today launched its free 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Toolkit, a ready-to-run campaign...Read More
Kaspersky’s purpose-built OT security and unified IT/OT approach demonstrates strong customer value, product innovation, and operational resilience across critical industrial environments. SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Kaspersky has received the 2026 Asia-Pacific OT Security Customer Value Leadership Recognition and the 2026 Asia-Pacific Converged IT and OT Security...Read More
A former Meta engineering director, who previously testified before Congress on child safety on Instagram, told jurors on Wednesday that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach towards children under 13 using its platforms, Associated Press reported.
On the second day of his testimony, Arturo Bejar said Meta prioritised profits...Read More
eSafety found in its tests that Roblox still allowed adult users to contact kids.
Yalcin Sonat/Shutterstock Roblox has committed to a “court-enforceable undertaking” to implement changes that would better protect children from grooming and sexual abuse on its platform, according to Australia’s eSafety commission. The online safety regulator discovered earlier this year...Read More
BEE COUNTY, Texas — A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for grooming and exposing himself to three young sisters during video calls, with a plea agreement sparing the child victims from having to testify in court. Trinidad Guzman, a registered sex offender, received his sentence Monday in the 156th...Read More
The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report shows cyber-enabled crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion, with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence-related complaints among the costliest. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 total complaints, an increase from 859,532 in 2024. Phishing/spoofing, extortion, and investment schemes were the most frequently reported complaints. Americans over 60 reported...Read More
Binary Defense, a trusted Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and enterprise defense provider, earlier this year announced the launch of NightBeacon, an AI-powered security operations platform built directly into the company’s security operations center (SOC). “NightBeacon AI is my brainchild, developed alongside our team not to chase the AI hype cycle, but to solve a problem this...Read More
Scammers in New York have been using gold bars to steal money from victims, primarily older adults, and made off with more than $100m over the past two years, the state’s attorney general announced on Friday. The scheme starts with victims receiving a fake pop-up message that states their computer or financial account has been...Read More
