Swedish police are investigating the possible involvement of an 18-year-old attacker in online platforms promoting school violence, following a tragic incident at a Fagersta high school. The suspect, who wielded a sword, killed one student and severely injured two others before police apprehended him. Authorities are examining a TikTok account potentially linked to the suspect,...Read More
Aug. 21, 2026, 9:17 a.m. ET California lawmakers are poised to pass some of the country’s most significant restrictions on young people’s use of social media, advancing a growing movement to curb tech’s influence on adolescents. The legislation would ban social media platforms from providing “addictive” features to anyone under the age of 16, forcing...Read More
SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of...Read More
The Gurugram police have arrested two men for allegedly murdering their associate by slitting his throat following a dispute over suspicion that he had hacked a mobile phone. The police received information about the murder in East Rajiv Nagar on August 13. A team reached the spot and found the body of Sujeet Kumar Khanwar,...Read More
August 20,2026 Millions of Americans’ life savings at risk due to a lack of basic online account holder features by leading brokerages Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren today called for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to strengthen consumer protections and prevent Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS) brokerage fraud....Read More
The Rust Project has deleted malicious versions of three widely used Rust crates from crates.io after a compromised maintainer account published releases that added a typosquatted dependency whose build script downloaded and executed a remote payload during compilation. The affected releases are arrayref 0.3.10, internment 0.8.7, and append-only-vec 0.1.9, all published from the same owner...Read More
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that the social media platform violated federal laws designed to protect children’s online privacy. The case stems from a lawsuit first filed in 2024 by the DOJ under the Biden administration. The DOJ...Read More
A notorious cybercrime group has once again exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability on a large scale, claiming it stole data from dozens of organizations, including some of the world’s largest publicly traded companies. Clop, a prolific but calculated data theft extortion group that’s been active since 2020, began sending threatening emails to its alleged victims...Read More
