A Victorian woman lost AUD $13,000 after speaking to a fraudster posing as a bank employee. A cybercrime specialist said the case reflects a broader rise in scam losses across Australia. Teagan said she was on a family holiday when she received a call from someone claiming to be from her bank’s fraud team. The...Read More
Published Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 10:23 AM META Platforms and state attorneys general have discussed a possible mid-trial settlement of a blockbuster case accusing the company of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict teens, people familiar with the matter said. The trial, now in its second week in federal court in Oakland, California, poses...Read More
Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models into their operations, highlighting attackers’ ability to leverage basic AI tools to hit targets abroad. State-affiliated cyber groups more than doubled the amount of attacks they carried out since they began delegating mundane tasks to AI and using it to...Read More
If we talk about the most disruptive player in the cybersecurity circle in the past two years, agent AI is definitely one of them. To put it plainly, this technology has directly lowered the threshold for exploiting software vulnerabilities, patching them, and even turning vulnerabilities into attack weapons, while greatly boosting efficiency, which has genuinely...Read More
Why it Matters The Senate Special Committee on Aging is set to examine a pattern of China-linked fraud, influence operations, and security threats that federal prosecutors say have cost thousands of elderly Americans millions of dollars. The June 17 hearing is scheduled to convene as a string of criminal convictions, a bipartisan House investigation, and...Read More
OAKLAND, California – The top executive at Instagram denied encouraging employees or knowing of a company policy to keep negative information away from the public, testifying at a trial on Tuesday over whether Meta Platforms designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children without proper regard for their safety. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram since...Read More
PORT CHARLOTTE — A Port Charlotte man arrested in December 2024 on multiple charges of the sexual abuse of a minor is now at risk of receiving the death penalty. Kyle Stephen McMahan Kyle Stephen McMahan, 33, 12300 block of Greenleaf Lane, is charged with three counts of sexual battery by a person 18 or...Read More
Lucido and Assistant Macomb Prosecutor Tonya Goetz, who leads the juvenile unit, will discuss what happens when students break the law. Topics include threats, weapons at school, bullying, and other criminal actions. Students need to know what they’re risking. “Every student deserves to learn in an environment where they feel safe, respected, and supported,” Lucido...Read More
UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is encouraging parents and caregivers to talk to their kids about drug dangers as they return to school. The back-to-school safety reminders are a part of the DEA’s Fentanyl Free America efforts, which focuses on disrupting the fentanyl supply chain. “Fentanyl Free America is...Read More
QUITO, Ecuador–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 24, 2026– Resecurity ® (USA), a global cybersecurity company that protects Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies worldwide, and the National Cybercrime Unit of the Ecuadorian National Police (CiberPOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for technical cooperation to strengthen the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes. The...Read More
